According to research unveiled January 14, convenience is the key factor for the future of retail and Click & Collect is leading the charge: around one in five (18%) believe that the service ‘changed the way they shopped’ last year, beating mobile phones, tablets and smartwatches, while more than a quarter (26%) say it’s making […]
Google has revealed the most popular ads of 2015 according to YouTube. The success of John Lewis and Sainsbury’s Christmas ads saw them shoot to the top of the YouTube Year-End Ads Leaderboard. The UK leaderboard charts the most popular advertising videos of 2015, with the top 10 also including Christmas ads from M&S and […]
The 18th Annual International Food and Beverage (FAB) Creative Excellence Awards are now open for entries. The FAB Awards is an international awards program that recognises the critical contribution that outstanding creative work makes to building brands in the Food and Beverage industry. It identifies and rewards the leading practitioners from over 60 countries, and it […]
In the early days of the year many experts rush to make lists with predictions that will influence the strategies of brands in the near future. In Tiempo BBDO, they asked 10 experts true visionary, who know better than anyone, what trends and developments brands will incorporate into their communications strategies. Predictions for Social Media, Online […]
Albert Einstein once said that “the human spirit must prevail over technology” – a prophetic warning to keep front of mind as tech continues to embed itself almost seamlessly into our everyday, and every minute, existence. In the case of brands in 2015, everything was riding on the Christmas spirit prevailing over technology. Last year […]
Many brands prefer to upload their videos directly to Facebook, according to data from quintly. YouTube videos only make up roughly one-quarter of all videos posted by brands on the social network. The research from quintly is based on a sample set of more than 1 million Facebook posts analyzed between July and November 2015, […]
Facebook-owned Oculus announced it is to begin accepting pre-orders for its virtual reality (VR) headset Rift, bringing renewed vigour to the sector as a host of competitors are also poised to unveil similar offerings at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). A post on the company’s official blog announced that it is to begin accepting pre-orders from […]
Analysis recently released has revealed the UK population’s online habits during Christmas and Boxing Day 2015. The most common times people went online were between 4.00pm and midnight on both days. Furthermore, there was a huge jump in ‘second-screening’ – on Christmas Day this year nearly half (48%) of all UK web traffic was done […]
New, analysis has identified 2015’s most emotionally resonant TV moments. The analysis, which involved close monitoring of over a billion Twitter conversations, was carried out by advertising agency Telegraph Hill. The agency scrutinized Twitter conversations to identify specific moments within broadcasts that had real emotional impact and prompted viewers to share their feelings on social […]
ZenithOptimedia has unveiled its 10 trends that show how technology will enable consumers to become increasingly mobile in their behaviour, presenting new engagement opportunities for brands. Building on ZenithOptimedia’s recent research report with GlobalWebIndex – The Mobile Imperative – which found that young people around the world will spend more time accessing the internet via […]