PR Opinions May 2015
Marketers are still not ready to fully put their faith into mobile, even at the most basic level, and “criminally” failing to personalise the experience, according to Google’s sales director Martijn Bertisen, who was speaking at today’s annual IAB Mobile Engage event.
It was confirmed today (May 13) that UK package holiday brands Thomson and First Choice Holidays will be fully rebranded to their German parent TUI, with the process set to take up to two years in order to ensure a smooth transition.
If programmatic actually works and connects the worlds of social, digital and traditional media, we have a potential solution for what ails marketers worldwide.
At the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From Elon Musk sacking Tesla’s 40-strong marketing team to McDonald’s shining a light on the power of ‘stillness’, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
The FMCG giant is looking at “new category opportunities” as it looks to regain market share and tackle the threat of private labels.
Morrisons CMO Rachel Eyre describes loyalty as a two-way street so says the supermarket must be “hyper-personalised” in its offer to get more people “voting with their feet”.
Marketers may like to be believe they can identify with a wide range of people but, in reality, they are as likely to be led by their biases as anyone else.