The latest Health Futures report from VML Health suggests the next big wins in health won’t come from science alone, but from turning breakthroughs into trusted, everyday experiences. Current trends are expanding the opportunities for health brands to engage people in the in-between moments that surround clinical care. With health systems under pressure like never […]
Analysis of a giant cache of nearly 70 million email marketing messages reveals how consumer behaviour has shifted dramatically from discovery to intent in 2026, as people invest in their homes and focus on reducing their bills – turning sectors such as home improvement, finance and insurance into a new goldmine of high-value leads. The […]
‘Unfinished Business’ report provides a strategic blueprint for senior marketers facing the hard truths holding back growth – with pragmatic steps to turn insight into impact Global marketing effectiveness and foresight consultancy, Gain Theory, today published a new report, ‘Unfinished Business: Closing the Insight-to-Action Gap’, challenging conventional wisdom that marketing insights fail to be actioned […]
Today, VIOOH, the leading premium global digital out of home (DOOH) supply-side platform, released its annual research into the programmatic DOOH (pDOOH) market. The UK findings show that pDOOH is firmly established as a mainstream channel within the UK’s digital media landscape, with 34% of campaigns featuring pDOOH in the past 18 months, up from […]
Escapism isn’t equal: women’s unpaid labour and mental loads dominate their abilities to escape. As International Women’s Day approaches we often look at the workplace for signs of gender equality and progress, but what about our ‘free’ time? In its 2025 global study, The Truth About Escapism, McCANN’s global intelligence unit, Truth Central, explored all things […]
Rival, the independent, integrated marketing consultancy with offices in Boston and London, has published the 2026 edition of its “Brands To Watch” report, one of the industry’s most innovative sources of analysis on the global, regional and local brands that are remaking and redefining the categories in which they compete. This year’s Brands To Watch […]
The news comes via AdForum’s Business Creative Report, the definitive ranking of the world’s most awarded ads. German retailer PENNY and its agency Serviceplan scored the world’s most awarded campaign overall with the “Price Packs” initiative. But the UK was present, notably with McCann London’s “Everyday Tactician” for the Xbox Game Pass, which continued to […]
impact.com has released its 2025 Industry Benchmark Report, analysing performance data from more than 2,300 US retail brands. The findings reveal a clear shift in consumer behaviour: shoppers are researching more than ever before, converting less frequently, and spending more when they do complete a purchase. The data shows clicks increased 2% year on year, while transactions […]
Gain Theory achieves placement as a leader among top vendors in the market in analyst report WPP today announced that its global marketing effectiveness and foresight consultancy, Gain Theory, has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Marketing Measurement And Optimization Services, Q1 2026. Forrester’s report noted: “Gain Theory’s distinctive vision is to empower […]
Global socially-led creative agency We Are Social has today released its flagship annual trends report, Think Forward 2026: Building Brands at the Speed of Social. The report sets out how social media has evolved from a supporting channel into the world’s most powerful media and entertainment ecosystem. According to the Think Forward 2026 survey of global […]