According to new research, private equity (PE) buyers helped to drive another buoyant six months for M&A in the marcoms sector. There were 89 PE-backed deals in H1 this year, almost double the 46 seen in the same period of 2017. The analysis was carried out by Results International, leading global advisor on M&A and fundraising to […]
Over three-quarters of women believe the automotive sector doesn’t understand them as consumers, according to new research by TI Media (formerly Time Inc. UK). This is particularly worrying for car brands as a recent Magnetic study revealed that 79% of women wield the power to veto an auto purchase, with 40% having sole responsibility for […]
Global consumers will spend an average of 67 minutes a day watching online video this year, up from 56 minutes last year, according to Zenithâs Online Video Forecasts 2018, published on July 16. By 2020 the average person will be spending 84 minutes a day watching videos online. In that year, China will have the keenest […]
Budweiser is the brand that won the social media World Cup, according to data from MediaCom North. With the tournament over after France were victorious, it was the famous beer brandâs #ManoftheMatch content that saw it score with fans on social media. MediaCom North tracked engagement and sentiment on Twitter throughout the World Cup, ranking […]
Nearly half (49%) of all advertising agencies undertake programmatic media buying with their own technology, while 34% combine their own with third party technology and 17% rely exclusively on third party offerings. Agencies in EMEA lead the way, with 58% in the region relying solely on their own technology; this drops to 56% for North […]
Leading advertising and digital communications group Dentsu Aegis Network has released its biannual forecasts, pointing to a more positive 2018 for global advertising expenditure than previously expected. Ad-spend growth will rise from 3.3% in 2017 to hit 3.9% in 2018 – higher than the 3.6% forecast in January 2018 and taking total investment to US$613.5bn. […]
Over 79% of the UK’s Generation Z snack more than once a day, making it the largest age group for demanding immediate snacking food according to the latest research by leading brand, packaging and innovation specialist Sun Branding Solutions. Generation Z (people born from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, a larger section of society […]
In today’s omni-channel retail environment, brands are stepping on each other’s toes to offer the flashiest deals, rewards programmes and bonus perks, with the goal of capturing long-term consumer attention and turning one-off buyers into repeat, loyal customers. Yet, in this abundance of choice, it proves challenging to define what makes the modern shopper keep […]
Blis, the global pioneer in advanced location data technology, launched the findings of an in-depth study exploring consumer behaviours leading up to and during the point of purchase. Detailed in a new report entitled Locating Decisions: A Marketer’s Guide to Re-Navigating the Consumer Path to Purchase, the research shows consumers have begun to adopt a non-linear […]
Research unveiled has revealed the extent to which the advertising and media sectors are frustrating the UK’s ageing population. More than two-thirds (68%) of those aged over 65 believe that ads often show stereotyped versions of people their age – which could be why almost as many (63%) think they face negative and harmful stereotypes […]