Big-spending brands in the FMCG and retail sectors have significantly boosted mobile adspend as they move to reach the growing number of consumers using mobile devices to interact online, according to an IAB survey.
HTC is building up to the launch of its One phone by showcasing the quality of its camera and "authentic music" experience, describing it as the "one phone you will need" when it goes on sale in April.
Online has once again proved itself to be a resilient and increasingly attractive medium for UK advertisers, with double-digit growth in spend propelled by display in 2010.
29 Nov 2010
| by Ed Owen
Almost 20% of UK consumers will use mobile handsets to make purchases over the Christmas period, research suggests, with retailers becoming increasingly mobile-ready.
30 Jul 2010
| by Katherine Levy
Waitrose has launched a free iPhone app and mobile website in response to an increased number of browsers accessing Waitrose.com through their mobile phones.
What do experts from 11 companies think will be the next big thing(s) in digital?
Read and listen to what they have to say in essays and short films (via the links below) and see what happened when we brought them all together for a roundtable lunch debate.
Videos produced by Sarah Johnson
25 Jun 2010
| by Matt Dyke and Kevin Sutherland, AnalogFolk
Social technologies will give brands unprecedented access to groups of connected web users
25 Jun 2010
| by Martin Bailie, glue Isobar
Talk about 'digital' and channel-based silos should be things of the past. Organisations need to be structured around what's real, not what's easy
25 Jun 2010
| by Giles Hedger and Marc Giusti, Leo Burnett
Clients need agencies that can see the broadest answers to problems
25 Jun 2010
| by James Devon and Graham Kerr, MBA
Potentially, it's good to be 'lighting many small fires' but at the same time, a brand can benefit from being properly defined by a single big idea