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It's quite extraordinary that a recourse (branding/identity) which is generally regarded as so significant, and is now so ubiquitous, is so little understood.

Wally Olins

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Wally Olins
Age: 83 †
Born: 1930
Born: December 19
Died: 2014
Died: April 14
Advertising Person
London
England
Wallace Olins
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