00:00 Intro to Cold Takes
00:16 Track & Field
00:28 Bandit Running & the Unsponsored Project
02:02 Levels of Greatness with Bandit's Brand Activation
03:10 The Takeaway
This special edition of Beer & Brands harkens back to our first episode: the brand winners and losers of the Summer Games.
A Gallup Report on confidence in US institutions spurs a hefty discussion by Kelly O'Keefe and Matt Williams on the currency of brands: trust.
Matt Williams breaks down Gap's reinvigoration in the wake of their quarterly earnings that saw growth in all of their brands for the first time in years.
Kelly O'Keefe and Rian Chandler-Dovis talk about how culture is the glue between brands and the integrity of organizations across time, media, and space.
Kelly O'Keefe and Matt Williams found a through line that connects two branding new stories about two big brands: Starbucks and Apple.
Kelly O'Keefe and Matt Williams unravel the business and brand strategy behind the break up of conglomerate, General Electric, into three separate brands.