A third now see their smartphone as the preferred device to access the internet, while 4G subscriptions grew tenfold over the course of last year. Smartphones have now overtaken laptops as the most popular device for getting online, with record ownership and use key drivers. This is according to Ofcom’s 2015 Communications Market Report, published, […]
Working with Wieden + Kennedy, Old Spice has created a wild and wacky choose-your-own-adventure social experience on Instagram. Using the tagging feature in Instagram, the main Old Spice Instagram account leads to other accounts specially created to tell the story. You awaken in a dark cave. In the distance you see a faint light, in […]
About 40 per cent of global eCommerce transactions involve multiple devices prior to purchase, highlighted Criteo in its Q2 results. Mobile commerce accounted for 27 per cent of all eCommerce in Southeast Asia, putting the region at a similar level to Spain and Italy, and right behind the US. The APAC region accounted for nearly […]
An ad agency in Singapore has added to the SG50 marketing frenzy with an idea to translate the colloquial language of Singlish into emojis, the pictorial language used by smartphone users. The SGMOJI guide, created by BBDO Singapore, can be downloaded from this website. Among the entries in the SGMOJI guide are ‘Talk cock’, a favoured phrase among politicians to […]
The most luxurious store in the world, since 1707, Fortnum & Mason approached The Yard Creative to help them learn more about their customer base and to discover how recent initiatives had changed customer perception of the brand. The customer research activities that The Yard Creative undertook on behalf of Fortnum & Mason needed to […]
Thinkmodo, the viral video agency, are stoking hype ahead of the release of Fantastic Four with the creation of a pyrotechnic human torch drone which has been lighting up the skies above New York City. With the film set to open at theatres this week Thinmodo set about building a human shaped drone to resemble […]
Mindshare APAC, the global media agency network part of WPP, has launched FAST, or Future Adaptive Specialist Team, a unique solution suite which aims to provide data led adaptive marketing services to brands looking to make sense of the deluge of data that is engulfing marketing communications. One of the key headwinds that brands are […]
Hotel giant Marriott has teamed up with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to give fans the opportunity to travel the world for tournaments across five continents. The tie-up will see Marriott made the official hotelier for events including NBA Global Games 2015-16, NBA Africa Game 2015, and NBA Canada Series 2015 as well as separate […]
Bacardi announced the immediate promotion of Fabio Di Giammarco, 42, to Global Vice President for Bacardí rum. In this role, Mr. Di Giammarco is responsible for the Bacardí rum brand marketing efforts globally, including enhancing brand equity, positioning, advertising, packaging and pricing. He reports to Mauricio Vergara, CMO North America and global lead for Bacardí […]
Regus, the global workplace provider, has appointed Havas helia to handle its global CRM business. Havas helia won the account after a pitch against undisclosed agencies. Regus’ Chief Customer Officer Eva Eisenschimmel called the pitch earlier this year. The pitch process was handled by the intermediary Agency Insight. Havas helia will now work to deliver […]