The Government’s childhood obesity strategy: good or bad news for marketers?
While there will be no ban on junk food ads, brands still face a sugar tax and targets to cut 20% of the sugar out of their products by 2020.
Coca-Cola and Britvic hit back at sugar tax for ‘singling out soft drinks’
Leonie RoderickCoca-Cola and Britvic have responded to the government’s plans to introduce a sugar tax on all soft drinks by the end of 2018, stating that the decision is “extremely disappointing”.
Soft drink brands suffer blow as government pledges sugar tax for 2018
Thomas HobbsChancellor George Osborne has confirmed a sugar levy will be introduced on all soft drinks by the end of 2018.
Jamie Oliver: ‘Brands are not even getting the basics right when it comes to tackling childhood obesity’
Sarah VizardJamie Oliver has issued a damning indictment on the state of the food and drinks industry’s attempts to tackle childhood obesity, saying it is barely managing to get the basics right and that brands need to take more risks to make eating healthy food “cool” and come up with a holistic approach to meet the challenge.
Airbnb’s narrative and reinstating the CMO: Your Marketing Week
Lucy TesserasAt the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From Airbnb’s desire to control the narrative to Gap reinstating the CMO role, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
‘A different way of building brands’: Diageo on using AI to get closer to ‘real consumers’
Grace GollaschDiageo is using AI to better understand “real behaviour, not unintended”, which it is using to drive innovation.
‘Led by the process’: One flooring brand on upending category conventions
Josh StephensonWith 80% of customers unable to name an underlay brand, Interfloor has embarked on a brand building journey to turn those figures around.
Controversial Apple ad ranks low with consumers and industry alike, data suggests
Molly InnesThe ad, which Apple has now apologised for, had a “less negative than you might expect” reaction from consumers, claims System1. However, it still falls short.