Skechers, the American lifestyle and performance footwear company, has assigned its creative duties in India to Scarecrow Communications. This was the result of a multi-agency pitch in July. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in California, Skechers is the 2nd largest athletic footwear brand in the United States. It’s available in 160 countries and retails through […]
Jade Tomlin, former Hugo & Cat Creative Group Head, has joined Tribal Worldwide London as a Creative Director. Working alongside Creative Directors Stuart O’Neil and John Cleave, Tomlin will report directly into Executive Creative Director, Victoria Buchanan and will work across all clients and brands. An industry rising star, Tomlin has had an impressive career […]
Ad tech company Advrty introduced the beta release of their patent pending VR platform for native advertising. The company makes immersive ads seamlessly integrated into three-dimensional worlds of VR games and applications. The platform enables advertisers and brands to meet their consumers in new and innovative, context-driven experiences. The technology will be presented at Pocket […]
New research from Future Thinking has found that the consumer response to the iPhone launch remains underwhelming amid a growing backlash against smartphone evolution. 20% of British consumers said: “I don’t want a smartphone – I just want a phone that makes calls.” Only 5% said they planned to upgrade to an iPhone soon after […]
Inspired Pet Nutrition, the family-run business whose Wagg and Harringtons brands make it the UK’s largest independent producer of dry pet food, is investing in shoppable ads and content, making it even easier for consumers to buy products directly from them. IPN has been working with add to basket tech firm Adimo to enable customers […]
Bairstow Eves, an estate agency business owned by property services company in the UK, has announced the launch of a social media campaign, ‘Styled to Sell’, in which it has teamed up with a selection of well known bloggers and vloggers for the first time. Bairstow Eves is an established name in the residential property […]
Taboola, the leading content discovery platform, announced a partnership with BT, a leading publisher for news and sports. BT has implemented the Taboola Feed on both mobile and desktop pages driving recirculation of organic publisher content, while also serving sponsored editorial content. BT audiences will now see Taboola Feed – a continuous-scrolling feed of ‘cards’ […]
Wildstone Media Consulting Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Jill Hebden to the newly created position of European Marketing Director, effective immediately. Hebden, previously Group Marketing Director at St Ives Plc, Marketing Activation Division, brings a wealth of marketing knowledge to Wildstone, as the business looks to progress through its next stage of […]
Strategic marketing partner, Brilliant Noise, has announced the appointment of Gareth James as the agency’s first ever Creative Director, to lead creative strategy internally and across client accounts. Brilliant Noise aims to strengthen its creative thinking within the whole team so it can offer further creative strategic solutions to clients and prospects. It will be […]
MarComm News’ Legend Series is designed to show a different side of some of the ‘best of the best’ (our legends) personalities of the Marketing and Communications world. These people really don’t need an introduction and we’re sure most people in the industry know their career highlights and stories already! So here is a look at […]