Mention Me’s third annual research report into shopping trends has found 39% of the 2,000 UK consumers questioned do not plan to shop on Black Friday at all. However this is a sharp decrease from last year’s figure of 53% and 2017’s of 63%, suggesting that the annual shopping event might be gaining even more […]
New research from Initials Labs reveals strengths and weaknesses of MarTech implementation across sectors
Launching today, new research conducted by independent creative agency Initials’ technology and innovation unit LABS looks at how companies are approaching, developing and deploying MarTech. In order to explore why investment in MarTech frequently generates results that fall short of expectations, Initials surveyed 150 senior marketers on the issue. The research sought to pinpoint the root causes of the […]
90% of 18 to 20-year-olds believe that brands have a responsibility to tackle climate change in some way, according to a new research study from Havas Media Group. The study, entitled Coming of Age, uncovers insights into the two million young people who have become eligible to vote since the EU referendum in June 2016. […]
New research has highlighted how fashion and sportswear brands can define ‘authenticity’ to Generation Z. According to UK consumers aged 16-24, it’s about caring about their customers (71%), a good range of clothes (71%), being true to their values, being friendly, and caring about their employees (all 66%). However, younger audiences in the UK are […]
New research reveals that more than one third of UK Baby Boomers (35%) identify as early adopters or early majority customers. This means they will buy new products ahead of the general population, often once their value and use cases have been proven in media channels they trust. Launch marketing agency Five by Five surveyed 1,000 over-55s […]
Teads, The Global Media Platform, unveils the digital world and new technologies are radically “disrupting” the beauty/skincare consumer journey. Sustainability, suitability and inclusion are the 3 values are the top drivers of their purchase path. A new study through Global Web Index (GWI) unveils buying behaviour, advertising influence and the role of technology for global […]
Uber and LinkedIn joined the ranks of the world’s most valuable brands as they made their debut in the 2019 Interbrand Best Global Brands Report. But the 20th edition of the Best Global Brands report was less welcome for Facebook at #14 (USD $39,857m) which dropped out of the top 10. Apple, Google and Amazon retained their hold on […]
Leading global experiential advertising agency Momentum Worldwide is unveiling results from its proprietary research series, WE KNOW Experiences 2.0, which this year surveyed 3,200 consumers globally. In this year’s report, consumers identified “inspiration and meaning” as the most sought-after quality in brands, a 200 percent increase from 2012 for this particular set of attributes. 76 per cent of all consumers […]
Advertisers will spend more on social media platforms than on print for the first time this year, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published on October 7. Advertising expenditure on social media will grow 20% this year to reach US$84bn, while advertisers’ combined expenditure on newspapers and magazines will fall 6% to US$69bn. Social media […]
The average person will spend 100 minutes each day watching online video in 2021, up from 84 minutes this year, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2019 report, published on September 16. That’s the equivalent of watching 25 continuous days of video in 2021. The amount of time people spend viewing online video has grown […]