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Why ASICS became the first sports brand to ask athletes to stop exercising

By Nicola Kemp

The sports brands latest campaign from Golin asks athletes not to move to underline the mental health benefits of exercise.

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How Channel 4, Dove and the National Centre for Domestic Violence used advertising to drive social change

By Georgie Moreton

Industry leaders shared how purpose driven marketing can create long-term change at the Renew 2022 conference.

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Sometimes the toughest opponents are the ones you can’t see

By Nicola Kemp

How AMV BBDO and the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) redefined strength to break the silence surrounding male suicide.

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#SeeingRed: How Hey Girls harnessed the power of anger to combat period poverty

By Nicola Kemp

One in ten women and girls in the UK cannot afford or access sanitary towels or tampons. This barbaric statistic has lit a creative fire for social enterprise Hey Girls, which is turning to the power of anger to tackle period poverty in the UK.

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UK advertising market poised for a strong rebound in 2021

By Nicola Kemp

The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report forecasts a 15.2% rise in UK adspend, which will reach £27.0bn.

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Incentivising change: The launch of Iris’ Carbon Kickback

By Izzy Ashton

Iris is encouraging clients to sign up to a new climate charter to put action on the climate crisis at the very top of the marketing agenda.

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Ecommerce in a post pandemic world

By Nicola Kemp

A landmark report from MullenLowe Profero reveals the shift to e-commerce is here for the long run, with significant implications for brands.

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Where are the Muslim Women?

By Nicola Kemp

To mark International Women’s Month, Creative Equals #ChoosetoChallenge the lack of representation of Muslim women in advertising.

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Breaking advertising’s final taboo: Intimacy in older age

By Izzy Ashton

The team behind this year’s TfL Diversity in Advertising Award-winning campaign from Replens and the Gate on celebrating the joy of intimacy in older age, sharing a bold vision and bringing about change on a big stage.

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Reach, relevance and respect: Understanding the gaming opportunity for brands

By Nicola Kemp

Gaming is a mainstream marketing platform for brands, but marketers need to ensure they reflect and respect the gaming ecosystems they appear in.

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Dr Jart+ and Impero on the shift from ecommerce to experience

By Nicola Kemp

The brand’s disruptive new AR-led campaign disrupts category norms and signals the rise of immersive digital experiences in ecommerce.

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Ad Net Zero brings together cross industry coalition to take action on climate

By Nicola Kemp

The group’s supporter base has outlined its action plan to meaningful change in the run-up to COP26.

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Breaking Strong: Why now is the time for brands to redefine masculinity

By Nicola Kemp

Stereotypes in the media and online are fanning the flames of the UK mental health crisis for men under 35 according to new research from UM.

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Lego’s Julia Goldin on how diversity and digitisation is driving the brand forward

By Nicola Kemp

The brand’s marketing chief explained how seeing digitisation as an opportunity rather than an enemy has fuelled brand growth.

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