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Domino’s credits ‘supercharged’ Euros campaign as profits double
Michaela JeffersonDomino’s CEO Dominic Paul has praised the brand’s restructured marketing team for driving sales growth over the first half of the year, as profit after tax reached £41.3m.
Why Singaporean super app Grab is focused on ‘acts, not ads’
Charlotte RogersSpanning everything from ride hailing, to food delivery and payments, Singapore-based app Grab has pivoted at speed to respond to the challenges of Covid-19 across southeast Asia.
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How bad incentives ruin good marketing
Peter WeinbergTargeting narrow segments, regularly changing creative and constantly optimising campaigns are all antithetical to growth, yet they’re exactly what marketers are incentivised to do.
‘Combining left and right brain is fascinating’: One marketer on serving customer and company
Josh StephensonFormer 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.
It’s time The Body Shop became exciting as well as ethical
Helen EdwardsThe 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.
Halfords introduces dynamic pricing in garages
Niamh CarrollMotor retailer Halfords has introduced dynamic pricing in its services business to drive profitability by directing demand to its under-utilised autocentres.
Competition watchdog to open investigation into supermarket loyalty schemes
Chris SutcliffeThe Competition and Markets Authority will probe the extent price promotions are only available to people who sign up for loyalty cards.