The Big Issue Group has confirmed details of its plan for vendors’ return on Monday 6th July to selling the magazine in England, Scotland and Wales, with measures including the provision of extensive PPE, contactless card payment equipment and the introduction of stringent health and safety procedures in all distribution offices. The Big Issue, which offers […]
Eighth wave of Havas Media Group Covid-19 Media Behaviours Report reveals uptick in interest in sports-related content over the last two weeks
The consumption of sports-related content has increased for all age groups in the last two weeks, according to the latest Havas Media Group Covid-19 Media Behaviours Report. The eighth iteration of Havas Media Group’s Covid-19 Media Behaviours Report, a research study into consumer behaviour and media consumption based on a survey of 1,479 UK respondents, reveals that […]
Three reveals partnership ambitions ahead of Chelsea shirt sponsorship commencing on July 1
Three is proud to announce that its official partnership with Chelsea FC will get underway from July 1. It had been searching for the right brand partner for several months before securing the rights to become Chelsea’s principal shirt sponsor earlier this year –the largest ever sponsorship deal in Three’s history and all set to […]
Havas Media has announced the appointment of Andrew Darby as Managing Partner. Darby joins following six years at Manning Gottlieb OMD, where he was most recently Client Business Director, leading the John Lewis & Partners business. He oversaw media strategy and execution for a number of award-winning initiatives, including the 2017 and 2018 John Lewis Christmas […]
Created by VCCP, the ‘Joy + Missing Out’ spots are immersive, mixed media films which combine a live action cast with puppets and animation to create a completely eclectic world of joy. JOMO might sound like a bit of a contradiction – how can you be “Missing Out” and yet still filled with “Joy”? The films […]
COVID-19 continues to disrupt our world in a host of ways. However, some of the most disproportionately impacted are students in low-income communities. Studies show that this demographic has always faced barriers to education – since the pandemic, these barriers have been significantly amplified. To help combat these challenges, Pathways to Education – a national, […]
Almost half social media users feel under less pressure to portray unrealistic image of life since lockdown
46% of men are opening up about personal struggles on social media
Funny videos are widely shared by all generations, Gen Z drives sharing of memes
Facebook is the top social platform for helping people feel connected
Almost half (42%) of social media users in the U.S. and UK say that they are under less pressure to portray an unrealistic image of their life during the Covid-19 pandemic and corresponding lockdowns, according to 2,419 internet users surveyed in the U.S. and UK by GlobalWebIndex and We Are Social. In contrast, only 23% […]
Podcasts today reach 1 in 3 or 100 million Americans (A12+) every month and listeners now spend over 30-minutes per day listening to podcasts2. On Spotify, we are seeing podcast consumption grow triple digits year-over-year3. Yet despite the high rates of engagement and the intimacy of the medium, investment in podcast advertising (less than $1 billion […]
To demonstrate the problem of menstrual precariousness, the Règles Élémentaires TVC features a weather report with the presenter absent from the screen
For the first time in the history of French television, a TV presenter is absent from the screen during her scheduled weather forecast, an absence designed to highlight the work of French organisation Règles Élémentaires, who help women suffering from menstrual precariousness. The 3 TVCs created for Règles Élémentaires and its agency Serviceplan France is […]
Vinted, Europe’s largest online C2C marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion, is making its first foray into the UK market since 2018 with a brand new TV spot. The campaign sees Vinted encouraging the nation to declutter their wardrobes with the slogan “If you don’t wear it, sell it!”, in line with their mission to make second-hand fashion the […]