News
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07 August 2017
LONDON: Only half of online ad impressions served in the UK that were targeted at women actually ended up reaching them, according to a new analysis of 60,000 campaigns across 20 countries.
Research Paper
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Verena Gruber, Magdalena Kaliauer and Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, Journal of Advertising Research, Digital First, September 2015
Scholarly work over the past 15 years has demonstrated that corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives can have a positive impact on consumer behavior toward brands.
Research Paper
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Huw O'Connor, Mark Kilgour, Scott Koslow and Sheila Sasser, Journal of Advertising Research, Digital First, March 2017
There has been a surprising dearth of research that investigates the effects of structural elements on creative outputs in an advertising agency context.
Opinion
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Celia Garforth, August 2017
For most brands, the relationship they have with their consumers is passive; meanwhile, others have been able to enter a different space, where consumers share their content and participate in the brand.
News
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01 August 2017
SYDNEY: There’s a link between increased ad frequency and brand resonance in some categories, but more than a fifth of digital ads - 22% - in Australia are failing to boost key brand metrics at all, according to a new report.
Case Study
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Hend Ghorab, WARC Prize for MENA Strategy, Entrant, 2017
This case study describes how Egyptian snack brand Chipsy softened the blow of a price rise using an on-pack promotion, TV, outdoor and social media.
Case Study
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Tahaab Rais, WARC Prize for MENA Strategy, Entrant, 2017
This case study shows how Coca-Cola, the carbonated drinks brand, increased brand affinity in Morocco by creating a family-focused cooking show.
Case Study
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Mayar Talaia, Ahmed El Ruby, Dina Abdel Azzim et al., WARC Prize for MENA Strategy, Entrant, 2017
This case study describes how Mondelez used a cinema-based experiential campaign to drive sales of its Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo variant in Egypt.
Case Study
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Yara Mansour, Nada Sameh, Mohamed Sabaa et al., WARC Prize for MENA Strategy, Entrant, 2017
This case study describes how Mondelez used an Instagram-focused campaign to launch its Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo variant to the youth market in Egypt.
Case Study
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Tahaab Rais, WARC Prize for MENA Strategy, Entrant, 2017
This case study shows how Fanta, the carbonated drinks brand, levelled its brand equity and sales across the Middle East, by creating a gaming platform for teens.
Case Study
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Tahaab Rais, WARC Prize for MENA Strategy, Shortlisted, 2017
This case study shows how McDonald's, the fast food brand, increased brand affinity and sales in the UAE by removing food from its adverts as a sign of respect for the region's Ramadan celebrations.
Opinion
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Andre van Loon, July 2017
What video strategy works for a brand depends, ultimately, on the brand, argues Andre van Loon, and looking at what worked for others can, at times, leave us wishing for faster horses rather than cars - to paraphrase Henry Ford.
News
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28 July 2017
CINCINNATI, OH: Procter & Gamble, the fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer, cut its digital advertising spend in the last quarter as a result of concerns over brand safety and bot fraud.
Article
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WARC Best Practice, July 2017
This article explores the current reading and thinking about Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo and video sharing platform, popular among celebrities and the public alike.
News
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21 July 2017
LONDON/ROTTERDAM: Following an attempted takeover by Kraft earlier this year, Unilever has accelerated its savings program, which has included reviewing the number of advertising assets it produces.
Article
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Matthew Carlton, Event Reports, MRS Future of B2B Research, June 2017
This event report looks at how SMEs can benefit from commissioning external research.
Article
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Euromonitor Profiles, July 2017
This Company Profile from Euromonitor provides key details and analysis of Nike Inc. Included is a strategic evaluation with key facts about the US based company, competitive positioning against comparative brands, and assessment of its position in the sports apparel market.
Article
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Euromonitor Profiles, July 2017
This Company Profile from Euromonitor provides key details and analysis of Amway, the owner of brands such as Nutrilite.
Article
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WARC Best Practice, July 2017
This article provides marketers with information and guidance about connecting marketing communications directly with the opportunity to purchase and facilitating seamless online purchases.
News
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18 July 2017
LONDON: The UK’s advertising watchdog has signalled that from next year there will be tougher regulation of campaigns that feature potentially harmful gender stereotypes.
Article
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Thom Noble, Admap, July/August 2017
This article looks at how neuromarketing can now accurately and cost-effectively predict consumer intentions with no conscious bias in purchase decision influencers by using low-cost biometric and psychometric tools.
News
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14 July 2017
HARIDWAR: Patanjali, the disruptive FMCG brand, is branching out in a new direction as its founder has announced he is entering the private security business.
Article
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Malcolm McDonald, Admap, July/August 2017
This article claims that many marketers take an unsophisticated approach to key account management, even though the majority of their business comes from a few big customers, and identifies five steps they can take to improve their efforts.
Article
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WARC Best Practice, July 2017
This article outlines various theories of brand growth, including the currently popular theory developed by the late Professor Andrew Ehrenberg; his and other theories are presented.
Article
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Sam Peña-Taylor, Event Reports, Cannes Lions, June 2017
This event report explores the views of four strategic leaders from across the world as they offer insights on the future of strategy.
