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A Better Way to Map Brand Strategy

Companies have long used perceptual mapping to understand how consumers feel about their brands relative to competitors’, to find gaps in the marketplace, and to develop brand positions. But the business value of these maps is limited because they fail to link a brand’s market position to business performance metrics such as pricing and sales. Other marketing tools measure brands on yardsticks such as market share, growth rate, and profitability but fail to take consumer perceptions into consideration.

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California creates 'Ebony alert' to find missing Black women and girls    
California creates 'Ebony alert' to find missing Black women and girls
"The superficial value is that there's more exposure, more eyes and ears on these cases," Hutchinson added. "The systemic impetus for this is not being addressed, it's looking at the front end of prevention."


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GOP's Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win gavel    
GOP's Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win gavel
\"Stop dragging it out,\" said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on social media. \"If Kevin McCarthy had to go 15 rounds then the next Speaker should be able to do the same or more if they have to.\"






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'We came to thank him and say goodbye': mourners bury young Briton in quiet, jittery Jerusalem    
'We came to thank him and say goodbye': mourners bury young Briton in quiet, jittery Jerusalem
This article was amended on 12 October 2023. Owing to a misunderstanding, an earlier version incorrectly suggested that family had not been present at Nathanel Young's funeral. In fact his parents and four siblings were there, and tributes from them have been added. We apologise to the family for this error.


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One Officer Convicted and Another Acquitted in Elijah McClain Death    
One Officer Convicted and Another Acquitted in Elijah McClain Death
Within weeks of Mr. Floyd’s death, the Colorado governor named a special prosecutor to investigate the case. Eventually, a statewide grand jury handed down a 32-count indictment against the five first responders, and the cause of Mr. McClain’s death was changed to complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint.




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2 Police Officers Shot at Philadelphia Airport, 1 Fatally    
2 Police Officers Shot at Philadelphia Airport, 1 Fatally
John Yoon reports from the Seoul newsroom of The Times. He previously reported for the coronavirus tracking team, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2021. He joined The Times in 2020. More about John Yoon


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Trump’s Remarks on Hezbollah and Netanyahu Prompt Bipartisan Outcry    
Trump’s Remarks on Hezbollah and Netanyahu Prompt Bipartisan Outcry
Nicholas Nehamas is a campaign reporter, focusing on the candidacy of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Before joining The Times, he was an investigative reporter at the Miami Herald. More about Nicholas Nehamas




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DeSantis, Voicing Support for Israel, Is Asked: What About Palestine?    
DeSantis, Voicing Support for Israel, Is Asked: What About Palestine?
Nicholas Nehamas is a campaign reporter, focusing on the candidacy of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Before joining The Times, he was an investigative reporter at the Miami Herald. More about Nicholas Nehamas


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TikTok's 'My Name Is Lewis' Halloween Meme, Explained    
TikTok's 'My Name Is Lewis' Halloween Meme, Explained
The Lewis mythos continues to evolve, as fans have taken his sassy personality and given the pumpkin some character development, speculating on his (presumably tragic) backstory, even heralding him as an LGBTQ icon.




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FNaF movie: Can Five Nights at Freddy's live up to the hype?    
FNaF movie: Can Five Nights at Freddy's live up to the hype?
\"I think it\'s really exciting that it\'s come to a new format, and it\'s going to be super accessible, and also really just exciting for the people that have put years of their lives into figuring out exactly what is going on with Freddy.\"


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Green Energy Builders Sought Billions More in Subsidies. New York Said No.    
Green Energy Builders Sought Billions More in Subsidies. New York Said No.
Patrick McGeehan writes about transportation and infrastructure for the Metro section. He has been a reporter for The Times since 1999 and has covered Wall Street, executive pay, transportation, the New York City economy and New Jersey. More about Patrick McGeehan




