Positioning vandalism on a great name. The name Roses Only is a textbook example of positioning genius, instantly setting it apart from the generic world of florists with its uncompromising focus. You want roses, you go to the specialists.
Then a few years after it becomes a huge success, some PowerPoint-toting middle manager says: 'this rose thing is restricting our growth - we can be the specialists in everything'.
Then they give it a tag line that fights with the name like two badgers in a sack.
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