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AL P. RIES | General Motors

Worth Repeating

by American Way Staff

"Bringing up the past just keeps the problem alive. It's like picking a pimple. It only aggravates things."

— Marketing consultant AL P. RIES on General Motors’ “road to redemption” ad campaign, which admits to past shortcomings in GM quality. From Forbes.com.

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