Gatorade created “Beat The Blitz” as an engaging way to show athletes how dehydration works in the body. The virtual reality (VR) experience let’s players quarterback and throw passes while being coached by Peyton Manning. Gatorade and agency partner WPP’s VML debuted the experience to media for the first time in March at the NFL Combine in […]
UK advertising is set to see a ninth successive year of growth, and the nation will remain one of the fastest-growing media markets in 2018 with a 4.8% increase predicted to take total investment to £19.8 billion. This is according to the latest forecast from GroupM, one of the world’s leading media investment group. The […]
The first annual ranking of the BrandZ™ Top 50 Most Valuable UK Brands has been announced today by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown. The list includes some of the most famous brands in the world, and reflects the UK’s role as a centre for financial services, energy exploration and communications. Many of these brands are incredibly strong and enduring. […]
Mindshare, the global media agency network that is part of WPP, is celebrating its 20th birthday by partnering with ENACTUS to power the next generation of leaders to address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ENACTUS is dedicated to inspiring university students to improve the world through entrepreneurial action. It is the world’s largest experiential […]
Mindshare UK, part of WPP, unveiled its research report, The Future of Retail CX (Customer Experience). The Mindshare Futures report identifies five key trends for the retail industry, focusing on mobile, voice, physical stores, branding and data. A key conclusion is that the store offering will become a real point of differentiation from competitors in […]
Vodafone has ramped up its ambitions to become the provider of choice for young people with the launch of Voxi – a standalone, SIM-only network designed for under 25s that is putting young creatives at the very heart of its marketing strategy. Voxi aims to entice a young audience by taking the use of selected […]
GroupM, the media investment management group of WPP, has announced the global rollout of viewability standards to support continued investment in digital media. Viewability is a measure of a digital ad’s opportunity to be seen, and since 2014 which GroupM claims to have championed. Key clients are supporting the demand for enhanced viewability and measurement in digital advertising, including Unilever, Campbell […]
Mindshare, the global media agency of WPP, recently announced that it is placing its FAST (Future Adaptive Specialist Team) integrated performance unit at the heart of its business as part of an ongoing transformation programme evolving the agency into an Adaptive Marketing organisation, to help clients do the same. We had a chance to sit […]
Celtra, the creative management platform for digital advertising, today announced a $15 million investment led by Unilever Ventures and WPP. Unilever and WPP are partnering to use Celtra’s market-leading creative technology across Unilever’s global marketing organization and its ecosystem of service providers, technology vendors and media suppliers. Celtra aims to help advertisers maximize their creative potential […]
Learning about fuel economy, autonomous technology and engine power just became fun with this nifty experience built inside of Instagram. Ford Brazil has launched a game on its profile (@fordbrasil) titled ‘Ford Finger Drive’. Without using any kind of programming, the game utilises the functions Instagram Stories already have (like tapping the screen to move […]