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20 April 2018
TOKYO: Shiseido, the Japanese beauty products firm, is responding to younger consumers’ preference to shop online and to try out new technologies by acquiring a number of US-based tech firms that specialise in the personal care industry.
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11 April 2018
PARIS: Luxury behemoth LVMH, owner of high-end fashion, and high-end beverages, is investing in younger companies working in the luxury sector, including counterfeit detection software and new materials firms.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, IAB 2018 Annual Leadership Meeting, February 2018
Glossier, the beauty brand, has subverted norms in its category through both its digital-first approach and adopting a distinctive overarching philosophy.
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WARC Best Practice, February 2018
Explores the impact of the increasing popularity of in-house agencies and how traditional agencies need to evolve to meet modern time and data demands.
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Brian Carruthers, Event Reports, Festival of Marketing, October 2017
Nestlé and P&G have been investing in innovation for some time, learning and adapting their strategy for working with startups – here the companies share their lessons.
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Dave Knox, Market Leader, Quarter 1, 2018, pp. 46-49
Blue-chip companies were not ready for digital and the start-ups that grew from it; they now need to adapt to the new rules.
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16 October 2017
MUMBAI: Several Indian start-ups in the food and beverages sector have found that innovation, content marketing and the use of social media influencers are useful weapons in their David versus Goliath contest with established and global brands.
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06 October 2017
LOS ANGELES: Snapchat, the image-messaging app which is estimated to have 173m active users, is launching an initiative to encourage startups to grow their business by advertising on the platform.
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Brian Carruthers, Event Reports, Unbound, July 2017
Major brands are increasingly looking to start-ups for ideas, personnel and ways of working that can help them stay relevant in a fast-changing digital environment.
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15 September 2017
COLOGNE: Corporates and startups will form closer working partnerships in future as such alliances become a “strategic imperative” in the quest for innovation, a new white paper has argued.
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05 September 2017
TOKYO: Coca-Cola collaborated with a UK tech startup to gain more effective research findings, but the brand’s agile consumer insight collaboration offers other brands a model for early stage investment outside of their typical remits.
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Fiona McAnena, Market Leader, Quarter 3, 2017, pp. 38-41
This article examines the spectacular growth of the parkrun start-up and the lessons brands can learn from its success.
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Vincent Rousselet, Market Leader, Quarter 3, 2017, pp. 56-56
This article looks at the growth of the Israeli start-ups, particularly in the automotive industry, and why the company is punching above its weight in innovation.
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07 June 2017
NEW YORK: Snap Inc., the parent company of camera app Snapchat, has acquired Placed, a startup that measures the offline footfall of digital ad campaigns, in a deal that signals the company's interest in offering greater attribution capabilities.
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Stephen Whiteside, Event Reports, South by Southwest, March 2017
This event report outlines how Mondelez International, the food manufacturer, worked with a startup to create a new snack brand.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ARF Annual Conference, March 2017
This event report outlines how Unilever, the FMCG manufacturer, is driving progress by partnering with startups.
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Scott Thompson, Research on WARC, March 2017
This article explains how brands can tie digital measurement to direct business outcomes using a 'start-up' growth philosophy.
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24 January 2017
GLOBAL: Top executives from Microsoft and Nokia are among the final round of judges Warc is announcing for the 2017 Warc Innovation Awards.
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Anish Daryani, WARC Exclusive, January 2017
This article outlines the trends set to shape Indonesian marketing in 2017, including economic growth, aspirational middle class consumers, mobile-first, and increased ad-spend across both traditional and digital media.
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Edward Bell, Admap, October 2016, pp. 50-50
This article considers how China is repositioning itself from its long-held role as a manufacturer to jumping on the innovation train.
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Diana Marszalek, Event Reports, ANA Digital & Social Media, July 2016
This event report outlines how Visa, the payments company, is working with startups in a bid to drive marketing and product innovation.
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Stephen Whiteside, Event Reports, Cannes Lions, June 2016
This event report discusses the evolution of Absolut Labs, an innovation-focused unit of the vodka brand focused on cutting-edge marketing activations.
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Anna Hamill, Event Reports, ClickZ Hong Kong, August 2016
The article explains how Deliveroo, a UK-founded food delivery service, successfully launched its product in Hong Kong with data-driven segmentation, localization and a focus on customer experience.
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Stephen Whiteside, Event Reports, Cannes Lions, June 2016
This event report shows how Betabrand, the startup apparel manufacturer, has built its brand through an unconventional approach to product development and marketing.
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Ryan Dinger, ANA Magazine, April 2016, pp. 16-18
This article looks at the issues involved in working with unproven startups, with a high rate of failure, but their size and lack of tradition means they can solve problems that older, bigger companies can't.
