Analysis

There is barely an advertising break on TV without a mobile phone ad. The interesting point is that everyone now has a mobile phone, so what are the networks trying to do? Ultimately upsell. But is the advertising really helping ...

We should be in a new golden era of advertising. If anyone from outside our industry were to stumble across our industry titles, conferences, LinkedIn or Twitter posts, they’d be forgiven for thinking that we’re an industry at war with ...

By Tom Perrett, international client services director of Talon Outdoor The airport industry is constantly innovating and challenging convention. Ryanair – an airline that isn’t everyone’s cup of tea – is a hugely successful business and does more than anyone ...

Why are so many brands hopping on the wellness treadmill, and do customers even care? Weight Watchers has relaunched as WW. People are still going to call it Weight Watchers – ‘double u double u’ is a phonetic nightmare, and ...

I don’t know Bob Greenberg. I’ve never met the bloke, never worked for him and never had him over for dinner. We’re not mates. I’m pretty sure the closest we’ve come to connecting is being in the same room together. ...

By Archie Heaton A man named Ken Segall recently branded Apple’s current marketing as “vanilla,” and that is a very big deal. Why? Because, along with Steve Jobs, he is the man credited with creating the iconic “Think Different” marketing ...

Piers Guilar is global director of strategy for international brand agency Seven Brands. He has also worked at Saatchi & Saatchi, Interbrand and Siegel+Gale. He has led projects for Harley-Davidson, Camelot, Barclays, Orange, McLaren, Rothschild, Guinness, Statoil and Nokia.   ...

VML London ECD Harsh Kapadia began his career as an art director at JWT Mumbai before moving to JWT Melbourne and New York where he worked on brands including Kleenex, Smirnoff, Nestle and Rolex. He joined VML in 2012. Desert ...

The ‘Smarter as Standard’ 3-part video series focuses on the launch of Talon’s ‘Smarter as Standard’ manifesto, the role of automation in smarter planning in OOH, and the use of data in smarter planning in OOH. Back in March we ...