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The Losing Battle of KIND vs. Clif Bar

Mentioning a competitor’s brand may work but it can also backfire.

Barry W. Enderwick
4 min readJun 25, 2019

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In case you’ve missed it, a war is being waged by two snack bar brands since March. Unfortunately, neither one of them is coming out looking good. Before I get to why that is, let’s set some context.

How it Began

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Barry W. Enderwick

Brand/marketing executive, Kaizen (ex Netflix). I write on startups, strategy, business, culture & design. Also Sandwiches Of History on Insta/TikTok/YouTube