Counting down 2012's finest Marketing Moments
10 Dec 2012 | by Nicola Kemp
Nicola Kemp unveils the top marketing moments of the past 12 months.
Havas Media Group's new global managing director talks for the first time since being promoted last year. By Arif Durrani.
Nicola Kemp unveils the top marketing moments of the past 12 months.
A series of "wrong" decisions surrounding how much tax Starbucks pays in the UK has led the global coffee chain to become the latest brand to suffer in "the age of damage", according to Havas' global chief executive David Jones, and he believes Google and Amazon will be next.
TUI Travel, the company behind holiday brands Thomson and First Choice, has revealed a three-year sustainability strategy to deliver 10 million "greener and fairer" holidays and to become Europe's most fuel-efficient airline operator.
The start of the official advertising 'blackout' around this summer's London 2012 Olympics today brings into focus the commercial nature of the modern Games, and with it a general misunderstanding.
The Cannes Lions Festival is a many-tentacled beast which in many ways defies summarisation, yet among the industry back-slapping, network squabbling and media one-upmanship along the Crosiette, I found one recurring ray of hope which could yet save our souls.
It is as much a decision for a brand not to sponsor an era-defining event such as the London 2012 Olympics as it is to do so.
McDonald's secured the prestigious Grand Prix at the 2012 Marketing Society Awards for Excellence, held on Monday, for the role marketing has played in overhauling its UK business since 2006.
The 'a' word much in evidence amongst marketers these days, is not austerity, but 'agility' - as in yesterday's packed Agile Government Communications Strategy Conference, attended by more than 400 agency chiefs.
Unilever, ASOS, British Gas, McDonald's and John Lewis top the nominations shortlist for the 2012 Marketing Society Awards for excellence