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Lego is set to become the first client to capitalise on Primesight’s new ‘Primespot’ technology which takes the traditional ‘gold spot’ advertising seen on-screen before a film into the foyer, maximising exposure to the target audience.

Lego, Primesight take ‘gold spot’ ads into cinema foyer

Lego is set to become the first client to capitalise on Primesight’s new ‘Primespot’ technology which takes the traditional ‘gold spot’ advertising seen...

Creative agency Above+Beyond has chosen to celebrate the realities of Christmas with an initiative which focuses on the ‘true scents’ of the season and wishing marketers a 'Smelly Christmas'.

Above + Beyond focuses on ‘wonderful imperfections’ of Christmas

Creative agency Above+Beyond has chosen to celebrate the realities of Christmas with an initiative which focuses on the ‘true scents’ of the season and wishing...

Kru Live has appointed Ella Newton as Client Services Director to drive forward the specialist staffing agency’s continued growth and success.

Kru Live names Client Services Director

Kru Live has appointed Ella Newton as Client Services Director to drive forward the specialist staffing agency’s continued growth and success. Newton joins from Brands...

Forget demographics – marketers need to be concentrating on shopper mindsets, says Chris Carter, of smp. All too often, how marketers seek to understand shoppers becomes a game of Guess Who. Match the shopper to a certain set of characteristics and Bob’s your uncle.

Beyond shopper demographics: moving from ‘who’ to ‘why’

Forget demographics – marketers need to be concentrating on shopper mindsets, says Chris Carter, of smp All too often, how marketers seek to understand shoppers...

Kodak has opened a pop-up shop in London’s Soho called The Kodakery, as part of the launch of the Kodak Ektra Smartphone, the brand’s new photography-first smartphone which went on sale for the first time at the start of December.

Kodak opens pop-up shop to launch Ektra Smartphone

Kodak has opened a pop-up shop in London’s Soho called The Kodakery, as part of the launch of the Kodak Ektra Smartphone, the brand’s new photography-first...

Former Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh has launched Pampers latest ‘Amazing Babies’ UK campaign, with the brand partnering with UNICEF for the 11th consecutive year in the drive to eliminate Maternal and Newborn Tetanus (MNT) from the Third World countries where it is most common.

Pampers, UNICEF 11th tetanus vaccine give-away

Former Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh has launched Pampers’ latest ‘Amazing Babies’ UK campaign, with the brand partnering with UNICEF for the 11th consecutive...

Price cuts are short term responses which can damage brand values, says Chris Baldwin of Sodexo. Instead, brands should build value with intelligent promotional activities.

Price vs. promotion: how to add value and keep credibility

Price cuts are short term responses which can damage brand values, says Chris Baldwin of Sodexo. Instead, brands should build value with intelligent promotional...

Cereal giant Kellogg will be adding a new range of ‘Stretch ‘n’ Sip’ collectable spoons as promotional items in special packs of Coco Pops, Rice Krispies, Frosties and Coco Pops Croc Prints. The new promotion kicks off in January 2017.

Kellogg adds collectible spoons for kids’ brands

Cereal giant Kellogg will be adding a new range of ‘Stretch ‘n’ Sip’ collectable spoons as promotional items in special packs of Coco Pops, Rice Krispies,...

Xbox has installed a series of Christmas lights that form the first-ever game trailer consumers can actually walk through. The lights – installed in the shopping plaza in London’s Brunswick Centre – don’t feature traditional festive imagery. Instead, they tell a story about hordes of flesh-eating zombies, to promote the new Christmas-themed zombie game Dead Rising 4.

Xbox launches zombie game trailer in Christmas lights

Xbox has installed a series of Christmas lights that form the first-ever game trailer consumers can actually walk through. The lights – installed in the shopping plaza...

Supermarket loyalty is decreasing, according to the latest research: only 12% of shoppers claim loyalty to just one supermarket brand, with most (70%) shopping across two to three different stores. The number of shoppers loyal to just one supermarket has nearly halved since 2014, when it was 22%. The figures, from a new survey by Valassis Limited, the UK’s largest coupon and voucher services provider, reveal that there is even less loyalty during the festive season, particularly among female shoppers, with just 10% of women stating they would stay loyal to their main regular supermarket.

Valassis: coupons grow in popularity as store loyalty falls

Supermarket loyalty is decreasing, according to the latest research from Valassis: only 12% of shoppers claim loyalty to just one supermarket brand, with most (70%)...