Boots' Elizabeth Fagan on juggling a change in creative strategy for Christmas
07 Dec 2012 | by Matthew Chapman
Axing a long-running creative strategy is never an easy call for a marketer to make.
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Publisher Random House bought the Fifty Shades trilogy in March. The books were an internet sensation in the US but relatively unknown in the UK.
Axing a long-running creative strategy is never an easy call for a marketer to make.
From the Jimmy Savile scandal at the BBC to Starbucks' and Amazon's tax avoidance, corporate brands are learning that they must recognise public anger and act quickly to avoid repeating their mistakes, writes Jane Bainbridge.
The thorny issue of tax avoidance is not going to go away and, in these times of ultra-transparent business, brands that engage in the practice have nowhere to hide, writes Nicola Kemp.
Earlier this month, Morrisons, the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket by market share, posted a disappointing set of third-quarter results, revealing a decline in like-for-like sales.
Vizeum's brief was to make the Ikea brand synonymous with bedroom furniture and drive double-digit growth in bedroom furniture sales.
Goodstuff's brief was to reposition the Ann Summers brand for a new audience whose perceptions are outdated and having a negative impact on the business.
To meet the challenge of making Ikea synonymous with the bedroom, and so drive double-digit growth in bedroom furniture sales, Vizeum's campaign was designed to send the nation "happy to bed".
Fierce competition has led to the retail chain's collapse.
The right soundtrack can turn a good ad into a great one. But it's not as simple as just picking the latest chart-topper. So how do you decide what's the perfect audio for your ad, and does science have the answer? By Daniel M Jackson