Reinventing Marketing: Shifting the balance of retail power
30 Mar 2011 | by Alan Mitchell
As ways to improve shopper economics continue to emerge, the consumer now holds the key to retail strategies, writes Alan Mitchell.
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Diet Coke has partnered with fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld for a second time to create three limited edition bottle designs for the brand's new ad campaign.
As ways to improve shopper economics continue to emerge, the consumer now holds the key to retail strategies, writes Alan Mitchell.
Puma has appointed Professor Green as its first "social ambassador", in a role that will set the UK rap star to work on the sport brand's press, retail and social media campaigns.
Footwear brand Dr Martens, once the preserve of manual workers, skinheads, punks and indie kids, is seeking to broaden its appeal globally by adopting a more mainstream 'fashion brand' strategy.
Debenhams has launched transactional apps for Android and Nokia phones, to supplement the version already available for iPhone.
Brands from British Airways to TK Maxx have supported this year's Red Nose Day push for Comic Relief.
Footwear manufacturer Dr Martens is preparing to relaunch as a broader British fashion brand as part of a drive to improve global sales.
BrandAlley, the fashion online retailer, is expanding its core clothing brand into beauty, home and travel products, as it ups the ante against rival online retailers such as Asos.
Listen to marketers, agency chiefs and, ahem, trade magazine editors, and you wouldn't think it possible. But, amid the economic doom and gloom, the year the Jeremiahs had written off as a non-starter turned out to be a positive one.
Last year may not have delivered the bounce-back that media owners were hoping for, but the latest adspend figures reflect the beginnings of a solid recovery.