2017 marked a watershed year for digital brand advertising with factors including trust, transparency, safety, measurement, user experience, consolidation, Facebook/Google dominance and the use of data all up for debate. Throw in a wobbly economy, Brexit (ahem), GDPR and the welcome, but as yet un-established changes brought by the Coalition for Better Advertising, and 2018 […]
In mid 2017 Dentsu Webchutney India was entrusted with the digital, social, creative and media buying duties for Piaggio’s Vespa and Aprilia brands in India. The agency has recently launched digital campaigns for both of them. Piaggio India’s trendsetting Vespa launched the (RED) edition in India as an extension of its existing global collaboration with RED, […]
Capgemini’s Digital Transformation Institute has released a new report titled “Loyalty Deciphered— How Emotions Drive Genuine Engagement,” which seeks to understand the main drivers behind brand loyalty. The report, which surveyed more than 9,000 consumers and 500 executives, found that emotions have the strongest impact in driving consumer loyalty. For retailers who are able to […]
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, […]
On November 14, MarComm News attended Creativebrief’s BITE Live event in London. The main theme of the day was going from insight to action and transforming the richness of ideas into real business value. BITE Live invited some of the world’s leading brands and their agency partners to reveal how they have turned cultural and […]
Cloud IQ, the effortless commerce platform, unveiled its latest research report, Me, Myself & I: The Individualisation Imperative. The report identifies customer experience pain-points and attitudes to data sharing and how brands are faring in the UK, US and Australia. This research explores how personalisation is not cutting it with consumers and as such how […]
Product range continues to drive shoppers into stores, with the majority of shoppers preferring a ‘wide range of products’ over convenience, quality and store services in many cases. This is according to a new Shopper Insights Report of 2,600 European consumers across seven countries conducted by IRI, the big data and technology expert for consumer […]
Media, technology and brands law firm Wiggin and the boutique intellectual property law firm Redd have today announced that Redd are to join Wiggin on November 6th 2017. The combined team will comprise 20 specialist IP lawyers working across Wiggin’s offices. Wiggin CEO, John Banister, said: “Wiggin devised an assertive growth strategy a few years […]
The Advertising Association and London agency Adam & Eve DDB are campaigning to prevent the British government from cutting off access to international talent with tighter immigration rules post-Brexit. A giant billboard at London’s biggest airport Heathrow has the words “We’re a great advert for Britain” over the images of ten senior industry figures, all of whom […]
Joe Stevens, Social Media Manager, bigdog It’s no secret that Facebook Live presents a massive opportunity for brands to drive organic reach and engagement. When connecting with brands, consumers want to have engaging experiences that capture and hold their attention, which is why we’ve moved from images to video to Live to keep pace with […]