Analysis

For all the nostalgia, no one working in advertising today really wants to return to the Mad Men days. It’s always tempting to take a rose-tinted view of the past: after all, it’s the only real comparison we have to ...

One of the few certainties in agency life is that, at some point, a favourite client will leave you. As with any relationship, this can be an emotional experience. Tears will be shed, feelings will be hurt and yet, eventually, ...

London agency BMB’s debut for LinkedIn: straight to the point with ‘real stories’ that, for once, seem convincing. Goodby Silverstein for HP. Does anyone like social media these days? Saatchi & Saatchi for BT. Divides opinion somewhat but pretty good ...

Interbrand has revealed its Best Global Brands for the 20th year with (somewhat depressingly) Apple ($234bn, below), Google and Amazon occupying their customary top three places. Others in the top ten are Microsoft at 4, Coca-Cola 5, Samsung 6, Toyota ...

The Out of Home industry has taken strong and simple messaging into its Upfronts showing an industry in great health and in tune with a clear message for clients around long term branding working in unison with short term activation. ...

As some of you may know, I have been in the ad biz since before Genghis Khan invented the USP. So, I’ve seen a lot of changes, some good, many not so good. Back in my Mad Man days we ...

By Archie Heaton Ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the murky world of psychographics has come under increasingly intense scrutiny. However, despite this high level of interest, and ink, publicly available explanations of the technique remains scarce. Consequently, a true ...

A new study aggregating econometric model evidence over five years for Out of Home (OOH) across 112 brands highlights the profitability of OOH and Digital OOH (DOOH) campaigns as the medium achieves critical mass in terms of reach, audience and ...

After the 2016 EU referendum, despite much doom and gloom, consumer confidence remained remarkably positive. Fast forward to 2019, with the Brexit outcome seemingly more uncertain than ever, and the picture is very different. The British Retail Consortium recently reported ...