History blog
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The Great Easter Egg Conspiracy
It’s always around this time of year that I see memes and news stories circulating about the belief (and it’s a totally false belief) that chocolate manufacturers in the UK have removed the word Easter from their chocolate egg packaging in order to encourage sales to Muslims, or as part of a wider conspiracy to marginalise Christianity, or because something involving foreigners is changing the way we celebrate Easter in Britain.
Brands and business
Are you a brand manager? Are you looking for insights from the past to build your brand's future? You've come to the right place (possibly; you've certainly come to a very opinionated one).

Facing racism in your brand history
This post is aimed at all the brand managers who have at least an ounce of humanity; are proud of