The Office of Fair Trading has ruled that Associated Newspapers’ distribution monopoly on London’s transport network for its free Metro newspaper cannot be ‘objectively justified’. The decision paves the way for another newspaper to be distributed on the system in the afternoon and evening.
As “greenshoots” of economic recovery appear, marketers are shifting focus to promotions, events and direct marketing, according to the latest IPA Bellwether report.
Saga cut marketing spend by £4.2m in 2024, pausing investment in some areas of its insurance business in a challenged market.
Despite revenues falling 18% year-over-year in the six months to March, Asos’s CEO insists the retailer is “delivering” against its turnaround plan.
Puma’s leadership team has been waiting for the moment the brand would “invest differently” in marketing, something top marketer Richard Teyssier is confident it is doing with new teams, fewer activations and bigger brand investment.