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What is Israel's Iron Dome? Here's what you need to know about the missile defense system    
What is Israel's Iron Dome? Here's what you need to know about the missile defense system
The Center for European Policy Analysis, a U.S. think tank, said in June 2021 that should militants successfully identify and achieve the saturation of Israel\'s Iron Dome, \"critical updates to the system may not be achievable.\"


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Menendez and Wife Face Charges of Plotting to Make Him a Foreign Agent    
Menendez and Wife Face Charges of Plotting to Make Him a Foreign Agent
William K. Rashbaum is a senior writer on the Metro desk, where he covers political and municipal corruption, courts, terrorism and law enforcement. He was a part of the team awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News. More about William K. Rashbaum




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Prosecutors Issued Error-Riddled Report in Menendez Car Crash    
Prosecutors Issued Error-Riddled Report in Menendez Car Crash
Nicholas Fandos is a reporter on the Metro desk covering New York State politics, with a focus on money, lobbying and political influence. He was previously a congressional correspondent in Washington. More about Nicholas Fandos


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Trump Plans Return to N.Y. Court for a Showdown With Michael Cohen    
Trump Plans Return to N.Y. Court for a Showdown With Michael Cohen
Jonah E. Bromwich covers criminal justice in New York, with a focus on the Manhattan district attorney\'s office, state criminal courts in Manhattan and New York City\'s jails. More about Jonah E. Bromwich




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Rudolph Isley, an Original and Enduring Isley Brother, Dies at 84    
Rudolph Isley, an Original and Enduring Isley Brother, Dies at 84
“Music and faith, they just run through our blood,” Mr. Isley was quoted as saying in the “It’s Your Thing” liner notes. “I may have stopped singing pop music, but I will always be an Isley Brother.”


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Opinion | The Missed Chance for Peace    
Opinion | The Missed Chance for Peace
David Brooks has been a columnist with The Times since 2003. He is the author of the forthcoming book “How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.” @nytdavidbrooks




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After Three Big Quakes, Too Scared to Sleep Anywhere but Outside    
After Three Big Quakes, Too Scared to Sleep Anywhere but Outside
After men and women laid their prayer mats or scarves on the concrete road, an imam, Mullah Muhammad Khatimi, offered a prayer. As he sang into the microphone, his voice began to tremble. Then he burst into tears.


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Ex-Prosecutor Says Jack Smith Makes Trump 'Put Money Where Mouth Is’ With New Move    
Ex-Prosecutor Says Jack Smith Makes Trump 'Put Money Where Mouth Is’ With New Move
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Fox Host Mocks Republican Congressman To His Face Over GOP Chaos    
Fox Host Mocks Republican Congressman To His Face Over GOP Chaos
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France Probes Possible Poisoning Of Russian Journalist Who Denounced War On TV    
France Probes Possible Poisoning Of Russian Journalist Who Denounced War On TV
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The Daughter Of An Israeli Woman Kidnapped By Hamas Has 3 Messages For The World    
The Daughter Of An Israeli Woman Kidnapped By Hamas Has 3 Messages For The World
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Stephen Colbert Takes 1 Brutal Swipe At Trump Over His Epic Mic Meltdown    
Stephen Colbert Takes 1 Brutal Swipe At Trump Over His Epic Mic Meltdown
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Jimmy Kimmel Awards Withering Prize To Trump Over Israel Remarks    
Jimmy Kimmel Awards Withering Prize To Trump Over Israel Remarks
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Ex-IRS Contractor Pleads Guilty In Leak Of Trump's Tax Return Information    
Ex-IRS Contractor Pleads Guilty In Leak Of Trump's Tax Return Information
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School Bus Driver Fired For Drinking White Claw On The Job Says It Was An Accident    
School Bus Driver Fired For Drinking White Claw On The Job Says It Was An Accident
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Ron DeSantis Is Finally Going After Donald Trump. It’s Already Too Late.    
Ron DeSantis Is Finally Going After Donald Trump. It’s Already Too Late.
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Police Seek Charges Following Fan's Death At Patriots Game    
Police Seek Charges Following Fan's Death At Patriots Game
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Russia can gain from Middle East turmoil — but it could backfire if the war spirals out of control    
Russia can gain from Middle East turmoil — but it could backfire if the war spirals out of control
\"The Russians also want to be able to maintain their relationships with the Iraqi PMF,\" referring to Iraq\'s paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces, established in response to the Islamic State group\'s emergence across Iraq and still influential as an umbrella-group overseeing varying militias in Iraq.


