UK advertising expenditure grew 4.6% to reach £22.2bn in 2017, the eighth consecutive year of market growth, according to the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report – the UK’s definitive advertising statistics. Continuing the positive results for UK adspend, the final three months of 2017 saw expenditure grow 6.2% in Q4 2017 over Q4 2016, with adspend […]
Mindshare UK, in partnership with AR technology company Zappar, has launched ‘Layered’ – a report identifying how brands must adapt to the rise of augmented reality (AR). • The report reveals that a third (33%) of consumers believe AR would help them to narrow down choices when shopping. • Increasingly, consumers are expecting products […]
According to the latest research commissioned by Ecrebo, the point of sale marketing specialist, 57% of retailers say they aren’t ready for GDPR, while 41% are ready for the compliance deadline. With personalisation playing such a key role in retail — 89% of retailers say they use data to personalise the customer experience — the […]
New analysis has revealed that the global marcoms M&A market in Q1 2018 was led by a dramatic increase in private equity (PE) backing. Almost a quarter (22%) of all deals involved PE, 41 in total, double the 11% seen in the last two quarters of 2017. The study was carried out by Results International, […]
The trends study created by independent media agency The Specialist Works (TSW) in conjunction with Pocket Gamer Biz, highlights that most mobile brands aren’t fully utilising offline channels such as TV, Radio, OOH and print. The study of 250 mobile industry professionals shows that marketers are sceptical about using traditional media but would be open […]
Brand engagement with consumers has significantly evolved over time. The rapid rise of the internet and social media has facilitated companies with a growing variety of platforms to create more personalised interactions with their brand. This in turn has enabled brands to harvest loyal consumers who follow their every action and become early adopters of […]
New research from MarkMonitor, a leader in enterprise brand protection, has revealed that almost half (47%) of brands lose sales revenue to counterfeit or pirated goods, with one in three reporting a loss of more than 10%. The research also found that 58% of respondents agree that keeping a brand safe will become increasingly difficult […]
One-fourth of all UK digital ad spending is set to go to social networks this year as marketers increase their spending on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat to over £3bn. According to eMarketer, UK marketers will spend £3.3bn on social network advertising this year, up 24 per cent from 2017. This forecast has been […]
UK desktop video ad viewability rose by 7.9 percentage points during 2017, driven by a narrowing performance gap between programmatic and publisher direct trading, according to new research. The latest Integral Ad Science Media Quality Report highlights the state of viewability, brand safety, and ad fraud within the UK digital advertising industry The H2 2017 report highlights […]
Technology giant Tencent has retained the coveted title of China’s most valuable brand for a fourth consecutive year, achieving a brand value of $132.2 billion, a 25% year-on-year increase, according to WPP and Kantar Millward Brown’s 2018 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands rankings. Other noteworthy sectors include education, logistics and technology, all of […]