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I Think They Missed The Picture … Literally

Avery Dennison dominates the market for mailing labels and the like. The company rung up roughly $6B in sales last year. With that said, I think it’s fair to say that the sticky label space fits into the commodity quadrant. I’m also guessing that the margins on those “Hello My Name Is __________” tags aren’t …more

The New York Times Shows Three Pictures Are Worth 3,000 Words (Or So)

  There’s no question that photos like the one above that accompanied a New York Times article on China’s surging demand for coal accentuate storytelling. In some cases, we’re actually seeing storytelling revolve around visuals like the seafood charticle in WIRED Magazine. I think The New York Times does a particularly good job in building their stories around a …more

A Droplet of Irony: When Photos Replace Words to Tell a Powerful Story

We published the first guest post on this forum a couple of weeks ago from Michael Margolis. No. 2 comes from one of the Agency’s account folks, Julia Sinykin, who looks at stories in the context of water. And we’ll continue to strive to periodically shake up the status quo. The word “irony” comes to …more