25 May 2012
| by Alan Mitchell
The role of the brand manager has changed beyond recognition; today's practitioners are more akin...times), he lays out the case for 'Brand Man' (see box, below). His memo features a prescient phrase.
Brand Man should take 'a very heavy share of individual brand responsibility', he wrote. Soon, brand ...
, as they restructured around their brands and 'brand management'. The brand manager was on his (and her) way to becoming ...
23 May 2012
YES - MARTIN BROOKS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WORK CLUB
British brands are world-class digital ...
advanced fashion brand in the world and it's utterly, utterly British.'
Awards juries may or may not agree, but British brands put digital to work where it counts - growing profitable businesses ...
23 May 2012
| by Kim Benjamin
introduced and a judging panel of key industry figures drawn from the marketing, design and branding sectors....prominent brands and design agencies that are committed to championing and recognising achievements ...
' expectations and demands. Brands and their design agencies are meeting these challenges and the Awards serve ...
22 May 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
valuable global brands, while UK brands including Tesco and O2 have slipped down the table....The eight UK brands in last year's BrandZ top 100 lost 10% of their collective brand value ...
global brands increased their brand value by 10%, with Apple's 19% increase to $183bn increasing its lead ...
in fifth with a value of $76.7bn.
Vodafone, the most valuable UK brand, held on to 12th place despite a ...
17 May 2012
MAYBE - CELIA PRONTO, MARKETING AND ECOMMERCE DIRECTOR, FORD RETAIL GROUP
British brands ...
, most investors will not fundamentally want to change a brand's essence or positioning, but will look ...
to be reviewed to ensure cultural fit, especially where a brand has had a presence only in the UK.
Any change ...
16 May 2012
| by Noelle McElhatton
at number 15 - and the ascent of marketers at tech brands such as Samsung and Spotify.
What makes someone ...
ecosystem. As ever, we evaluated a marketer's personal brand as much as their employer's. We've also placed ...
of the world's biggest brand-owners. Marc Mathieu, senior VP of marketing at Unilever, has inspired not only ...
15 May 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
UK brands are 'leading the charge' in the way they use Twitter's ad products, according to Tony...More than 140 brands, many from the FMCG sector, have invested in advertising on Twitter since ...
the launch of Twitter s UK office, Wang said UK brands are using its products, which include Promoted Tweets ...
benchmarked internally, he said, referring to campaigns by brands such as O2, Starbucks and Cadbury.
Ones ...
14 May 2012
| by Nicola Clark
wristband for our interview at the Farringdon HQ of the brand's digital agency, AKQA.
The band, which ...
of movement is unavoidable, even for a marketer from Nike, the brand which famously never stands still ...
has been evaporated.' The question Velocity poses, as does Marketing , is where do brands go from ...
09 May 2012
| by Nicola Clark
A leading global marketer at Nike has urged brands to stop trying to force "old metrics on to new...Speaking at the launch of Velocity: The Seven New Laws for a World Gone Digital, which he co-authored with AKQA chairman Ajaz Ahmed, Stefan Olander, vice-president of digital sport for Nike, said brands should stop focusing on clicks or "likes".
He said: "A whole industry is stuck on trying to force old ...
08 May 2012
| by Andrew McGuinness, founding partner at Beattie McGuinness Bungay
, especially if they re built on brands."
In three years as chairman of the Advertising Association, I have ...
businesses we all lose. Agencies, media and brands alike, and that's before we even think about the consumer ...
credit for an amazing turnaround.
Crucially, brands are joining in numbers: Aviva, Barclays; Google ...