Only three British sports stars have made it into a definitive list of the world’s top thirty most marketable athletes of the past year. Researchers at London School of Marketing compiled the Sports Marketing Power List after taking into account sponsorship deals of global athletes during 2016. Swiss tennis star Roger Federer was named as […]
Every year the anticipation builds to see what John Lewis will do for a Christmas advert – and this year for the first time the advert has come alive thanks to a virtual reality installation in its Oxford Street store. Much like the Coca-Cola truck tour, The John Lewis Christmas advert has become synonymous with […]
Omar Janabi, senior director of marketing, Mapp, discusses what role he thinks the chief digital officer (CDO) will play in the marketing world in 2017. With data becoming increasingly central to successful digital marketing, the chief digital officer (CDO) will become a more popular role. Working to bridge the gap between marketing and IT departments, the […]
by Frank Wainwright, Editorial Director, FMBE The appointment of Russ Lidstone to lead the emergence of the Creative Engagement Group was delivered fairly quietly in FMBE circles though it is hard to think of a more significant one for our industry in 2016. The Creative Engagement Group, incorporating agencies WRG Worldwide, The Moment and Just […]
Mapp Digital, LLC has launched The Digital Customer Engagement Index [1] – a forensic analysis of the digital marketing methods of the Top 50 leading ecommerce brands in the UK. The study, which focuses on three key channels: email, mobile apps and social media, reveals that relatively few of the UK’s top ecommerce companies are […]
FM Forum spoke to Lester Wolstenholme who heads promotional products and branded clothing supplier, Reflex International What services does Reflex currently provide to the FMBE sector? Reflex supplies many of the leading agencies with uniform for experiential staff and promotional giveaways for campaigns. From a few tee shirts to projects requiring literally millions of products. […]
(first published in FMBE Magazine Autumn 2017) Following on from last summer’s “Got It” Notting Hill Carnival experiential activity, The Bank Agency, brought Supermalt to the carnival once again, with an immersive experience in the heart of the festivities. Promohire had wrapped and supplied a bespoke vintage Citroen H-Van. Promohire had modified the van to […]
Q3 Activity Report Food and drink sampling campaigns have dominated this quarter, capitalising on the summer holiday period and raising awareness of new product lines. British Summer Fruits brought their Berry Brain campaign to New Street Square, London with a giant brain constructed from a range of different berry punnets clustered together. Brand ambassador, mathematician […]
Like most agencies that specialise in technology, many of our clients invest large sums of money in the training of in-store sales colleagues in the hope that this will lead those colleagues to upsell their products to consumers. After all, the old adage of ‘teaching a man to fish’ vs giving him a fish would […]
by Frank Wainwright The Apprentice is now mid-season and once again the series has drawn reference and candidate humiliation opportunities from the retail and brand experience sector. Pop-up stores, PR Stunts, Exhibition Experiences, Direct Selling and Promotional Costumes abound. In truth, the candidates’ collective failure to knock out a next day market stall or create […]
by Frank Wainwright Not all event spaces offer a chance to step in the footsteps of royalty let alone to caper and slide in front of the palace but thanks to a fantastic build by Arena Group at Hampton Court with creative agency Amazing Media we could do just that. We went with two children. […]
The number of online searches by shoppers may have grown 52% compared with just one year ago, but shopping “offline” is still winning the day comfortably. Online shopping only has a 14.2% share in the market currently (July 2016), up from 12.6% a year ago. The internet, however is bringing about a great change in shopping […]
As we approach the biggest and busiest shopping season of the year – Black Friday, Cyber Monday, as well as the lead up to panic Christmas shopping, marketers are gearing to tweak their strategies in order to offer consumers the most competitive, personalised deals. At the heart of any successful Black Friday and Cyber Monday […]
Event Tech Live kindly asked me to join an esteemed panel of judges to pick the winner of the Launchpad Pitch; a new area for 2016, championing start-up companies and providers of exciting new event technology. With 22 forward-thinking businesses all battling it out with just five minutes to present their pitch, I wanted to […]
