As the pharmacy and retailer Boots faces headwinds from both sides of its business, its recently appointed CEO is exploring how the company can create a symbiosis between the two sides that is key to its future survival.
Gen Z may be the first generation of digital natives, but insight from AS Watson Group shows that in the beauty category they predominantly prefer in-store shopping.
Pharmaceutical companies will be required to include the list price of certain prescription drugs in television advertisements, in a move that the Trump administration believes will help drive down prices.
Big changes are coming at Boots, the venerable UK pharmacy and beauty chain, where new CEO Sebastian James is shaking things up in a business he feels has been held back by its heritage.
Sam Thomson of The Body Shop discusses CX, the role of the store, and a return to brand-building, as part of a series of interviews with CMOs for WARC’S Toolkit 2019 report.
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MMA Smarties, Silver, South Africa, 2018
Dis-Chem, a pharmacists, used digital ads to promote its Winter Care Survival Guide in South Africa to ensure good health throughout the winter months.
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Pavi Gupta, Mick Hedberg, Vittorio Raimondi and David Exelby, ESOMAR, Congress, 2018
Johnson & Johnson Vision, an optical arm of the pharmaceutical company, leveraged data and intuition by applying control systems, engineering techniques and deep qualitative insights in its global Vision Care franchise.
This month, Chemist Warehouse is the brand which has achieved the biggest uplift in its Ad Awareness in Australia, according to YouGov’s BrandIndex Ad Awareness score.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2018
Matsumoto Kiyoshi Holdings, a drugstore chain in Japan, increased its share in the toilet paper category by redesigning its brand packaging to eliminate shame.
NEW YORK: With Canada in the process of legalizing recreational cannabis use and the medical cannabis market in the US projected to be worth almost $20bn by 2024, the growing number of brands in this category need to consider their marketing ...
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Christian Abramson, ESOMAR, Latin America, 2018
Colgate-Palmolive Company, a consumer products company, used customer relationship management (CRM) to identify strategic in-store touchpoints in Brazil.
CHICAGO: Walgreens, the drugstore chain, is seeking to become the “most-loved” player in its category, with an emphasis on enhancing its business and driving customer loyalty.
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Direct Marketing Association - US, Silver, Retail and Direct Sales, 2017
Great Clips, a hair salon franchise, implemented the 'Journey 121' program customer strategy in the US to improve customers' frequency of visits to its salons.
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Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2017
This case study shows how CVS Health, a retail pharmacy brand, increased brand equity in the US by developing a campaign that helped people quit smoking.
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Effie Worldwide, Silver, North America Effies, 2017
This case study explains how Ulta Beauty, a cosmetics and salon brand with a longstanding partnership with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), created the 'First Haircut' campaign in the US to help survivors of breast cancer achieve self-reclamation and raise awareness for the cause.
Highlighting trends among the campaigns entered into the 2019 Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions, including campaign budgets, media mix, creative approaches and metrics.
This article provides marketers with information and guidance about connecting marketing communications directly with the opportunity to purchase and facilitating seamless online purchases.
This yearly report by J Walter Thompson Intelligence details 100 emerging trends across 10 sectors – including culture, beauty, and food and drink – that will shape the world of marketing in 2019.
Starbucks, a coffee company and coffeehouse chain, engaged with UK customers by launching a social media campaign across a number of years, which saw it make its cups an icon and launch a series of events.
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