A lot has changed since Marketing Week was first published in 1978, but the search for differentiation, the need to understand customers and the battle for brand supremacy will always be marketers’ key challenges.
By Mark Ritson
The marketing industry has changed significantly since Marketing Week launched its Career and Salary Survey in 1998, but when it comes to the best (and worst) paid sectors and equal pay, the results are fairly consistent.
From the charming JR Hartley to Cadbury’s iconic gorilla, we look back through five decades of marketing to find consumers’ most loved campaigns.
In may be a contradiction, but as we celebrate Marketing Week’s 40th birthday, it’s fair to say everything and nothing has changed. One thing is for sure, though, marketing will be as critical in the future as it is right now.
At the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From the rise of burnout to Santander UK’s first B2B TV campaign, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
Santander’s marketing director tells Marketing Week the time is right to put its corporate and commercial proposition “in the spotlight” as it launches its first TV ad starring Succession’s Brian Cox.
After a successful and lucrative partnership on vodka brand Ciroc spanning more than 15 years, Sean Combs filed a law suit against Diageo this week, accusing the business of racism and neglect. Whatever the outcome, it looks like the end of the relationship.
Kraft Heinz is making its biggest-ever media investment behind the new platform, which is the first global campaign in Heinz’s 150-year history.