One Year’s Trauma, Next Year’s Fortune

One Year’s Trauma, Next Year’s Fortune

Author: Alice Pukhova, Creative Researcher at WMH&I One Year’s Trauma, Next Year’s Fortune With 2025 truly underway, we summarise 2024 in one word: “inconclusive.” Despite the bombardment of world-shattering events, last year had a deafening lack of overarching identity, leaving the public struggling to find its place in the chaos. The war in Ukraine and […]

Five questions with Jenny Stanley & Sig

Five questions with Jenny Stanley & Sig

January 2025 In regular Q&A sessions, Jenny Stanley, Managing Director at Appetite Creative explores the key challenges, trends and solutions facing experts from across the advertising and packaging industry. Asking five key questions per conversation, Jenny will look to learn more about her interviewee, their career, clients and give them a final word. This interview […]

2025 Predictions from Tim Ringel, Global CEO Meet The People

2025 Predictions from Tim Ringel, Global CEO Meet The People

Tim Ringel, Global CEO of next-generation international advertising group, Meet The People has these 2025 predictions. Industry Generally, I predict the US Advertising Market to show solid growth (10%+) in 2025 based on the announced pro-business, pro-US-job/manufacturing and de-regularity agenda that the President Elect has been promoting during the elections. His agenda combined with interest rates cut by the Fed (cheaper […]

Five questions with Jenny Stanley & Polytag

Five questions with Jenny Stanley & Polytag

November 2024 In regular Q&A sessions, Jenny Stanley, Managing Director at Appetite Creative explores the key challenges, trends and solutions facing experts from across the advertising and packaging industry. Asking five key questions per conversation, Jenny will look to learn more about her interviewee, their career, clients and give them a final word. This interview […]

Kamala Harris has a serious messaging problem

Kamala Harris has a serious messaging problem

Everyone knows Trump, but what does brand Harris stand for? Opinion Piece by Jamie Williams, Managing Partner, isobel It’s crunch time in the US Presidential election. And earlier this week, the Nate Silver designed 538 Politics model, which uses polling, economic and demographic data to explore likely election outcomes, ticked towards a Trump win on […]

Five questions with Jenny Stanley & ThePackHub

Five questions with Jenny Stanley & ThePackHub

In regular Q&A sessions, Jenny Stanley, Managing Director at Appetite Creative explores the key challenges, trends and solutions facing experts from across the advertising and packaging industry. Asking five key questions per conversation, Jenny will look to learn more about her interviewee, their career, clients and give them a final word. This interview with Paul […]

The Illusion of Connectivity: Rethinking Brand Experiences in the Digital Age

The Illusion of Connectivity: Rethinking Brand Experiences in the Digital Age

In an era where digital connectivity pervades every aspect of our lives, the paradox of our time becomes glaringly evident: we are more connected than ever, yet increasingly isolated. I have been privy to the intricate dance between technology and human interaction over the years, and nothing summed this up better, than the critical insight […]

The future’s bright for out of home advertising

The future’s bright for out of home advertising

By Jon Block When I think about the long-term future of OOH, I can’t help but think about sci-fi. I really love sci fi. I love sci-fi books and films. Iconic sci fi film Blade Runner shows enormous out of home (OOH) holographic advertising creatives. Minority Report, a film based on the great book by […]

Enhancing ecommerce: powered by connected packaging

Enhancing ecommerce: powered by connected packaging

By Jenny Stanley As I sit down to order my weekly food shop online, I’m reminded of the myriad ways technology has transformed the way we shop. In our digital age, where commerce media reigns supreme and retail media offers brands more opportunities for online sales, it’s easy to assume the product packaging is less […]