British sweet manufacturer Swizzels has given its iconic Love Hearts sweets a digital makeover with the launch of an emoji-themed range. As emojis become a globally-recognised way of communicating, 11 of the nation’s favourite emojis now feature alongside Love Hearts’ traditional messages, making Love Hearts history. To support the launch, Swizzels has created an on-pack […]
Maison Mumm reveals its new multimedia international campaign from November 2nd with Usain Bolt. Created with its french advertising agency Buzzman, the film introduces the brand new signature: “Celebrate your next victory”. This message establishes the brand’s mindset, focus on panache and positive thinking. Usain Bolt’s impressive ranking are the result of an outstanding state of […]
Encore Digital Media, the programmatic partner, has hired Karen Stephenson as chief client officer on its hyper targeted global programmatic service, Elite. Stephenson joins from media specialist, Cream UK, where she was director of client operations. An expert in the premium and luxury markets, Stephenson worked at Cream UK for 11 years alongside a range of […]
In a call to pair carpool buddies using its latest app, Waze Carpool release high energy and humorous animated commercial, created by NOMINT and directed by Sebastian Baptista. Allowing users to make and receive ride requests that drivers can accept or decline, the Google-owned app connects drivers and riders who share practically identical journeys between […]
Plan.Net Hamburg has been the media and consulting agency for Audible since March 2015. The Amazon subsidiary, based in Berlin, is a leading provider of digital listening experiences offering more than 250,000 titles. The goal of the collaboration was and still is to further increase brand awareness and sales for Audible as well as the […]
A fifth of consumers will refuse to share any personal data at all with brands by this time next year, if a trend discovered by CRM (customer relationship marketing) agency Amaze One continues. Still more (32%) are currently reluctant to share more than their name and email address according to the research, making meaningful relationships […]
W. L. Gore and Associates (Gore), the company that created the category of modern performance apparel with GORE-TEX fabrics, has partnered effective immediately with AKQA, an international agency known for its work with a wide range of global consumer brands. The GORE-TEX brand has long been viewed as a pioneer in its industry. Based on […]
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. […]
YouAppi, a leading growth marketing platform for premium mobile brands, today announced the launch of its lightweight SDK (Software Development Kit), designed to seamlessly deliver the company’s comprehensive 360 Degree Growth Marketing platform to leading mobile brands. This new SDK enables full control of ad delivery, including rewarded video, interstitial video and interstitial ads, through […]
US programmatic digital display ad spending will reach $32.56 billion by the end of 2017, eMarketer projects. By 2019, more than four in five US digital display ad dollars, or $45.72 billion, will flow via automated means. These are the findings from eMarketer’s latest report, “US Programmatic Ad Spending Forecast: The Duopoly Drives Dollars Through […]