Taking the Temp: One Year into COVID-19 – new research
Taking the Temp: One Year into COVID-19 – new research
New Whitehall report provides recommendations on how to reduce the harm caused by Intellectual Property Infringement
The publication of the report by The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) quotes White Bullet’s findings on the alarming scale of copyright infringement and the urgent need for dynamic piracy detection
Cybersecurity and IP protection company, White Bullet, has already stopped millions of pounds of ad spend from funding piracy by collaborating with brands, advertisers, regulators and rights owners. Its recently launched Intellectual Property Infringement Platform (IPIP) – designed to make the job of detecting fraudulent content easier – helps to take the profit out of Intellectual […]
New Study Reveals the Impact of the Pandemic on B2B CMOs
The latest report from Merkle B2B titled, “New Horizons: B2B CMO Guide to Navigating Complexity.” It is an extension of dentsu’s annual CMO survey, conducted by our research experts at B2B International, only this time we look at the B2B perspective. Generated from a survey of more than 900 CMOs, covering 12 countries and a wide array of […]
New Channel Factory Survey Finds That 69% of Consumers Prefer to Buy from Brands Committed to Socially Conscious Causes
New Channel Factory Survey Finds That 69% of Consumers Prefer to Buy from Brands Committed to Socially Conscious Causes
COVID-19 accelerates long-term consumer change, but brands risk being left behind, according to new dentsu research
• New report examines the long-term consumer trends out to 2030 and the impact of the pandemic. • Tech-enabled health and well-being set to be the main goal of all consumers out to 2030. • Environmental concerns have increased during the pandemic, catalysing a new wave of consumer activism. • COVID-19 has fuelled appetite for eSports and virtual gaming as consumers worry about mass gatherings. • Many brands will be challenged by the growing power of online retailers.
Today sees the launch of the dentsu consumer vision ‘The Age of Inclusive Intelligence’, which charts the long-term consumer trends that will shape the next decade. The research shows how the pandemic has accelerated many of the long-term trends facing brands, drawing on in-depth interviews with world-renowned futurists, academics, authors and experts, together with multiple proprietary […]
Marketing And Creative Salaries Show Growth Despite Global Pandemic
• Average salaries in the marketing and creative sector in the UK grew by 0.4% in 2020, compared to a UK average of 2.32%. • It was the second lowest performing sector for salary increases • The average salary in the sector is now £45,124, compared to the UK average of £36,717. • Best performing roles for salary increases in 2020 were performance manager (8.2%), PR manager (6.8%) and marketing director (6%) .
From analysis of over 6.5 million jobs posted to reed.co.uk over the last 3 years, the Reed Marketing & Creative Salary Guide 2021 found that Covid-19 had not had a negative impact on overall salary levels within the sector. In fact, the majority of positions advertised in 2020 showed an increase in salary, with an […]
Client-agency relationships: The seven behaviours that set the best apart from the rest
· Trust is the new benchmark for clients in a post-Covid world, over and above functional ability to ‘do the job’. · Communication is the top scoring behaviour among the best agencies – but trust has slipped. · Covid has changed the landscape and both agencies and clients have demonstrated resilience. · Challenge is the biggest differentiator for agencies and clients alike.
New data from leading relationship management company Aprais has identified the seven behaviours that set the best clients and agencies apart from the rest. The figures, drawn from Aprais’ database of more than 22,000 client-agency evaluations over 20 years, show qualities like trust, communication and resilience are now outstripping functional skills – the ability to […]
82% Of Consumers Still Recommending Brands In The Pandemic
Groceries and Gifts see the biggest upsurge
Mention Me’s fourth annual report into customer advocacy and referral trends reveals the impact of Covid-19 on brand recommendations, the sectors that have best weathered the storm or even prospered, and the most important qualities for brand referrals. Trust has remained a core theme, with three quarters of respondents citing brands’ responses to Covid as […]
New report finds 1.3 million new users joined social media every day during 2020: 15 new users every second
Digital 2021 shows significant increases in internet and social media users over past 12 months
We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency and Hootsuite, the global leader in social media management, have released Digital 2021, their latest annual report on social media and digital trends. With much of the world spending a significant amount of 2020 in lockdown, Digital 2021 shows that social media users have grown at the fastest […]
TBWA’s Backslash Releases 2021 Edges
Introducing 40 Global Cultural Shifts Shaping Our World, from Body Debates to Platform Politics to Roots Revival This Isn’t Just a Trend Report. It’s a Glimpse Into a New Chapter of Our History. Welcome to Year Zero.
Today Backslash, the cultural intelligence unit of TBWA\Worldwide, released its annual glossary of Edges. More than a trend, an Edge is defined as a meaningful cultural shift that has the scale and longevity to propel a brand toward a greater share of the future. Backslash examines cultural shifts with an eye toward business impact, identifying […]