The 2024 Agenda: Tight budgets mean marketers will have to do more with less
Josh StephensonAs the economy continues to falter more marketers are going to have to make their budget stretch further in 2024.
Analysis
In-depth features, interviews and insights into marketing’s biggest issues.
Redefining purpose and P&G’s focus on product: Your Marketing Week
Russell ParsonsAt the end of every week, I look at the key stories, offering my view on what they mean for you and the industry. From unpicking what purpose means to P&G’s quest for “product superiority”, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
How the global ad industry is evolving to meet data privacy expectations
Marketing Week PartnerMarketing departments are acting now to meet growing privacy expectations, with a focus on internal organisational improvements.
Is an inability to understand audiences holding back women’s sport?
Molly InnesBrands and broadcasters should be developing fan bases more to transform attention into revenue for women’s sport.
How Sage’s marketing rethink drove a 12% revenue boost
Marketing Week ReportersBy overhauling its approach from B2B demand generation to human-centric brand building Sage changed perceptions, drove sales and improved its ROI.
2023 marketing year in review: It’s been a bad year for…
Marketing Week ReportersFrom the purpose backlash and a crackdown on advertising vices to the decline of the meat-free category, 2023 has not been a good year for everyone in the marketing world.
‘We need the help of our competitors’: Yorkshire Tea on reinvigorating a declining category
Niamh CarrollYorkshire Tea has gained share to become the clear market leader in black tea, but as the top brand in a declining category it is now looking to fresh ways to stimulate growth in a contracting market.
‘The penny has dropped’: Is purpose having a crisis of confidence?
Michaela JeffersonA few years ago purpose was seen as the solution to any brand problem. But now with even cheerleader-in-chief Unilever stepping back, where does purpose go next?
2023 marketing year in review: It’s been a good year for…
Marketing Week ReportersFrom a rise in brands positioning with competitors to B2B brand building going to the next level and women’s sport becoming ‘commercially sustainable’, 2023 has been a good year for shaking up the status quo.
This Much I Learned: ITV’s CMO Jane Stiller on the need for ‘diversity of thought’ in marketing
Marketing Week ReportersIn the latest episode of Marketing Week’s This Much I Learned podcast, ITV’s CMO Jane Stiller talks about what has changed for the better and worse in marketing since she started her career, marketing’s influence in businesses, and the mistakes that have helped shape her career.
Why TikTok campaigns aren’t just for Christmas
Marketing Week PartnerWith the right TikTok strategy, your brand can reach a highly engaged audience primed to spend their post-Christmas cash.
‘High-tech, high-touch’: Aston Martin on transforming digital to create personalised experiences
Josh StephensonAston Martin has been overhauling its digital offer to create “almost one-to-one” experiences for potential customers.
Dr Martens’ pricing power and UKTV’s rebrand: Your Marketing Week
Russell ParsonsAt the end of every week, I look at the key stories, offering my view on what they mean for you and the industry. From Dr Martens’ price resiliency to UKTV uniting its streaming and linear offer under U, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
Is brand building the secret to solidifying the growth of private label?
Ian BurrellPrivate label products have been eating into the market share of branded labels for years now. It can be argued, though, retailers are not doing enough to solidify this trend by engaging with what will make them stick around long-term: brand building.
‘Premier league’ marketers: What brands can learn from elite sport
Marketing Week PartnerMarketers, like sportspeople, must focus on the ‘hard yards’ that make the moments of glory possible.