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The New Sustainability

By Marie Stafford

The latest report from J Walter Thompson’s Innovation Group, explores the urgent need for brands to adopt regenerative, not just sustainable, business practices.

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Legal Cannabis: Threat or Opportunity for The Alcoholic Drinks Industry?

By Ivo Majors

The good news for the drinks industry is that even though the bulk of cannabis is consumed via smoking, THC and CBD cannabis extracts can be added to drinks, opening the door to a new world of flavours and occasions.

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World Mental Health Day

By Becca-Jane Schofield

We held a special series of events in our main London office to raise awareness of the importance of looking after your mental health, taking steps to end the stigma around talking about mental health at work.

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2018 Autumn Seminars

By Izzy Ashton

For Dragon Rouge’s 2018 Autumn Seminars, they hosted a series of sessions designed to Spark, Create and Inspire. Run by various teams from within the agency, each seminar explored important issues relating to brand, design and innovation.

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European Technology Media: Fragmentation & Evolution

By Steve Earl

Media has always been evolving. But technological change has been disrupting the media landscape for, ironically, tech brands faster than ever in the past few years.

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New Model Armoury

By Edd Southerden

When it comes to launching new food and drink products, the traditional comms approach involves a big ATL budget with a healthy slice for TV, significant trial price offers and a boatload of in-store.

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2018: A fallow festival year?

By Orla Ryan

What happens to the festival arena in a year when a festival the size of South England’s seventh largest city takes its fallow year?

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BITE LIVE 2018

By Kara Melchers

Not every marketing event gives you the Queen of Shops and a BAFTA-nominated screenwriter in the same room. When one does, you know it’s unmissable!

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Meet the iGen

By David Wiles

In 2018 Good Relations launched the ‘iGen Report’, an event series and research project in conjunction with Instagram, BuzzFeed, VICE, Snapchat and Redbull, to help brands connect more meaningfully with the next generation.

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Social Media: Is it time to log off?

By Neil Davidson

Debates have started about social media's role and influence on our lives, triggered by data scandals, mental health impact and concerns about the levels of influence being exerted on all of us.

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Influence Session #12: Loyalty is Dead. Long live Loyalty

By Chris Pearce

Loyalty is big business, worth approximately £92 billion in the UK alone, and an area where everyone seems to be an expert. Yet the received wisdom is often contradictory.

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Fan Club #2: Can One Person Create a Movement?

By Matt Davis

Well, these feverish times demand people making bold moves. So, we wondered, could one person create a movement and carry huge communities of fans with them?

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The Business Feeling Index

By Kate Howe

Robust optimism is what drives businesses and business relationships. But how do you drive that? This is not about reasoned optimism. Instead it is the feeling of optimism that requires harnessing.

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From One Marketer to Another

By Russ Powell

This think-piece discusses the five big challenges marketers are all facing right now: knowing your customer, using social properly, embracing mobile, ensuring your brand is loved, and proving returns.

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