2017

Procter & Gamble’s chief brand officer Marc Pritchard has dismissed objections to his attempts to clean up the digital ad ecosystem, calling out those that might try to justify not adhering to his demands and pointing out what he calls “head fakes” – myths that are standing in the way of digital becoming more transparent […]

Motorola has had a bumpy few years. It was once the king of the mobile phone space with its catchy marketing ‘Hello Moto’. Yet, as with many of the early winners in the mobile phone space, it gradually fell out of favour, first losing its crown to Nokia and then Apple and Samsung. That fall

Nokia undoubtedly scored the PR coup of Mobile World Congress this year when it unveiled a comeback for the beloved 3310. HMD Global, which owns the rights to the Nokia brand in mobile phones, revealed the much-rumoured device on Sunday (26 February). It marks the first time a phone has been released under the Nokia

Sir Martin Sorrell’s greatest worry and what he believes will have the greatest negative impact on future growth is short-termism. Speaking this morning (2 March) at Deloitte’s Media and Telecoms conference, the WPP boss said: “It’s not three-month-old babies that keep me awake at night. It’s the continuous focus on the short term. Events of recent weeks bring

Like most designers, I started with Photoshop, using it for over half a decade. From there, Sketch burst onto the scene and did not take long to announce itself as the go-to tool for designers. For the last three months, I have been using Figma each and every day, integrating it into my workflow and

In November 2013, Hull was named UK City of Culture 2017. Many people including locals and the media raised their eyebrows. Once voted one of the worst places to live in the UK, Hull was not a city immediately associated with the word ‘culture’. But in January this year, this downtrodden city with a bit

France passes new ad transparency law Most people probably haven’t heard of Loi Sapin – an anti-corruption law that was introduced in France in 1993 in order to make the business of media-buying more transparent. It states that media-buying agencies are not allowed to work as both the buyer and seller of advertising for their

Innovation will not come from installing a team dedicated to “being innovative” as that only encourages businesses to think of creativity and technology as two separate things, says Creative England’s CEO Caroline Norbury. Technology, creativity, innovation and data are “all bound together” in reality, so any attempt to split them out and treat them independently will

Tesco is aiming to become a brand that is “purpose driven” with the launch of its first press campaign talking about its commitment to tackling food waste and goal that no food safe for human consumption will go to waste within its UK operations by the end of 2017. The press campaign alludes to the