Facebook and Amazon, which both enter the global top 10 for the first time, are two of the fastest risers in this year’s BrandZ ranking of the most valuable brands in the world. Both have moved up seven spots to claim 5th and 7th places, respectively.
The Economist has recently shunned TV advertising in favour of social channels where it believed it could better target it readers. But with improved TV technology, the brand is moving back to traditional mediums and using its digital learnings to draw people in.
McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook says the brand fell behind in technology and is now having to play catch-up as it looks to use tech to improve the customer experience and boost engagement.
Mondelez is launching a new marketing model that aims to improve the return on investment of its global media spending, placing a big focus on original content and brand partnerships as it looks to fight growing consumer appetite for ad blocking.
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In the first of a new series looking at brand-building best practice in B2B, we speak to CMOs at companies including KPMG, QuickBooks and RS Group about brand diagnosis and positioning.
CMOs from Channel 4, Chelsea Football Club and Octopus Energy discuss the trends impacting marketing’s top job, from reputational control to growth and tenure.