As the final embers of Bonfire Night fade, marking the start of the run-up to Christmas, it’s clear that brands could make much more of this major occasion. While the Donald Trump effigies that perished across the UK helped ignite a more modern protest, Bonfire Night remains one of the most politically important annual […]
Black Friday deals will kick-start Christmas shopping, but shoppers anticipate a curb in spending through December and in the January sales. The survey by The Market Creative found that more than two-thirds of consumers plan to take advantage of Black Friday deals with 62% shopping for Christmas gifts. However 26% anticipate this will mean they […]
A press release arrived today. It was about the YouTube phenomenon called unboxing. Don’t know about unboxing? This is product launching with mass appeal, involving video channel hosts who do nothing but get rich by taking tech and toys out of its packaging and looking surprised about it. It is serious business. In 2014, […]
Global consultancy Prophet has today launched its Brand Relevance Index (BRI), a ranking of the most relevant brands in consumers’ lives today. Surprisingly, post-Brexit, only two British brands were featured in the Top 20 – department store John Lewis takes the number 8 spot, whilst the BBC sits at 19. Apple came in as the […]
Digital marketers will play a greater role in business, according to new research commissioned by Greenlight Digital, a leading independent digital agency. The research reveals almost half (46%) of digital marketers believe their influence across the business will increase in the next five years. Greenlight commissioned the survey of 218 full and part-time digital marketing […]
A growing number of British brand owners and SMEs are seeking expert support to break into the French retail space, regardless of Brexit, according to leading export company Sutralis. Rouen-based Sutralis, which specialises in collaborating with international brands to successfully launch in France, has been tracking opportunities and trends within the French retail sector for […]
BY FMBE director, Frank Wainwright When we announce our special award each year I often hope for something that will light up our event, showing what can come about when the best of the best emerge. I’m delighted to say that this year we have truly cracked it, six best of the best contenders from […]
Face to face marketing is an incredibly powerful tool, and there has been an explosion in the number of campaigns using brand ambassadors, handing out samples, leaflets and coupons on the streets, at busy travel hubs, in shopping centres and at festivals and music and sporting events. Unfortunately, due to recent changes in the law, […]
On the morning of the inaugural Global Futures Forum, hosted by The Future Laboratory, co-founder Martin Raymond has issued a dire warning to British businesses: ‘The future success of organisations in the UK will be compromised if we limit immigration in the way current government policy is proposing.’ ‘Geographical diversity, along with ethnicity and gender, […]
Mystery shoppers reveal UK banks have a long way to go Large queues, under equipped staff and mismatched marketing to blame The UK’s largest banks including HSBC and RBS were the furthest behind BookingBug releases the first ever research into how the top 10 retail banks are creating a more competitive customer experience, and […]
An invitation to the new KitKatChocolatory ahead of its official opening, isn’t one you turn down. WeAreFearless had worked closely with Nestlé to bring the KitKatChocolatory shop, which had already been in situ in Japan and Australia, to their European fans. Located in the bustling heart of Westfield Stratford’s ‘The Street’, you couldn’t miss the […]
Marketers in the UK feel overworked and underpaid, according to new research commissioned by Greenlight Digital, an independent digital agency. The research reveals that digital marketers are working eight extra hours every week on average, with almost half (46%) of digital marketers feeling overworked and nearly a third (30%) feeling underpaid. Greenlight commissioned the survey […]
New research released by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), at its annual Digital Summit in London, reveals that over two-thirds (68%) of marketers confess to protecting the personal data they give away as a consumer, because they know how brands and organisations will use it. CIM’s ‘Whose data is it anyway?’ study surveyed more […]
Verto Analytics, the world’s first single-source audience measurement company, has announced the availability of its syndicated media measurement services in the UK. Following successful years of operations in the US, organisations can now get the same unique insights into British consumers. Published with hourly and daily granularity, Verto’s data gives a more detailed and timely […]
