How Manchester United’s Paul Pogba transfer rewrote the rules of sports marketing
From an announcement in the middle of the night, to a rap video featuring a social media star, the unveiling of Paul Pogba by Manchester United broke new ground.
Burberry becomes first luxury brand to personalise on Pinterest
Rachel GeeBurberry hopes to capitalise on Pinterest’s 100 million monthly users, as it focuses on personalisation and its online influence to push its beauty products.
Facebook takes aim at ad blockers
Leonie RoderickFacebook is looking to put a stop to ad blocking with new technology that will stop ad blocking software identifying what content is an ad and what is not.
Lidl’s Arnd Pickhardt on what it takes to turn a challenger brand into a contender
Thomas HobbsLive your brand, think tirelessly about customers and do not compromise your expectations – that is the advice of Arnd Pickhardt, the man behind the pivotal Lidl Surprises campaign and winner of Marketing Week’s ‘Visionary Marketer of the Year’ award 2016. Here he shares his advice for achieving effective marketing and customer insight.
Futurist Tracey Follows on the tech that will impact marketing in the ‘postnormal’ era
Marketing Week ReportersFrom the digital after-life to the growth of synthetic media, futurist Tracey Follows sets out the key trends that will shape the marketing industry over the next five years.
Brands rally behind mentoring initiative to serve marketing’s ‘lost generation’
Charlotte RogersThe School of Marketing is launching Mentoring Gen Z, which aims to connect young people with marketing leaders from brands including Boots and Direct Line in a bid to avert the “ticking timebomb” of youth unemployment.
Marketoonist on culture of new ideas
Tom FishburneTom Fishburne is founder of Marketoon Studios. Follow his work at marketoonist.com or on Twitter @tomfishburne See more of the Marketoonist here
What skills will marketers need to face the post-pandemic world?
Megan TatumFrom nurturing a fierce curiosity in customer behaviour, to becoming more agile and honing their digital skills, marketers must be prepared to upskill if they want to futureproof their careers in 2021 and beyond.