UK retailers wasting two million hours every week on competitor price-checking, according to Omnia Retail

UK retailers wasting two million hours every week on competitor price-checking, according to Omnia Retail

UK retailers are wasting almost two million hours every working week due to ineffective competitor price-checking processes, according to a research report.  The findings were published in a white paper by pricing and automation specialist, Omnia Retail, which questioned 150 UK retail businesses on the scope and efficacy of their pricing strategies. They show that companies are needlessly spending […]

Verizon Media and Microsoft expand partnership with global native advertising deal

Verizon Media and Microsoft expand partnership with global native advertising deal

Verizon Media and Microsoft announced a new multi-year global native advertising deal. Through this deal which launches this month, marketers will gain additional access to 20 percent more native inventory through Oath Ad Platforms with high-performing ad formats on Microsoft News/MSN, including exclusive placements. Additionally, the companies have extended their existing relationship, which delivers unrivalled […]

Iris Launches Playfully Provocative First Campaign for Pizza Hut, Setting Out to ‘Topple’ Rival Domino’s

Iris Launches Playfully Provocative First Campaign for Pizza Hut, Setting Out to ‘Topple’ Rival Domino’s

Iris has launched the first campaign for Pizza Hut Delivery since being appointed as the brand’s lead strategic and creative agency in 2018. Pizza Hut is a much-loved pizza brand in the UK but, because of the brand’s historic association with restaurants, it is less well known that Pizza Hut delivers. Iris have joined Pizza […]

New ‘Brexit Bus’ hits the road to promote Channel 4 drama

New ‘Brexit Bus’ hits the road to promote Channel 4 drama

Channel 4 have unveiled their own ‘Brexit Bus’ this morning ahead of January 7’s airing of Brexit: The Uncivil War, a new drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Styled to mimic the infamous Vote Leave campaign coach – the vehicle bears a new slogan – ‘Take back the remote control’. The promotional bus was unveiled in Westminster […]

Suzuki and Take That gives superfans a surprise they will Never Forget in new ad campaign

Suzuki and Take That gives superfans a surprise they will Never Forget in new ad campaign

As part of its three-year partnership with ITV Saturday evenings, Suzuki is unveiling its new 2019 ad campaign featuring pop royalty Take That, which will run during some of the UK’s most popular shows throughout the year. Dubbed ‘Suzuki Surprises’, the series of three 30-second adverts launch on 5th January 2019 and follow Gary, Mark and […]

Cadbury Creme Egg hacks other brands’ ads to launch an ‘Easter egg’ hunt like no other

Cadbury Creme Egg hacks other brands’ ads to launch an ‘Easter egg’ hunt like no other

Cadbury Creme Egg, the Mondelēz-owned chocolate brand, has revealed a major new integrated campaign, ‘Hunt the White Creme Egg’. The initiative was developed in partnership with creative agency ELVIS. The campaign, which includes TV, print, OOH, digital, social, instore, PR and media partnership activity, announces the return of the coveted white Creme Eggs. It seeks […]