High Street grants, Amazon, TSB: Everything that matters this morning
Marketing Week ReportersGood morning and welcome to Marketing Week’s round-up of the news that matters in the marketing world today.
Good morning and welcome to Marketing Week’s round-up of the news that matters in the marketing world today.
Amid the career disruption of the past 12 months, marketers are looking for their companies to prioritise diversity and inclusion, invest in brand values and commit to transparent internal communication.
Few are expecting Brexit to have any positive effect, but marketing functions do at least appear to be afforded greater importance within an organisation and spend is set to increase in 2021.
At the end of every week, I look at the key stories, offering my view on what they mean for you and the industry. From the impact of Covid on marketing careers to Coca-Cola’s change of heart on packaging, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
Many companies are investing in enterprise AI – from AI assistants to predictive analytics and intelligent workflows – to help unify people, process and technology and emerge from the pandemic smarter and more resilient.
Coca-Cola has enlisted Tyler, The Creator for its latest campaign which looks to highlight the “indescribable” feeling drinking a Coke creates, while showcasing the redesigned Coca-Cola Zero Sugar pack.
For consumers to really be at the heart of an organisation, customer centricity can’t just be limited to marketing, according to the global CMOs at Lego and GSK.
‘Live Well for Less’ is being replaced with ‘Helping Everyone Eat Better’ as the supermarket looks to help consumers make healthier choices for themselves and the planet.
After almost two centuries of successful innovation, one company is about to get a huge fillip from the rollout of its vaccine.
Online retailers need to balance a simple user experience with sufficient product inventory, reacting to trends accelerated by Covid.
Team restructures, hiring freezes and evolving agency relationships may have characterised the past 12 months, but can progress emerge from all this disruption?
Virgin Media’s Jeff Dodds outlines the brand’s strategy to boost diversity, support carers by facilitating better connections and reducing its environmental impact by 2025.
P&O Ferries is looking to raise brand awareness and position itself as the safer alternative to air travel in a post-Covid world.
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The British Army tackled a recruitment crisis head on with the introduction of its long-term brand platform ‘This is Belonging’, which it has evolved over the past five years to completely reshape young people’s opinions of a career in the Armed Forces.