The AA’s main website attracted nearly a third of all visitors – 30 per cent – to automotive sites in September, making it the UK’s top motoring-related online destination, according to Nielsen/NetRatings’ first Automotive Sector Spotlight report. Ebay Motors was second, with 26.1 per cent, and Auto Trader third with 25.1 per cent.
As “greenshoots” of economic recovery appear, marketers are shifting focus to promotions, events and direct marketing, according to the latest IPA Bellwether report.
Saga cut marketing spend by £4.2m in 2024, pausing investment in some areas of its insurance business in a challenged market.
Despite revenues falling 18% year-over-year in the six months to March, Asos’s CEO insists the retailer is “delivering” against its turnaround plan.
Puma’s leadership team has been waiting for the moment the brand would “invest differently” in marketing, something top marketer Richard Teyssier is confident it is doing with new teams, fewer activations and bigger brand investment.