Procter & Gamble’s US Tide brand delivered a perfect brief and chose a brilliant piece of creative by Saatchi & Saatchi, making it a deserved Grand Effie winner.
By Mark Ritson
Whether or not Thomas Cook responds to financial rumours, once trust in its stability is undermined its brand equity will erode, obliterating future sales.
By using econometrics, Audi has found ads that cut-through are three times more efficient at driving orders, making creativity “really key” for the business, a learning it is taking to the rest of its communications.
New Ebiquity data questions whether TV’s superiority for marketing effectiveness will last beyond five years, but it ignores people’s propensity to change behaviour as they get older.
Former P&G, Heineken, Converse and now Philips marketer Claudia Calori believes using the creative and analytical parts of marketing is key to success, regardless of category or sector.
The Body Shop pioneered ethical beauty, but that positioning is no longer unique and its owners need to inject life into the brand to arrest its decline.
Motor retailer Halfords has introduced dynamic pricing in its services business to drive profitability by directing demand to its under-utilised autocentres.
The Competition and Markets Authority will probe the extent price promotions are only available to people who sign up for loyalty cards.