Marketers in the boardroom: The Marketoonist collection
What brands can learn from supermarkets’ service
Mindi ChahalSupermarkets are the surprising leaders in a new poll of customer service ratings, with financial services, energy and telecoms brands falling far behind, suggesting there is a great deal marketers can gain from looking outside their industry and personalising interactions.
How John Lewis, Pixar and Lloyds inject emotion into their marketing
Thomas HobbsProgrammatic and digital advertising is increasingly about the data but many brands are concerned they are losing the emotional touch. At Quantcast’s Supernova event in London today (21 October) Lloyds explained how it wants to make its digital advertising as emotive as its TV campaigns while the agency behind John Lewis’ ads explained why data is not the answer to everything.
The RNLI on why it has become the first charity to switch to opt-in comms
Sarah VizardThe RNLI is fundamentally changing the way it contacts people, becoming the first charity to switch to an opt-in model as it looks to puts its supporter back in control after a year in which the sector has come in for widespread criticism of its fundraising practices.
Oystercatchers hires Posterscope’s Gill Huber as managing partner
Michaela JeffersonThe former agency boss replaces Jude Bridge at the helm of the marketing consultancy.
Currys rebrand: Four brands become one as it ‘invests hard’ in simplified proposition
Michaela JeffersonCurrys is by far the superior brand of the four merging businesses, but a number of challenges lie ahead for the electrical goods retailer.
NatWest’s CMO slams lack of ‘pointed’ efforts to ramp up diversity
Manny PhamFive years ago, NatWest CMO Margaret Jobling thought the marketing industry would naturally become more diverse, but she realises now more action must be taken.
Mark Ritson: Brand diagnosis should be marketers’ number one job
Marketing Week ReportersMark Ritson outlines how to build a robust research plan and explains why marketers must find time to get to grips with diagnosis.
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