WARC, the international marketing intelligence service, has released its latest monthly Global Ad Trends report digesting up-to-date insights and evidenced thinking from the worldwide advertising industry. Focusing on advertising expenditure in 96 markets, this latest Global Ad Trends report includes key trends in spending patterns by media and geography since 2009, a round-up of 2017, […]
UK online retail sales were up 12.1% on average year-on-year (YoY) in 2017, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. Compared to 2016’s YoY average of 15.9%, and just under 2 percentage points lower than the Index’s 2017 forecast of 14%, the fall in annual growth is one of multiple […]
Amazon is finally opening its checkout-free brick-and-mortar convenience store to the public, nearly a year after it originally planned to open its doors. Amazon Go is an 1,800 square foot automated store based at Amazon Seattle headquarters. The store relies on sensors and cameras to detect what items shoppers have taken from the shelves, […]
Virgin Holidays has released the result of AI marketing efforts and revealed a significant uplift in open rates from using AI-generated email subject lines. The results equated to several million pounds in revenue for the holiday giant. Over the past three years, Virgin Holidays has seen a sizeable increase in revenue equating to several million […]
Everyone has probably experienced how having the same taste in music helps to foster good relationships between people and brings like-minded individuals together. What’s especially interesting is that dogs also have individual tastes in music and enjoy songs as much as people do. This has only recently been revealed by a study carried out by […]
Marston’s PLC will unveil new branding for The Eagle Brewery and many of its famous beer brands, designed by creative agency Bonfire Creative Intelligence. The Eagle Brewery was born from the sale of the Charles Wells Ltd brewing and brands business to Marston’s PLC last year, who briefed Bonfire to develop a new brand story […]
Rodeo FX was tagged to create the visual effects for Justin Timberlake’s brand-new music video for his latest release, Supplies. The Montreal-based VFX studio’s Advertising team delivered over one hundred visual effects shots in under one month of production. The video — from pre-production to delivery — was accomplished in a remarkably short time […]
The São Paulo Pinacoteca ─ the oldest art museum in the city ─ launched an interactive game to promote a unique experience for those who visit the institution: it transforms the subway and metropolitan train lines in São Paulo into a giant game board and challenges players with questions about the art collections at […]
Award winning design house Springetts, was asked to create the branding for the two expressions of Single Malt Scotch Whisky – both from Annandale Distillery. Springetts had previously developed the distillery identity, but now their task was to create whisky brands on the basis of flavour character, rather than just provenance, whilst still appearing credible […]
With its distinctive style and construction, Zippo lighters have served as a canvas for endless artistic creations throughout the brand’s 86-year history. In 2018, the little lighter has attempted something huge: the creation of a huge 17,500 square meter painting in partnership with world-renowned street artist Ben Eine. The mural is the centrepiece of a […]