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Mars CEO: Attacks on brand purpose are ‘nonsense’

Niamh Carroll

Dismissing its critics, Mars’s CEO believes brand purpose is an essential tool for “quality” companies in both talent acquisition and driving profit.

20 Mar 2023 1:48 pm
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How Mars Petcare is protecting innovation in the boardroom amid inflation

Niamh Carroll

According to European marketing director Chris Rodi, Mars Petcare has learned when to take “big bets” on innovations and when to be more frugal.

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Mars Petcare on approaching innovation as ‘platforms not projects’ 

Niamh Carroll

Even as the cost of living crisis pushes price up consumers’ agendas, they still demand product innovation from brands, according to Mars Petcare’s Chris Rodi.

23 Aug 2022 7:30 am
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3 questions I wish I’d asked as a junior marketer: Mars’s Michele Oliver

Molly Innes

Global vice-president for brand purpose at Mars, Michele Oliver reflects on the roles pay, flexibility and diversity have had on her career.

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Mars on why brands risk seeing purpose as a panacea

Molly Innes

Conversations around purpose aren’t “nuanced enough”, says Mars vice-president of brand purpose Michele Oliver.

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8 Jul 2022 7:00 am
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6 ways Mars Petcare is using DTC to develop ‘better marketers’

Michaela Jefferson

The pet food giant’s European marketing director outlines six lessons he and his team have learned through launching five direct-to-consumer businesses over the past 18 months.

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Mars Petcare hails the ‘power’ of uniting brand and performance marketers

Michaela Jefferson

A closer relationship between its brand and performance marketers helped Mars Petcare cut the cost per acquisition of pet food brand James Wellbeloved by 57%, while giving its brand team valuable insight to help “sharpen” its ads.

4 Feb 2022 12:21 pm
Sheba 4am Stories
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And the winner of campaign of the year is…

Mark Ritson

Great diagnosis, smart insight, clever use of media and inventive execution, Sheba’s ‘4am Stories’ is a masterclass in simple but highly effective marketing.

10 Dec 2021 1:00 pm
Maltesers maternal mental health
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How Maltesers plans to shatter the taboos around maternal mental health

Charlotte Rogers

The chocolate brand is teaming up with Channel 4 on the second phase of its campaign to raise awareness of maternal mental health, encouraging the public to swap social media likes for genuine support.

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PepsiCo hires Mars Pet Nutrition CMO Jane Wakely for key marketing role

Michaela Jefferson

After two decades working at Mars in a range of marketing leadership roles, Wakely has been tapped for the top marketing position at drinks giant PepsiCo.

14 Nov 2021 9:26 pm
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3 questions I wish I’d asked as a junior marketer: Mars Petcare’s Helen Warren-Piper

Charlotte Rogers

The chief growth officer challenges her younger self to push for societal value, make advertising that truly reflects the population and think about consumers as individuals.

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2 Nov 2021 7:00 am
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Mars on the value of adopting an ‘ROI++’ mindset

Marketing Week Reporters

While demonstrating a positive ROI is powerful, as a metric it should be viewed in the wider context of creative effectiveness, says Mars insight boss Sorin Patilinet. 

5 Aug 2021 7:15 am
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Study reveals ‘effectiveness dividend’ created by diversity in advertising

Michaela Jefferson

New research by System1, ITV and DECA has proved the positive impact diverse representation has on both long- and short-term advertising effectiveness.

13 Jul 2021 12:01 am
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‘Surround yourself with black belts’: Mars’s global president on being a successful leader

Manny Pham

As former marketer Fiona Dawson prepares to retire from Mars after 33 years, she advises marketers to know where their strengths and weaknesses lie and to stop chasing perfection as it will only hinder progress.

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2 Jul 2021 6:55 am
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How brands have used lockdown as a testbed for DTC success

Matthew Valentine

Established brands from the worlds of FMCG to automotive have used the pandemic as an opportunity to accelerate their ecommerce plans and make a DTC debut.

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