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JPMorgan Chase is set to report third-quarter earnings — here's what the Street expects    
JPMorgan Chase is set to report third-quarter earnings — here's what the Street expects
Finally, analysts will want to hear what CEO Jamie Dimon has to say about the economy and his expectations for the banking industry. Dimon has been vocal in his opposition against proposed increases in capital requirements.


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A photographer 'accidentally' found a way to help hundreds of dogs get adopted     
A photographer 'accidentally' found a way to help hundreds of dogs get adopted
\"You can\'t judge a dog based on his or her character in a shelter environment — it\'s not a natural space,\" she said. \"It\'s imperative to get them out into a natural environment and do things their adoptive family may do with them,\" she said.


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Dollar General stock jumps after it brings back former CEO to jolt slowing sales growth    
Dollar General stock jumps after it brings back former CEO to jolt slowing sales growth
At the time the shareholder resolution passed, a Dollar General spokesperson said the company aims \"to create a work environment where employees are able to grow their careers, serve their local communities and feel valued and heard, and we encourage employees to share their feedback through the many company-provided channels so that we can listen and work together to address concerns and challenges, as well as to celebrate successes.\"


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Qualcomm to cut roughly 1,258 jobs in California    
Qualcomm to cut roughly 1,258 jobs in California
\"Given the continued uncertainty in the macroeconomic and demand environment, we expect to take additional restructuring actions to enable continued investments in key growth and diversification opportunities. While we are in the process of developing our plans, we currently expect these actions to consist largely of workforce reductions, and in connection with any such actions we would expect to incur significant additional restructuring charges, a substantial portion of which we expect to incur in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. We currently anticipate these additional actions to be substantially completed in the first half of fiscal 2024.\"


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Steve Scalise withdraws his bid to become House speaker, leaving Republicans flailing yet again for a new leader    
Steve Scalise withdraws his bid to become House speaker, leaving Republicans flailing yet again for a new leader
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Replica 1960s Black Country infants' centre celebrates Windrush and NHS    
Replica 1960s Black Country infants' centre celebrates Windrush and NHS
"You can't tell the story of the history of the NHS without Windrush," said Simpson. "It's such an important story, and I feel as if sometimes it can be dismissed. So I feel really proud to be doing this and I think it's really powerful."


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'Love conquers all': yes campaigners still hopeful for voice referendum despite poor polling    
'Love conquers all': yes campaigners still hopeful for voice referendum despite poor polling
"If that's the result, then like Noel [Pearson], we've done our bit. There would be not much appetite for reform," she said. "It's appropriate to rule it [legislated voice] out. The country will have spoken. They wouldn't want a voice."


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Feral horses in NSW should be culled using aerial shooting, Senate inquiry says    
Feral horses in NSW should be culled using aerial shooting, Senate inquiry says
“No one likes to see animals killed, but the sad reality is that we have a choice to make between urgently reducing the numbers of feral horses or accepting the destruction of sensitive alpine ecosystems and habitats, and the decline and extinction of native animals.”


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Sydney police plan to use 'extraordinary' powers to search pro-Palestinian protesters and demand ID    
Sydney police plan to use 'extraordinary' powers to search pro-Palestinian protesters and demand ID
"If people plan on attending and they want to cause fear, harm, or commit criminal offences, they could face arrest. Police commanders on the ground will be taking this incredibly seriously."


