Unlimited Group forgo usual Christmas cards and recreate a 70s social experiment for its #giftofahello project

Unlimited Group forgo usual Christmas cards and recreate a 70s social experiment for its #giftofahello project

Unlimited Group, the home of experts in the impact of art and science, have forgone the usual client Christmas cards and instead explored today’s attitudes to unsolicited direct marketing through its #giftofahello project – a recreation of a 1970s social experiment by sociologists Phillip Kunz and Michael Woolcott. The original behavioural test involved sending 578 […]

RBS appoint Lida to handle customer led strategy

Digital and direct marketing agency Lida has been working on direct marketing and CRM for its Private offering since January 2013, and is now expanding its role to cover customer led strategy and planning. The new appointment extends Lida’s relationship with RBS and will see the agency working across the NatWest and Royal Bank of […]

The Times celebrates its best scoops in its 230-year history with new campaign

The Times celebrates its best scoops in its 230-year history with new campaign

News UK is resurrecting iconic stories from The Times’ 230-year history as part of a campaign designed to reinforce the value of the newspaper’s journalism. The three-month campaign, created by WPP’s Team News through Wunderman UK, targets current trialists of The Times and The Sunday Times, and is intended to improve retention rates by showcasing […]

Tesco to scan customers’ faces in ad-targeting scheme

Tesco to scan customers’ faces in ad-targeting scheme

Tesco is set to install hundreds of screens that will scan people’s faces as they queue at tills, which will determine their age and gender, to deliver tailored ads. The scheme will be delivered by Lord Alan Sugar’s company Amscreen, in a five-year deal that will roll out 450 of the “OptimEyes” system in Tesco […]