IHOP flipped its “P” on its head last week when it announced it was changing its name to IHOb leaving everyone to question—what does the “b” stand for. After days of speculation the company announced it stood for burgers. So why would a company that has built its entire, 60-year-old brand on delicious hotcakes make such a drastic change?
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Are Burgers the New Hotcakes at IHOP?

Illuminating: How Two Restaurants Manage Reputation and Brand
For us, rarely a day passes without an article by marketers about audience and stakeholder fragmentation and the difficulties in capturing eyeballs
in the digital age.

Fake News, Fake Reviews. What’s Next, Fake Restaurants?
Who hasn’t used user generated review sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor to
find a hotel in an uncharted destination, coffee in an unfamiliar part of town, or a restaurant for a first date, but imagine if that restaurant didn’t
exist. And not just any restaurant, but London’s #1 restaurant on TripAdvisor.
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