UK shoppers’ ongoing love for the high street experience will keep town centre shopping alive, according to a new report. ‘Online Vs Instore’ by shopper behaviour experts The Market Creative found that 75% of consumers will not desert the high street for online shopping, with nearly half (47%) preferring to get a feel for products […]
It’s no news that tighter consumer purse strings have played an enormous role in consumer decision-making. But so too has trust. Trusted brands are leveraging trust in innovative ways. Some are expanding into new categories while others are tapping into the concept of offering ancillary goods and services alongside their standard fare. Using a trusted […]
I visited BEcause Experiential Marketing and WWF’s Virtual Reality Tiger Experience at Westfield to try the activation first hand. The experience was truly immersive, and when I arrived, there was a buzz around the set which had a prominent position on the ground floor of the shopping mall. After the CGI 360 experience, where I […]
Pop-ups – a one off gamble or long term investment? Billy Smart, brand development manager of Mobile Technik explores the longevity and true value of a pop-up. The story of the pop-up began with the street-food market, with pop-ups presenting a more affordable option for traders and customers alike. In 2015, reports from EE predicted […]
On Friday 29th of July I took a day off from chasing FMBE Award entries to spend an action packed day with my kids at Silverstone Classic. The weekend event is organised and managed by Goose Live Events, who have successfully turned it into the world’s biggest classic motor racing festivals. Silverstone Classic began in […]
Wolf Brand Experience and Appleton Estate rum have been traveling the length and breadth of the country in a branded Appleton Estate Van to educate foodies and drinks connoisseurs about the rum and encouraging the public to look at rum differently. The activation included the bus complete with on-board bar and fully trained mixologists, a […]
A global research study conducted by brand experience agency Momentum Worldwide and their shopper marketing design consultancy ChaseDesign has found that 84% of the UK now use mobile apps to purchase goods. However, the results highlight a large gap in the customer’s retail journey with only 1% of UK shoppers using a shop’s mobile app […]
Bristol Harbour Festival (this year 15th-17th July) has been going since 1971. It routinely attracts 250,000 visitors. It must be doing something right. And so it is. It is a festival that embraces and transcends community and celebrates oldness and newness extremely eclectically. From invigorating dance, through world music to maritime seafaring tales and even […]
Michelle Warner,Marketing Manager at Goose Live Events, shares with Field Marketing and Brand Experience Magazine the three steps to choosing the right charity partner. With so many worthy causes to choose from these days, it’s easy to take a scatter-gun approach to choosing a charity partner. But there is a danger that an absence of […]
Not every brand experience has to be an Oculus Rift, high voltage show-off-and-share-the-moment #pointandlaugh at your hapless mates participation sport. It isn’t that these things are not fun, it’s just that we can’t keep that going all day and all of the night even when one weekend has been blessedly set aside for capturing the […]
I had the pleasure of catching up with Pop-up Queen Meredith O’Shaughnessy and small dog Phoebe ahead of Keeping Up With the Jones’ to discuss all things immersive and exciting. How did The Meredith Collective come about? I worked in venues and nightclubs from the age of 17 to 33 but after that I was […]
In London at the weekend I was proud to be a voice in support of the experiential events industry as three large scale events conspired to present the capital city as a global stage for new ideas and thought leading initiatives in science, engineering, transport and sport. On a sunshiny day, 3 diverse but thematically […]
The good people at Switchedon Communications invited me back to Taste of London in Regent’s Park for the second year running to see what the country’s top foodie brands had to offer. A Taste of London Session is four hours and the plethora of foodie activations can mean getting around the event in this time […]
A new industry report has been launched by independent shopper research agency, Shoppercentric. Carried out amongst 88 food and drink brand owners and design agencies involved in the commissioning or design of Point of Sale (POS) – provided by the IPM – and 10 pre-recruited shopper-agents, the research findings cast a light on POS influences […]
