Last year, I wrote about how the agency-advertiser model is changing, and how advertisers might need tore-evaluate their commercial approach to take that into account. However, most commentary I’ve seen to date has been from a media perspective. A trip to the Hoxton Mix at London’s Sillicone Roundabout, one of several incubators for digital start-ups, suggests and interesting model for how creative agencies could also evolve.
As the industry waits for the Government’s reaction to the Bailey Review and lobby groups step up their efforts to ban advertising to under-11s, can there ever be an ethical way to market to children?
Only 5 per cent of people switched their current account last year but that could double once new switching rules come into play in September.
Ahead of a big summer of sport, businesses aim to use corporate hospitality to derive maximum value from their connections
As befits the arrival of spring, Marketing Week is rolling out a fistful of new initiatives to ensure we remain an essential partner in helping marketers deliver great creativity and business results.
Review the millions of people on Twitter and it’s apparent that there are about five distinct types of user.
As regular readers will know, I work for the best brand in the world, at least I think so. However, I often imagine what I would do if I wasn’t working here.
Regarding your ‘Privacy: for whose eyes only?’ article (MWlinks.co.uk/privacysell) into the likely impacts of looming stringent EU legislation, we need an alternative way forward; a collective effort at self-regulation that both prepares organisations for the impending regulations and demonstrates action to your customer base.
Marks & Spencer’s new food campaign shines a spotlight on food standards as new food marketing boss Sharry Crammond looks to “shout louder” about the “issues customers care about”.
Pret A Manger has built a brand positioning based on serving natural food, yet the E numbers in its bread clearly undermine that, so it has to decide whether to change its processes or its advertising.
The mobile giant has streamlined the sales process and made the customer experience “more engaging” by extending the remit of its chatbot TOBi.
Having a brand purpose is all very well, but if consumers are going to be believe it is genuine brands must communicate the values internally first.
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