





Brands without Borders
Jaimie Seaton, The Marketeer
August 01, 2004
'THINK GLOBAL ACT LOCAL' has long been the mantra of community-based organizations. Now marketers of global brands are borrowing that mantra and making it their own. Increasingly, the paradigm is shifting from a top-down marketing approach towards one that is more localized. Even the largest conglomerates are empowering their local offices to make marketing decisions 'on the ground'.
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