How to build good marketing teams
The right team dynamic can have a huge impact on productivity, business growth and employee retention. Marketers at Notonthehighstreet.com, Aldi, Boden and ClearScore share what it takes to create the perfect team.
IBM’s Harriet Green talks marketing leadership and forging a new path
Rachel GeeFormer Thomas Cook CEO Harriet Green is now at IBM, pushing its internet of things agenda and drawing on her background in marketing to lead the business through its next stage of growth
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The seven unmistakable signs of a shit brand consultant
Mark RitsonYour portable toilet business has nothing to learn from Steve Jobs, and if a consultant even mentions Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs you should kick them out of the door.
EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall on how marketers can soar
Leonie RoderickWhen it comes to climbing the career ladder and gaining a coveted place at the boardroom table, easyJet’s CEO Carolyn McCall believes marketers are “fantastically” placed to do so. But to become a senior leader, confidence is key.
Gousto’s CMO on how he developed a taste for data
Marketing Week ReportersTom Wallis believes data can be used as a highly-effective means to improve the customer experience, as much as drive sales.
Pret ramps up digital focus with shift away from ‘shops first’ mentality
Matt BarkerThe sandwich chain is on the hunt for a new global creative agency to aid its ongoing digital transformation and wider transition to a post-lockdown world.
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Attempts to update the four Ps are embarrassing – they’ve endured for a reason
Mark RitsonWhenever a marketer sets out to improve, augment or adapt the four Ps, they reveal the absurdity of the exercise and reinforce why product, price, place and promotion remain the core concepts of the marketing mix.
Budget 2021: What does it mean for marketers?
Manny PhamChancellor Rishi Sunak is hoping to reboot business with his latest Budget, putting apprenticeships, cuts to business rates and support for the high street at the top of the agenda.