{"id":353428,"date":"2010-02-23T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/?p=10102"},"modified":"2010-02-23T11:00:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T16:00:58","slug":"lexustoyota-admired-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/353428","title":{"rendered":"Lexus\/Toyota: Admired Company?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have created an &#8220;<strong><a title=\"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/about\/admired-companies\/\" href=\"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/about\/admired-companies\/\" >Admired Company<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; list for years. Today, I&#8217;ve decided to put\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/lexus.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/lexus.com\/\" >Lexus<\/a> on the &#8220;watch list&#8221; pending further research and review.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, I have only added to the list of &#8220;<strong><a title=\"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/about\/admired-companies\/\" href=\"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/about\/admired-companies\/\" >Admired Companies<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; and have never put a brand\/<a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lovemark\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lovemark\" >Lovemark<\/a> under review.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly <a title=\"http:\/\/lexus.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/lexus.com\/\" >Lexus<\/a> is the first.<\/p>\n<p>(news references:\u00a0<strong><a title=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2010\/02\/21\/autos\/toyota_document\/index.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2010\/02\/21\/autos\/toyota_document\/index.htm\" >CNN: \u201cToyota: Saved $100 million dodging recall\u201d<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/8529950.stm\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/business\/8529950.stm\" >BBC: \u201cToyota admits it took \u2018too long\u2019 on safety recalls\u201d<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Filed under: <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/advertising\/'>advertising<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/business\/'>Business<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/japan\/'>Japan<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/love\/'>Love<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/lovemarks\/'>Lovemarks<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/marketing\/'>Marketing<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/united-states\/'>united states<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/world\/'>World<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/world-affairs\/'>World Affairs<\/a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10102\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=kempton.wordpress.com&#038;blog=364107&#038;post=10102&#038;subd=kempton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have created an &#8220;Admired Company&#8221; list for years. Today, I&#8217;ve decided to put\u00a0Lexus on the &#8220;watch list&#8221; pending further research and review. Over the years, I have only added to the list of &#8220;Admired Companies&#8221; and have never put a brand\/Lovemark under review. Sadly Lexus is the first. 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