With 67% of 18 to 34-year-olds saying the need to take a break from technology, does this open an opportunity for brands, asks Vaughan Edmonds, planner at global experience agency Sense. Britain has an addiction epidemic. I’m not talking about drugs, alcohol, gambling or even caffeine. This addiction is far more common. Most people reading this […]
To launch their new Cornish spiced rum in London, Dead Man’s Fingers is creating ‘SkullCuts’, a unisex barbershop specialising only in ‘close to the bone’ styles and scalp treatments. Contrary to traditional barbers, who focus solely on hair, SkullCuts is designed to give both men and women the confidence to show off more of […]
Too many major brands are coming late to the party and/or delivering paper-thin token gestures in their ‘show’ of support for causes, says Sense’s Ciara Garratt. Have you noticed how every brand is trying to prove a point at the moment? How every product you pick up in the supermarket now boldly states its protein content? Or, […]
This summer, people across the UK will be able to take free preliminarily hearing checks as part of a Specsavers roadshow, which goes on tour during July and August. Run by global brand experience agency Sense, the experiential campaign will raise awareness of the importance of having regular hearing checks, as well as encouraging dialogue […]
Now in its third year, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly’s successful #BareYourSole campaign will be touring the UK during July. It will be encouraging people to be proud to be different and revel in their uniqueness, as research by the award-winning wine brand uncovered that 84 per cent of Brits believe that by being comfortable with […]
This summer, consumers across London will be invited to take part in a Zipcar Flex challenge, with the winners enjoying free driving credit for a year from the car sharing brand. Run by global brand experience agency Sense, the campaign will use the game to introduce consumers to Zipcar Flex and drive acquisitions to the […]
It’s 10 April 2018 and a nervous Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, stands before the US Congress. It’s the turn of 84-year-old US senator and Republican high-tech task force chair Orrin Hatch to ask the questions. Facebook is at the centre of a scandal after it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica, a British data firm hired […]
It seems that rarely a week goes by without a new statistic showing just how low consumer confidence has dropped thanks to Brexit. This isn’t great for brands, but this issue seems fleetingly short term compared to the almost equally prevalent statistics about the fragility of young people. The latest report from the annual UK […]
A few weeks ago, I ran the London Marathon. I still can’t quite believe I did it – especially considering beforehand, the odds felt a little stacked against me. After sustaining a knee injury in February, I’d been restricted to the gym and had only braved the treadmill for a few weeks before the race. […]
“Today, we declare a new front in the battle for good beer. This is a new chapter in the craft beer revolution. This is all or nothing.” Few campaigns start with such emotive words, but this was how BrewDog co-founder James Watt described the launch of Punk IPA’s audacious push to increase its customers by […]