Article
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WARC Best Practice, September 2019
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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WARC Best Practice, April 2019
Explores the value of both salience and differentiation, the importance of the latter is often disagreed on by marketers.
Article
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Tom Ewing, WARC Exclusive, October 2019
Looks at effective ads from the US and UK for signs of brand purpose and analyses the kind of purposes and causes they supported.
Article
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WARC Exclusive, October 2019
Summarises current thinking about how to advertise effectively in the APAC region, given the current sense that advertising is not driving the growth it should be.
News
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09 October 2019
Growth in financial services is now digital experience-led and legacy players urgently need to both build and communicate a superior digital experience, according to research from Publicis Sapient.
Article
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA Masters of Marketing Conference, October 2019
Target, the retail giant, has drawn on lessons from strategic setbacks large and small to adapt its business in impactful ways.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA Masters of Marketing Conference, October 2019
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the trade body, is pursuing various initiatives that it hopes will fuel industry growth.
Opinion
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Dom Boyd, October 2019
Just as digital has transformed markets, it is now transforming how brand value is built, by shifting the centre of gravity from mass storytelling towards personal connected experiences.
Article
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Mike McCann, Admap, October 2019
Mike McCann, senior strategist at Publicis Sapient, answers key questions on the importance of measuring customer experience and the challenges marketers may face.
Article
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Mike McCann and Neil Dawson, Admap, October 2019
Looks at the major gaps in measurement of brand business outcomes when it comes to customer experience and how marketers can address them.
Article
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WARC Exclusive, October 2019
Summarises the discussions and ideas of the CMO Growth Council, a collection of the marketing industry’s top talent.
News
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20 September 2019
Australian Advertising Effectiveness Rules, a new report by effectiveness experts Peter Field and Rob Brittain, in association with the Communications Council, takes a deep look at the new Australian Effies database.
Article
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Chris Worrell, WARC Exclusive, September 2019
In the second part of this two-part article exploring the big issues facing brands, Wavemaker considers the implications of digital commerce on FMCG brands and the new thinking needed to success on these new platforms.
Article
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Nigel Hollis, WARC Best Practice, September 2019
Provides five best practices for brands when building buyer life cycle momentum.
News
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22 August 2019
Taco Bell, the quick-service restaurant chain, has looked beyond traditional media metrics as it seeks to gain a truly holistic view of campaign effectiveness.
Article
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA Media Conference, April 2019
Taco Bell, the quick-service restaurant chain, is taking an approach to media measurement that looks well beyond the discipline’s traditional, and often esoteric, metrics.
Article
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Gabey Goh, Event Reports, Advertising Week APAC, July 2019
Media planners can draw on increasingly powerful effectiveness data, but run the risk of delivering homogenised campaigns if they do not seek out new forms of insight and growth.
News
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13 August 2019
Avocados From Mexico, the produce company, has made increasing usage of the fruit among existing buyers a core element of its brand strategy.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA Brand Activation Conference, May 2019
Avocados From Mexico, the avocado brand, has targeted existing category buyers as a primary means for driving growth.
News
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05 August 2019
The extent to which Alibaba and JD.com dominate the retail landscape in Asia has been confirmed in a new report, which calculates that the two Chinese e-commerce giants generated combined revenues of $444.5bn in 2018.
Research Paper
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Bill Harvey and Gaurav Shirole, ARF Experiential Learning, AUDIENCExSCIENCE, April 2019
Details research that used system called DriverTags to discern which of 265 psychological motivators are found in a specific ad, used as a basis for resonance scoring.
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Gabey Goh, Event Reports, Advertising Week APAC, July 2019
Insurance Australia Group (IAG), the insurance provider, will conduct a geographically targeted two-year test in a bid to discover the impact of taking a sole focus on building its brand.
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01 August 2019
The mainstream beer market may be facing difficulties in its traditional markets but some pockets are doing well, with no-alcohol beer the latest niche to show strong growth, as indicated in Heineken’s latest results.
News
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01 August 2019
FMCG giant Procter & Gamble is showing signs that its strategy aimed at recovering growth is working, as the company was able to see continuing volume growth despite price rises.
News
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18 July 2019
Future Consumer, the FMCG division of India’s Future Group, is aiming to have five Rs 1,000 crore food brands in its portfolio within five years, echoing the “power brands” approach previously taken by the likes of global giants ...
