23 May 2012
| by Kim Benjamin
The Marketing Design Awards 2012, which launch today, have been refreshed, with new categories...The Awards, celebrated annually, aim to showcase design to marketers as an integral part of a marketing campaign as well as encouraging industry best practice.
The judging panel will feature ...
in the industry.
The Awards will celebrate work that that has placed design at the heart of great marketing ...
17 May 2012
MAYBE - CELIA PRONTO, MARKETING AND ECOMMERCE DIRECTOR, FORD RETAIL GROUP
British brands ...
at opportunities to use these in both new and existing markets.
The marketing strategy may, however, need ...
will need to balance what is appropriate in new markets with a desire to not alienate customers in existing ...
23 May 2012
being done in digital marketing innovation in the UK.
However, the UK still suffers from a lack ...
over the coming year.
YES - EMMA HARRIS - CONSULTANT (AND FORMER SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR, EUROSTAR)
The UK leads the way in marketing in general - it's hard to isolate digital any longer ...
28 Feb 2012
| by Gemma Charles
-regulation of UK marketing....Marketing IPM) which included the Direct Marketing Association, ISBA and the alcohol producers' social responsibility body, the Portman Group.
The rules will cover methods such as sampling, face-to-face marketing, "brand theatre" or similar live performances with a marketing purpose not covered by the CAP code ...
01 May 2012
| by Kim Benjamin
Marketing Society Awards for excellence...Unilever has received the most nominations in the shortlist for this year s Marketing Society ...
media marketing for its Lynx Excite campaign.
ASOS, British Gas, McDonald s and John Lewis have ...
by Tesco s Richard Brasher, included Saj Arshad, group marketing director, Vodafone, Nina Bibby, global ...
14 May 2012
| by Nicola Clark
and AKQA founder Ajaz Ahmed about how marketers can drive the innovation agenda in the digital age....to green. Having just got off a plane, the most sedentary of times for global marketers, this lack of movement is unavoidable, even for a marketer from Nike, the brand which famously never stands still ...
to give marketers and entrepreneurs the mindset and tools to create a better future, Velocity is the first ...
01 Mar 2012
YES - LOUISE FOWLER, BUSINESS LEADER, MARKETING, THE CO-OPERATIVE BANKING GROUP
Firstly, innovation does not always require investment. In my experience, the best and most creative marketing often ...
jobs or lifestyles. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe any marketing-led business exists to add value ...
18 Apr 2012
NO - ALAN GILES CHAIRMAN, FAT FACE
I would steer clear of recycling a competitor's marketing ...
. Consumers are marketing-literate, sophisticated and critical; they appreciate originality and creativity ...
to represent, it's a wasted effort. Better to steal from an adjacent category in another market entirely ...
30 May 2012
YES - Mark Trinder, Sales director, commercial and online, ITV
Marketing departments are now ...
: timing is vital - Wispa is back.
NO - Louise Fowler, Business leader, brand and marketing, Co ...
) marketers can spot trends very early, but mostly businesses need to be nimble and able to move as the market ...
28 Mar 2012
| by Gemma Charles
A probe into the causes of last year's riots has suggested that "aggressive marketing" helped...be protected from excessive marketing, while supporting business and not harming commerce."
To combat this ...
on board" the panel's recommendations.
The panel also says brands should "use their marketing expertise ...