Decision makers make up their minds about business-to-business purchases far earlier than expected, according to a new study from B2B Marketing, in conjunction with the leading full-service, global creative B2B powerhouse gyro. The report entitled, “Group. Mind. Set. How Group Dynamics Impact B2B Decisions,” set out to find the truths about today’s group dynamics among […]
Southeast Asia-based aCommerce, a startup that helps brands get into e-commerce and digital media in the fast-growing region, has pulled in $65 million in new funding led by Emerald Media, an Asian firm backed by global investor KKR. The Series B deal takes Bangkok-based aCommerce to $94 million raised to date. Existing backers Blue Sky, […]
Stein IAS has seen-off strong competition from its consumer counterparts, to be crowned ‘Large Creative Agency of the Year’ at the 2017 MPA Awards, which honours excellence in Manchester’s creative, digital and media industries. Reuben Webb, Chief Creative Officer at Stein IAS, commented: “B2B has a reputation for safe, uninspiring work. But the reality is, […]
Johannesburg-based Demographica becomes the first agency from the African continent to join Stein IAS’ global B2B marketing network, which has operations in Europe, Asia and North America. Under the agreement, Demographica will work in tandem with Stein IAS’ global account handling teams to deploy campaigns from local offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria. […]
Saatchi & Saatchi London has relaunched its business-to-business communications practice with the launch of Saatchi & Saatchi pro. Formerly Saatchi Masius, the new agency brings technology and creative thinking together with a people, not business, focused approach to B2B. The rebranded Saatchi & Saatchi pro will work with clients across all sectors to provide solutions […]
OLIVER Group has collaborated with the Guardian, to launch Learn about the world of… The Media Planner: a vibrant, vintage, tongue-in-cheek guide that details a humorous and surprisingly accurate account of life in a media agency. The B2B initiative is being sent to media planners across London, and aims to cut through the noise and […]
Specialist business-to-business (B2B) market research agency Circle Research has been acquired by the Next15 Communications Group. They will form part of Next 15’s expanding research group, MIG Global (MIG). The acquisition continues a focus on data and tech insight capabilities by Next15 as, through MIG, it continues to build a Group of best-in-class specialist research […]
Specialist B2B PR and communications agency, Limelight has been appointed by industry leading, marketing technology provider, IgnitionOne to raise the profile of its digital marketing suite within the UK market and educate marketers on score-powered performance. With a global footprint of over 450 employees in 17 offices, across 10 countries, IgnitionOne is one of the […]
Leading European airline Lufthansa has launched a new animated short film to support its online Book-a-Group tool, designed to help travel agents book flights for large groups of ten or more travellers more easily. The content was produced by creative agency Space. The short film will be used by Lufthansa in online B2B portals and […]