Independent marketing agency OLIVER, created an infographic detailing the quickly growing Generation Z, which will be ruling the market sooner than you might think. The infographic highlights various aspects of the Gen Z life and helps us predict what their impact on the marketing world may end up being. One essential part of a Gen Z’s […]
International Women’s Day may have been on March 9, but we here at MarComm News think women should be celebrated year round for their amazing work and not just in the marketing industry. But Marketing and Communication is our bread and butter so we have decided to feature a few women who we think are […]
Mobile phones and tablets now account for 46 per cent of all viewing globally, according to a report from Telstra-owned premium video specialists Ooyala, up from 34 per cent in 2014. A large part of this is being led by certain APAC markets, according to the report, with five out of 15 APAC countries outperforming […]
Apple is introducing native ads to Apple News. Bought through iAd, as with all News ads, the new native format will appear alongside regular articles in the content feeds. They’re identical to any other story – displaying an image, title and short excerpt, all in the app’s default font – except for a small ‘sponsored by’ tag. Interestingly, including the advertiser name’s in […]
Creative agency Space is bringing circus thrills to 2016’s Cheltenham festival with a campaign designed to get punters to choose Coral as their bookmaker of choice at the racecourse. ‘The ‘Greatest Show on Turf’ will target festival goers with fun circus style activation that aims to get them to download the Coral app, win free […]
Mobile ad spend is set to surge 35 per cent compared to 12 months earlier and surpass desktop media investment to hit £4.58bn in 2016, and account for 27 per cent of total UK media budgets, according to eMarketer. The research firm on March 10 released the numbers which show that the wider ‘digital’ category […]
Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps, has enabled the campaign of the coming third edition of Convergence, an established multi‐venue event series in London. The annual festival’s entire marketing activation is enabled with Shazam’s Visual Recognition. By ‘shazaming’ Convergence’s artworks, users will be redirected to a page offering the download an exclusive 12 […]
The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, and as of late has been rolling out a number of ads and marketing stunts to raise awareness of the milestone, including a virtual park tour and campaign created by Grey called ‘Find Your Park.’ The US agency’s latest centennial initiative is a mobile […]
More than one in five British adults now say they use ad-blockers, according to the latest research from the IAB. The IAB’s Ad-Blocking Report, conducted online by YouGov, said 22 per cent of British adults are using ad-blocking software – a rise from 18 per cent in October. The highest level of ad-blocking takes place […]
HTC has released eight online ads which bring classic and modern video games to life to promote the company’s virtual reality headset, Vive. The videos, created by B-Reel, see people on the street accosted by actors dressed as video game characters and features, including the rectangular paddles from Pong and sweets from Candy Crush Saga. […]