Biggest brands: Top 100 online advertisers 2010
30 Mar 2010 | by Adam Woods
While the recession cut a swathe through above-the-line media channels, digital marketing grasped the opportunity to prove itself, writes Adam Woods.
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Tesco is relaunching Clubcard as an online loyalty scheme, in one of the most significant changes in the programme's 15-year history.
While the recession cut a swathe through above-the-line media channels, digital marketing grasped the opportunity to prove itself, writes Adam Woods.
Many major brands were forced to scale back their marketing budgets during 2009, allowing those that maintained or grew their adspend to take advantage of reduced media costs.
Procter & Gamble has upped its advertising spend nearly 13% to remain the UK's biggest spender on above-the-line advertising.
The combination of an economic downturn, cheaper direct marketing channels and pressure from the green lobby has led to a 6% drop in direct mail spend, but while brands are getting better at targeting the right people, the industry still has a long way to go before it sheds its 'junk mail' tag.
The value of the top grocery brands has withstood the consumer shift toward bargain-hunting amid the gathering economic gloom.
Health, environmental and budget concerns have all driven shifts in consumer spending patterns.
Below are the top 10 brands by category for supermarket sales for the 52 weeks to 20 April 2008, as compiled exclusively for Marketing by TNS Worldpanel.
LONDON - The need for activation in sponsorship and traditional field marketing led to the growth of experiential. Now agencies are moving into other areas to fit in with clients' demands for greater levels of involvement.
The days of pure sales promotion look numbered as brand tie-ups and collaborations gain in popularity, writes Robert Gray.