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Apps help Rashbass prepare for The Economist's first fall

The Economist is the magazine industry's undisputed star performer, achieving 61 consecutive circulation rises over the last 31 years, but group chief executive Andrew Rashbass expects global print sales to fall for the first time in 2012, so why is ...

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Coca-Cola to boost brand spend by up to $400m

Coca-Cola has outlined a plan to re-invest up to $400m (£253m) of operational cost savings into brand-building initiatives over a period of four years.

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RB commits £100m to building brands and 'powermarkets'

Reckitt Benckiser has today committed to an additional £100m investment in brand building and is mirroring its Powerbrand initiative by identifying 16 new Powermarkets.

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Helen Edwards: Who takes responsibility for a brand's past mistakes?

The International Olympic Committee's draconian policy toward corporate branding in Olympic venues has not saved it from the taint of a controversial brand.

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Sector Insight: Vitamins and supplements

Producers are focusing on specific user groups and life stages to overcome a recessionary fall in the total customer base and own-labels' dominance of the sector.

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All Her Majesty's brands: 10 brands the Queen can't live without

To celebrate Her Majesty's accession milestone this week, Marketing magazine thought it fitting to compile a list of the Queen's must-have brands, from the monarch's favourite chocolate to her underwear brand of choice.

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Social brands: Unilever shifts focus from social media to word of mouth 2

Marketers are being urged to reappraise the value of fans and re-focus their social media activity on building long-term engagement.

 

Heineken to feature James Bond in ads

Heineken is once again tying up with the James Bond franchise, in a move that will feature the film's character, played by Daniel Craig, feature in its ads for the first time.

 

Foster's launches Facebook Timeline app

Foster's has become one of the first alcohol brands in the UK to develop an app for Facebook's Timeline to showcase its exclusive comedy content.

 

Mirror Online relaunch offers closer integration with Facebook

Mirror Group Digital has revamped Mirror Online with a raft of additional editorial features and advertising opportunities including closer integration with Facebook, although the site has suffered early teething problems.

 
 

Virgin Media's TiVo customer base surges to 435,000

Virgin Media finished 2011 with 435,000 customers for TiVo, the "Sky+ on steroids" personalised television service it launched at the end of 2010.

 

Simon Calver quits LoveFilm for Mothercare

Simon Calver, the long-serving chief executive of LoveFilm, is taking on the task of turning around the struggling mother and baby retailer Mothercare, as its chief executive.

 

Comet slammed for advertising 'misleading' discounts 1

Beleaguered electronics retailer Comet has been slammed by the advertising watchdog for misleading consumers over its initial retail prices before cutting them for alleged savings.

 

Cravendale unveils Muppets campaign

Cravendale has unveiled its TV and cinema campaign featuring The Muppets, as part of its first brand partnership.

 
 

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Webcast - B2B brand personality: How do you know that yours is right?

  • B2B Marketing
  • Date: Thu 09 Feb 2012 - Thu 09 Feb 2012
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Corporate Digital Communities, Do They Work?

  • BrightLemon
  • Date: Mon 13 Feb 2012 - Mon 13 Feb 2012
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    Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ

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Working with the Media

  • Chartered Institute of Public Relations
  • Date: Mon 13 Feb 2012 - Mon 13 Feb 2012
  • Venue: 52-53 Russell Square London United Kingdom WC1B 4HP More
 
 
 


Do consumers really care about eco-packaging?

Brands are under pressure to make their packaging sustainable, but does a green emphasis forge a consumer connection, asks Eva MacIntosh.

 

PC - gone mad or just gone?

New research shows that we could be entering a post-PC world, writes Euan Mackay, senior associate director, Custom Media division, Kantar Media.

 

'Publishers need to think differently and invest'

Mobile and tablets can play a key role in ad campaigns and content so long as they're user-friendly and clearly targeted, two heads of digital believe.

 

How can UK ad agencies do better at Cannes this year?

As the world's biggest creative awards open for business again, Philip Thomas looks at the UK's prospects.

 

Does one regulator add up?

Is regulatory consolidation inevitable in the digital age, Alasdair Reid asks.

 

Top Gunns: The Gunn Report 2011

The Gunn Report collates data from the major awards shows around the world to reveal the year's big winners. Here, Donald Gunn analyses its latest findings.

 
 

TfL's Chris Macleod on marketing's battle against Olympic gridlock

The Transport for London marketing director's preparations for the London 2012 Olympics are finally coming to fruition, writes Gemma Charles.

 

What do you do when the Prime Minister comes knocking?

When politicians express negative opinions about brands and their advertising, marketers start to worry about regulation. But what should they do to defend their businesses, asks David Benady.

 

Baxter celebrates positive power of journalism

Katherine Levy meets the editor of The Sunday Times Magazine, whose 50th anniversary is providing timely cheer at NI.

 

All about ... Global content deals

Unilever's tie-up with Fox is a sponsorship landmark, Alasdair Reid writes.

 

Why we're loving ... Andrew Shoben founder, Greyworld

WHY: Shoben's artists collective, Greyworld, created last week's "sunrise" in Trafalgar Square for the Tropicana brand.

 

The history of advertising in quite a few objects: 28 David Ogilvy's chateau

High on a hill overlooking a tributary of the Loire and close to the city of Poitiers stands a French chateau with the beguiling name of Touffou and with, perhaps, the oddest possible claim to have influenced the course of advertising history.

 
 

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