This fascinating book is about creativity in business and management. The authors have interviewed well know creative people in a number of fields to identify how creative methods work, including the drivers and influences upon creativity, creative inspiration, creative problem solving and creative influences. Their analysis shows that while there are common themese and methods, creativity will also solve problems with uncommon results and deliver the unexpected. This book will be of interest to anybody trying to better understand creativity.

The retail market is in a revolution which is creating new opportunities in a world of direct connections, where information is exchanged instantly and geography is no longer a barrier. This book contains valuable information and guidelines for marketers, retailers, manufacturers, designers and communication professionals in relation to new opportunities for brands and products through packaging, brand identity and creativity.

The Leaders Praise The Marketer's Guide to Successful Package Design -One of the first keys to unlocking the 'black box' of successful packaging development, this book will provide the reader with fundamental principles to achieve a compelling competitive advantage through packaging. -- Terry T. Schwartz Director of Packaging and Creative Services Kraft Foods, Inc. -This book will become an essential source of reference for all those with a specialist interest in brand identity and package design. . . . There is no other more comprehensive yet easy-to-grasp summary of all key criteria...

Brands no longer exist solely in the realm of the physical. The advent of the internet and other new digital technologies means that companies - be they dot.com start-ups or traditional bricks and mortar companies - must develop a successful strategy for presenting compelling brands in the virtual world. Drawing on their experience with Interbrand, the world's largest branding consultancy, and including chapters by branding experts from Microsoft, McDonalds, Pepsi-Cola and Procter & Gamble, the authors examine how this should be done and map out the future of e-branding.