The Institute of Flavour, an immersive collaborative experience with Propercorn and flavour-based experience design experts, Bompass and Par, lived up to expectation and didn’t disappoint. On a mission to find the next new flavour, Popcorn brand Propercorn, invited their loyal fans to help them create one, with the aim to demonstrate that delicious food doesn’t […]
Danielle Pinnington, MD at Shoppercentric, explores grocery trends using findings from their latest research Over the last 12 months the big four retailers have all signalled a desire to prioritise EDLP over Hi-Lo, which means promotional activity in-store is likely to fall back from the rather chaotic peak of the last few years. For shoppers this is […]
Supermarkets continue to lose private label sales to the discounters, as their value share of private label fell in the UK, according to a new report – ‘Private Label in Western Economies’ – launched by IRI, a provider of FMCG market intelligence and predictive, actionable insight. The report, which analyses private label sales trends and […]
Following last months FMBE symposium, Frank Wainwright, FMBE Awards Director and Robin Carlisle Managing Director of Mobile Promotions, discuss data collection and event sharing. Frank Wainwright B2B events are certainly on an experiential growth curve. Blue screens are gone. There is more and more emphasis on content sharing, networking, emotional connection and collective thought. The […]
Experiential marketing roadshows are on the rise, Q4 saw an increase in the number of bookings across all Spaceandpeople venues. Healthy living and health related products were particularly dominant this quarter. As bodybuilding and protein supplement experts USN demonstrated by taking their new ISOCO Coconut water across 5 venues in the UK with great success. […]
Businesses are increasingly using misleading marketing methods on social media, risking significant legal, financial and reputational damage. That is according to CIM (The Chartered Institute of Marketing), which has today released new research into the prevalence of questionable marketing on social media sites. The Keep Social Honest study by CIM – the body that […]
New research has shown that Marketing is under serious threat from HR, raising real questions for businesses and the teams charged with upholding the voice of their brand. In a series of worrying findings for Marketing, Omobono, the creative and technology agency for business brands, has found that HR is now the second most powerful […]
We have been asked to provide greater insight into what makes a good entry, specifically for the field marketing categories. So, here is an example of a well-structured Field Marketing award entry – to suit categories A-F. It is about launching a new product variant via store presence at a major grocer. We have anonymised […]
Rather than just looking to reach their target audience, brands should aim to get them more deeply involved, says Pete Davis, managing director at Get Me Media. If brands struggle with one thing in the audience engagement stakes, it’s getting people actively involved. They can develop highly creative and striking cross-channel ad campaigns, target consumers […]
The other night I was harmlessly minding other people’s business on Facebook when up scrolled an advert for ‘The Future of Food’ or more specifically, bags of balanced powdered ‘Human Food’ called Huel. Made of pure desiccated whatever, just shake into a gloop with water and drink it. No need to encroach on even the […]
Ethical shoppers are more likely to be middle-aged, a new study has found. In a survey of supermarket consumers researchers found that young and old shoppers were less likely to purchase fairtrade and organic goods at supermarkets, with the findings going against the commonly held view that people become more ethical as they get older. […]
Join event professionals on Friday 3 June to netwalk for 10 miles through London to raise money for pancreatic cancer charities. Starting at Emirates Stadium, home of Arsenal F.C., this year’s walk will take you past some of London’s iconic landmarks and parks finishing at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea F.C. Details: Date: Friday 03 June […]
Price and social approval have been ranked as having the biggest influence on shopper buying decisions while brand names trail behind, reports new research from The Market Creative. ‘Shopping Uncovered – How we Really Shop’ surveyed more than a thousand home and leisure shoppers to better understand the drivers to buy1. Based on The Market […]
