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Unilever to buy Alberto Culver brands
Rosie BakerUnilever is to buy personal care group Alberto Culver which owns the TRESemmé, VO5, and Simple brands in a deal that extends its hair and skin care portfolio.
Page & Moy migrates database and marketing tools
Marketing WeekPage & Moy Travel Group is creating a new marketing database and implementing campaign management software across its Travelsphere, Page & Moy and Just You brands. SmartFocus is providing the marketing solution with the goal of increasing customer insight and better marketing performance for the company.
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.