Can the Rio Olympics live up to London 2012 for brands?
Despite a controversial build-up, marketers are confident the Rio Olympics can ride the momentum from London 2012.
Despite a controversial build-up, marketers are confident the Rio Olympics can ride the momentum from London 2012.
Samsung is hoping its marquee Olympics ad ‘The Anthem’ can break down geographic barriers as it pushes forward with its aim to adopt a ‘human focus’ in its marketing.
Roisin Donnelly, P&G’s brand director for Northern Europe, admitted to Marketing Week that it will be more challenging to engage the British public for the Rio Olympics with its latest ‘Thank you, mum’ campaign but that British patriotism and a unified brand approach will cut through.
With just over 100 days to go until Rio 2016, brands stand to benefit greatly from being associated with the major sporting event as research reveals a third of people define themselves as ‘obsessed’ with the Olympic Games.
While the UK’s ad market grew 6% in 2023, total growth when discounting high inflation rates was -1.2%, according to the latest report from the AA and WARC.
Inclusive marketing drives meaningfulness and differentiation for Lego, says brand boss Carolina Teixeira, measures closely linked to price elasticity.
Marketing boss Richard Warren claims boards see advertising as a running cost, meaning marketers shouldn’t “cloak” campaigns in the word “investment”.
Overall digital advertising spend grew 11% in 2023 to £29.6bn, according to data from IAB and PwC.