Analysis

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 ...

There’s a huge amount of convergence on social media: there are some aesthetics that individuals and brands can’t resist when posting. And when all these people and brands post and discuss similar things in similar ways, those patterns can be ...

Last week Fallon held a reunion party at the legendary Star & Garter based on a) it has been a long standing venue for agency knees-ups and b) it was a walk down memory lane for the Fallon crew as ...

Liz Richardson is managing partner at behavioural communications agency HeyHuman. Desert Island Ads Like any true experiential marketer, I want my desert island to be teeming with interesting brand activations. I’m not going to settle for traditional, stale sampling campaigns, ...

Havas has made its first significant deal in a while with the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in Buzzman, probably the best independent agency in Paris – and MAA’s International Agency of the Year in 2017. Buzzman’s clients ...

Last month Twitter rolled out a new video ad bidding option. It allows advertisers and marketers to run videos of 15 seconds or shorter, but they’ll only be charged if the user watches the ad for a full six seconds. ...