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Marketing, Branding, and American Gangster: What Frank Lucas Did Right

November 3rd, 2008 by Hayley

From American Gangster (2007):

Brand names mean something. Consumers rely on them to know what they’re getting. They know the company isn’t going to try to fool them with an inferior product. They buy a Ford, they know they’re gonna get a Ford. Not a Datsun. Blue Magic is a brand name; as much a brand name as Pepsi. I own it. I stand behind it. I guarantee it and people know that even if they don’t know me any more than they know the chairman of General Mills.” more...

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