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Brands & the routine renaissance
Aaron McFeely, Lead Strategist at Space highlights the shifting routines that brands can, and should, be at the heart of.
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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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Taking your mission mass market
Josh Clarricoats, Managing Partner at Hell Yeah! offers answers to the question around, when a brand’s growth stagnates, how can they convert the less-engaged majority?
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As digital audio ad spend rockets, it’s time for advertisers to make themselves heard
James Chandler, CMO at IAB UK explores the exciting opportunity that sonic branding and digital audio offers advertisers.
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Young people are going to emerge from lockdown very differently: What brands can do to help
Louise Leitsch, Head of Research Consulting at Appinio highlights new research about the anxieties facing young people emerging from lockdown, and how brands can properly engage with them.
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Pleasure in progress: The dopamine deficit
Murillo Meireles, Planner at Missouri explores the split in the market between hedonistic and restrained consumer behaviour, and what brands can do to win their custom and loyalty.
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Looking back on a year of creative collaboration
Alison Burrows, Paper Consultant at Fedrigoni UK highlights the way in which creative innovators across the globe have rallied together over the past year like never before.
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The new shop window: Harnessing the visual power of influencers
By Amy Jackson
Amy Jackson, Business Director at Incubeta NMPi on the importance of influencer marketing beyond the realm of social media to create an online shop window with the same potency as physical displays.
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Regeneration is rising up the agenda
By Sarah Tilley
Sarah Tilley, Consultant at Wunderman Thompson Intelligence introduces a new report that uncovers the wave of support from both people and businesses for dramatic action around climate change.
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Why halving our carbon footprint by 2024 is the critical next step
James Cannings, Chief Sustainability Officer of MSQ highlights why becoming low carbon companies should be an imperative for every agency, group and supplier across the industry.
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It’s time to break with the Ramadan clichés
Alvaro Bretel, Head of Strategy MEA at VIRTUE Worldwide and Saad Al Abbassi, Senior Strategist at VICE Media highlight the paths advertisers can go down to appeal to consumers during Ramadan.
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EA Sports, adam&eveDDB and Channel 4 raise the bar for diversity
By Nicola Kemp
The broadcaster’s £1m Diversity in Advertising Award winning campaign tackles the lack of British Asian representation in professional football.
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The industry’s biggest sustainability opportunity: Production
By Joel French
Joel French, COO at Cherryduck Ltd highlights how the key to creative companies reducing their carbon footprint is to start where you are, and offers a few learnings for businesses embarking on their green journey.
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What is creative resiliency? iStock's latest $20,000 grant seeks to find out
By Guy Merill
Guy Merrill, Global Head of Art at Getty Images & iStock introduces iStock’s latest creative bursary, bringing attention to stories that, without funding, might otherwise remain unseen.