“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 […]
People living with dementia and Alzheimer’s could soon be able to relive happy memories of the summer of 1966 and England’s World Cup win, thanks to a virtual reality (VR) project. ‘The Wayback’ – a free-to-download app – uses VR to spark memories and trigger conversations by fully immersing viewers in the sights and […]
No one can accuse luxury brands of cutting corners where advertising spend is concerned. On average, they divert 8% of their turnover into funding advertising initiatives. In the US for example, luxury brands invested more than $5 billion in advertising last year, accounting for a significant portion of overall marketing expenditure. Love it or hate […]
Celebrating their 20th year, The FAB Awards – International Food and Beverage Creative and Effectiveness Awards – have announced the addition of The FAB Choice Award to its recognition program. Similar to a people’s-choice award, the award will be voted on by the public. Family (and friends) co-founder, Derek Johnston, who came up with the idea […]
It’s already shaping up to be a challenging year for marketers. Brand fatigue among consumers is at a high and 66% of Brits find ads more intrusive today than they did three years ago. Meanwhile, concerns continue around the effectiveness and accountability of ad campaigns and the industry is continually pushed to do more with […]
The marketing and communications industries are commanded by some magnificent leaders — an increasing number of which are women. This year, MarComm’s Magnificence highlights 20 women with praiseworthy positions and accomplishments in those fields. Here are the magnificent leading ladies of 2018, in no particular order: 1. Jess Burley, Global CEO at m/SIX During an […]
With the new General Data Protection Regulation around the corner, with just under three months to go, businesses should be aware of the significant changes to data collection – and the opportunities it brings. Research into marketers’ attitudes indicates that three quarters of UK marketers view GDPR as offering opportunity, as when it comes to […]
The FAB Awards — International Food and Beverage Creative and Effectiveness Awards — is pleased to announce the continuation of their partnership with Google UK Ltd via their YouTube brand. This will be the 4th consecutive year that Google has teamed up with FAB. As per the partnership, YouTube will co-host The 3rd FAB Forum on […]
Design Bridge’s Chief Creative Officer Graham Shearsby, has been named the Chair of the Design Jury for The 20th FAB Awards. Graham is responsible for maintaining Design Bridge’s creative quality and reputation and with the help of his team of Creative Directors, he oversees the three studios in London, Amsterdam and Singapore. Born in East London, Graham […]
WeCounterHate is a new campaign by POSSIBLE that seeks to reduce hate speech on Twitter by turning retweets of these hateful messages into donations for a good cause. What topic gathers more tweets and retweets than the MLB, the Grammys and the Super Bowl? Hate. Racist messaging is unfortunately one of the more popular topics on […]