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High-profile man accused of Toowoomba rape loses court bid to maintain anonymity    
High-profile man accused of Toowoomba rape loses court bid to maintain anonymity
The taskforce found there was no reason to treat those accused of sexual offences differently from those charged with other criminal offences, which allow alleged offenders to be named after they are charged.


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Inquest into deaths of five trans and gender-diverse Victorians to investigate emotional support services    
Inquest into deaths of five trans and gender-diverse Victorians to investigate emotional support services
Witnesses to appear before the inquest include the Victoria police deputy commissioner Neil Paterson, medical experts, and LGBTQ+ experts, including the Victorian commissioner for LGBTIQ+ communities, Todd Fernando.


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Ireland's embrace of Zombie song at Rugby World Cup stirs debate over lyrics    
Ireland's embrace of Zombie song at Rugby World Cup stirs debate over lyrics
Leo Varadkar, Ireland's taoiseach, said he would sing Zombie if he were at the World Cup. "It's a great song," he told the radio station Newstalk on Wednesday. "I think it's a song that we can all sing comfortably. It's an anti-terrorism song. It's not a nationalist or unionist song."


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Children should get one healthy school meal a day, say EU experts    
Children should get one healthy school meal a day, say EU experts
Failure to act now, say Franco and his colleagues, will only yield health problems for countless individuals and more expenses for the taxpayers of the future. An online petition urging “a healthy school meal for every child in every school” – which was presented to MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday – has already attracted almost 55,000 signatures.


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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 597 of the invasion    
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 597 of the invasion
Journalist Khaybar Akifi was severely wounded in a drone attack that also killed his four-year-old daughter and his wife’s parents in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, several media officials said. The head of state television channel RT, Margarita Simonyan, said Akifi was in a coma.


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Gaza residents told to move south as Israel prepares for expected ground assault    
Gaza residents told to move south as Israel prepares for expected ground assault
The presidents of the European Commission and parliament, Ursula von der Leyen and Roberta Metsola, will visit Israel on Friday to “express solidarity with the victims of the Hamas terrorist attacks, and meet with Israeli leadership”.


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Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day seven    
Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day seven
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, warned that antisemitic acts and defending terrorism would be dealt with “severely” in France, in a televised address on the Israel-Palestine crisis on Thursday evening.


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Microsoft's $69bn deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard cleared by UK    
Microsoft's $69bn deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard cleared by UK
"Businesses and their advisers should be in no doubt that the tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with the CMA," she said. "Microsoft had the chance to restructure during our initial investigation but instead continued to insist on a package of measures that we told them simply wouldn't work."


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More than £2bn of UK foreign climate aid channelled through consultancies since 2010    
More than £2bn of UK foreign climate aid channelled through consultancies since 2010
A spokesperson for Adam Smith International said it did not recognise the figures in the Carbon Brief analysis. They added the consultancy "ardently ensures optimal value for money in [its] projects", with "competitively and responsibly structured" fees and "transparency in [its] financial dealings, including profitability and expenditure". They also said the organisation "places a paramount emphasis on both leveraging and strengthening local capacities in all our projects", with the "majority" of ASI funds being used to engage national consultants and partnering with local groups.


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Republican hardliner Steve Scalise drops out of House speaker race    
Republican hardliner Steve Scalise drops out of House speaker race
The situation is not entirely different from that of the start of the year, when McCarthy faced a similar backlash from a different group of far-right holdouts who ultimately gave their votes to elect him speaker, then engineered his historic downfall.


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'Wasting court's time': judge in Trump classified documents case rebukes prosecutors    
'Wasting court's time': judge in Trump classified documents case rebukes prosecutors
De Oliveira's language skills have been a topic of discussion inside the Trump legal team for months, according to people familiar with the matter. He told the judge that when he emigrated from Portugal at 17, he had not graduated high school, and never completed his secondary education.




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