Australia & New Zealand

Global Ad Trends: Ad Investment 2021/22

Data • James McDonald, Cinzia Petio, Rob Clapp, WARC Data, July 2021

This report summarises the latest research from WARC's Data platform, with a focus on advertising investment by market, media, format and product category this year and next. Key findings include:
When brands go dark: Examining sales trends when brands stop broad-reach advertising for long periods

Research Paper • Nicole Hartnett, Adam Gelzinis, Virginia Beal, Rachel Kennedy, and Byron Sharp, Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 61, No. 3, 2021, pp. 247-259

Because of various financial reasons, or a change in strategic focus, sometimes brands stop broad-reach media advertising for a year or longer.
Why Unilever believes “consumers are dead”

Article • Andrea Sophocleous, Event Reports, WFA Global Marketers' Conference, March 2014, pp. 0-0

This event report discusses why Unilever, the FMCG giant, believes the idea of the "consumer" is flawed.
DB Export: I'm Drinking It For You

Case Study • Ahmad Salim, James Tucker, WARC Awards, Grand Prix and Best Multiplatform Award, Effective Content Strategy, 2020

Beer brand DB used a multiplatform takeover encompassing TV, radio, print, digital, social and experiential to launch its DB Export Gold Extra Low Carb beer in New Zealand.
Chobani: #PlainInspiring

Case Study • Maria Gioffre, WARC Prize for Social Strategy, Silver and Special Award for Analytics, 2015

This case study explains how Chobani, the yoghurt brand, built its premium positioning and encouraged people to eat more yoghurt with a social media campaign in Australia.
Half of consumers to shop online more after COVID-19

Data • Rob Clapp, WARC Data Points (GlobalWebIndex), July 2020

An overview of consumer activities after the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak ends, including shopping online, exercising at home, using mobile payments and using food delivery services.