96,000 UK retailers failing to recognise value of effective pricing

96,000 UK retailers failing to recognise value of effective pricing

Around 96,000 UK retailers are putting their business at risk by failing to grasp the importance of an effective pricing strategy. The figure was published in a report by pricing and automation specialist, Omnia Retail, which questioned retail businesses on the scope and efficacy of their pricing processes. Although almost all (96%) of the organisations surveyed said they […]

The Economist Group reveals five ways to achieve more successful content marketing programmes

The Economist Group reveals five ways to achieve more successful content marketing programmes

The Economist Group announced the findings from its latest global content marketing study, ‘Cracking the Content Code’. The white paper is based on analysis of The Economist Group’s own client content programmes over a 12-month period: more than 50 microsites created for brands in the US, EMEA and APAC as well as all media units […]

Commercial radio 2018 ad revenue tops £700m for the first time, says Radiocentre

Commercial radio 2018 ad revenue tops £700m for the first time, says Radiocentre

Commercial radio took a record total of £713.3 million in ad revenue in 2018, breaking the previous 2017 record of £679.2 million, according to new figures from industry body Radiocentre. The 5.1% increase year-on-year marks the third consecutive year of record-breaking revenues for the medium.  This news comes on the day that commercial radio also […]

Crowd creates an award-winning website for luxury property developer Eagle Hills

Crowd creates an award-winning website for luxury property developer Eagle Hills

Based in the heart of the Middle Eastern region, luxury property developer Eagle Hills has partnered with independent global creative agency Crowd to transform its website to a more SEO and user-friendly digital platform. Eagle Hills asked Crowd to develop a fully content managed solution that provides the best usability for users to navigate, explore and register their interests. […]

CHE Proximity breaks insurance clichés with RACV campaign

CHE Proximity breaks insurance clichés with RACV campaign

Pets are always confusing their ambition with their ability, yet 94% of Australian pet owners don’t have cover. To help the Royal Automotive Club of Victoria (RACV) launch their new pet insurance, CHE Proximity created a campaign that shows how RACV covers pets for their overconfidence through a range of vet medical supplies. The integrated […]

VR series to be broadcast from the International Space Station for TIME and Felix & Paul Studios

VR series to be broadcast from the International Space Station for TIME and Felix & Paul Studios

Following a launch at the Sundance Film Festival, TIME and Felix & Paul Studios have made an exciting announcement. After sending VR cameras up to the International Space Station in December 2018, they are ready to start shooting a year-long VR project, ‘The ISS Experience’, that will provide people on earth a never-before-seen perspective of […]

UK consumers buying from brands that take a stand on issues they care about & ditching those that don’t, says Accenture

UK consumers buying from brands that take a stand on issues they care about & ditching those that don’t, says Accenture

Over half of UK consumers (53 percent) prefer to buy goods and services from companies that stand for a shared purpose that reflects their personal values and beliefs, and are ditching those that don’t, according to new research from Accenture. The fourteenth annual Accenture Strategy Global Consumer Pulse Research – ‘From Me to We: The Rise of the […]

Smith&+Village Reveals its Stylish Take on Valentine’s Day with a New Own Label Range for Harvey Nichols

Smith&+Village Reveals its Stylish Take on Valentine’s Day with a New Own Label Range for Harvey Nichols

In its first departure into seasonal products and swiftly following the successful rebrand of its Own Label food collection, Harvey Nichols has released a range of luxury gift products for Valentine’s Day, with design by creative and strategic branding partnership Smith&+Village. Building on the high-fashion identity developed for the Harvey Nichols food collection by Smith&+Village […]

WPP launches new Wunderman Thompson brand with design by Landor

WPP launches new Wunderman Thompson brand with design by Landor

WPP has launched its groundbreaking new brand, Wunderman Thompson, which is an amalgamation of Wunderman and J. Walter Thompson. This brand launch is the ethos of who Wunderman Thompson is as an agency. Wunderman Thompson is a creative, data and technology agency built to inspire growth for clients, people and partners.  The new brand, created by Landor, a global leader in brand […]

Buzzoole creates industry’s first ever Influencer Marketing benchmark

Buzzoole creates industry’s first ever Influencer Marketing benchmark

Buzzoole, the leading influencer marketing platform and service in Europe, is launching the industry’s first ever benchmarking report. It solves the thorny issue of measurement by allowing marketers to prove the effectiveness of influencer marketing. Until now it has been impossible for clients and agencies to compare influencer marketing campaigns against other media. However, by […]