Consumers more receptive to marketing when company values known
Nearly 90% of consumers are more receptive to a brand’s marketing if they are aware of its values, according to research by cross-channel marketing platform, Iterable. The [...]
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Ireland seeks to boost tourism using Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Ireland’s tourism authority has partnered with Ubisoft, using the latest instalment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise to market the country to travellers and gamers [...]
JML cleaning advert banned for gender stereotype
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld a complaint about an advert for the Hurricane Spin Scrubber, which implied that only women cleaned or were interested in [...]
Domino’s yodels to promote new app feature
Domino’s has used the yodelling cry ‘DOMIN-OH-HOO-HOO’ to announce its new group-ordering app feature. The multi-million pound campaign injects innovation to the [...]
#BetterwithPepsi campaign challenges Coca Cola over burgers
Pepsi has launched a marketing campaign insisting that burgers taste best with Pepsi, although the world’s top three burger chains exclusively stock Coca Cola. On the [...]
Call for ban on surveillance advertising ‘spying on our kids’
A British think-tank, which promotes social and economic justice, has called for a ban on surveillance advertising that targets children. The New Economics Foundation (NEF) [...]
Cadbury ‘Bus’ advert encourages acts of kindness
In its latest advert, ‘Bus’, Cadbury spreads the message that “there is a glass and a half in everyone”. The short film, created by VCCP London, features a young boy [...]
IRN BRU launches advert for Scotland’s Euro 2020 kick-off
IRN BRU has unveiled a cheeky advert to celebrate the Scottish men’s football team’s partcipation in the upcoming Euro 2020 tournament. The social media of the famous [...]
NHS confronts Instagram over unlicensed weight gain drug
NHS leaders have written to Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom urging him to prevent the promotion of Apetamin on the platform. The open letter described the appetite stimulant as [...]
Instagram ‘accidentally’ promoted harmful diet content
Social media app Instagram has apologised for promoting diet-related content following what it described as an algorithm mistake. The app’s search bar automatically [...]