Technology

It’s the Lunar New Year of the Tiger (Water Tiger officially, South China Tiger for some) on February 1, the festival bringing families together. Coca-Cola is giving it all barrels in this cross-platform effort across ten markets from Ogilvy Shanghai: ...

The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report has outlined an even greater recovery for the UK’s advertising market than previously expected, with revised estimates for growth in 2021 standing at 26.4% to reach a total of £29.7bn. The new findings upgrade ...

M&C Saatchi seems well and truly in play with investment vehicle AdvancedAdvT upping its all share offer by about 20% (rejected again by the board) and Sky News reporting that a 40p cash sweetener is also in the wings. M&C ...

OOH Capital, the global Out of Home advisory company and consultancy, has extended its global reach with the arrival of three new partners, covering Asia, the United States and Benelux. The new partners are Jim Liu, formerly Zenith Media Head ...

Into the metaverse now (oh, no..) and, like so many new frontiers, it seems to be taking root (if that’s what metaverses do) in the Far East. First Choice in Thailand is launching what it’s calling the world’s first NFT ...

Unilever isn’t the only consumer goods giant with a fixation on purpose, Procter & Gamble has been mining the same seam for years too. This time it’s for skincare brand Olay, with an epic from Publicis Asia Pacific highlighting women’s ...

Investors seem none too impressed by Unilever’s series of £50bn bids for GSK’s healthcare businesses, the shares (already under pressure) dropping 7% in early trading this morning. Maybe they, like Fundsmith’s Terry Smith, think Unilever should stick to its knitting ...

M&A advisory firm Ciesco has released its 2021 Global M&A Review & 2022 Outlook for media and technology firms, showing that last year 2021 deals were transacted, a 60.1% rise on Covid-hit 2020 and 29.9% on 2019. The total announced ...

David Jones’ You & Mr Jones is rebranding to The Brandtech Group, signalling its growth from a start-up six years ago to a group with about $500m in revenue and more than 5,000 employees. Jones, a former CEO of Havas, ...