According to the stats from the last few years at FMBE, these agencies are the royal rajahs of the most effective roadshow. These are the agencies that have orchestrated campaigns that have allowed creativity to thrive through great planning and logistics – and delivered fantastic return on engagement back to the client. Sense The agency […]
Suzanne Malhotra, director, 4D Design discusses the power of authenticity to make experiences more memorable It is nothing new to suggest that ‘experiential’ has drifted into the pool of marketing buzzwords event attendees have added to their spam filter. Whereas once, pop-ups, socially integrated events and quirky photo ops were exciting and new, now they […]
Data and Insight into brand experience trends in venues provided by SpaceandPeople. This report first appeared in FMBE Magazine Winter issue, February 2016 There was a sharp rise in experiential promotions in Q3 across all sectors of our business. This was in part due to a major contract win with Network Rail which represents 17 […]
Kate Nightingale, the leading consumer psychologist, has published her in-depth report on how sensory retail design influences consumer behaviour. It’s called Sensory Retail Design Report and it’s online now. Sensory Retail Design Report explores the science behind why certain retail environments lead to higher emotional engagement and therefore are more commercially effective. Kate discusses the […]
A guest blog by Lee Thomas, managing director, Aesthetics Providing staff is a very competitive business. At Aesthetics we never compromise the quality of our staff to win a pitch however this becomes increasingly difficult when clients are cost sensitive. What impact could substandard staff have on your client and your event? If event cost […]
By Frank Wainwright, Editor Cadbury’s hero Dairy Milk bar has inspired some landmark advertising, often creative and often eclectic, but laying down some bubble wrap? ‘Tastes Like this Feels’, are you serious? Dairy Milk isn’t even bubbly. I thought it was Aero that was bubbly? Coke is also bubbly. Isn’t Coke the brand of ‘Taste […]
Investing in mobile apps will bring customers back into retail stores, and help avoid the estimated loss of 900,000 jobs and thousands of stores in the next decade – according to the UK mobile app developer. The latest research by Apadmi, of 1,000 UK smartphone users, found that mobile apps can drive consumers back to […]
Global delivery experts Fastlane International says High Street stores with attractive web sites and delivery options will succeed; but fragmented approaches will fail. The battle for British retail has moved from the High Street to the web; with delivery options fast becoming as important to consumers as price. The global delivery expert Fastlane International says […]
Suzi Thrift, Jack Morton Worldwide tells the production story behind the big adult Candy Crush bounce by the Thames As part of a team of agencies, experience specialists Jack Morton Worldwide produced and built Bouncingham Castle on the Thames at the start of March. Suzi Thrift led the team that made sure the idea became multi-sensory […]
Digital transformation within European companies is making good progress, and is meeting with approval, particularly with younger workers. British companies have adapted extremely well to embrace digital transformation whilst France is at the bottom of the pile and Germany too is still playing catch-up. These are the main findings of an online survey conducted by […]
Want field sales? Who are you going to deal with? FMBE looks at the leading award performers in recent years and selects 7 agencies to consider CPM Outsourced sales agency CPM’s absence from the awards last year meant we were without the team who owned the category in 2012 and 2013 with two golds and […]
01.03.2016 FMBE has not been political before now but this essay came our way and we are putting it out there. It speaks of fan/voter behaviour at least. Why politics is the new gameshow Today is Super Tuesday only it doesn’t feel so very Super. There is a horrible inevitability about the rise of Donald […]
FMBE took a look at awards performance in 2013-15 and selected the seven stand out FM&BE agencies in the low budget and small scale category. An interesting mix of big and small agencies have prevailed but all have one thing in common – they work just as hard for the small budget holders, challengers and […]
A guest column by Tim Lark, Service Innovation Group Diageo’s futures director has been in the press recently discussing the future of the brand and how technology is impacting on how we shop. He brings up the question of whether supermarkets will still exist in a decade. He didn’t know the answer – but does […]
James Gordon-MacIntosh, managing partner, Hope&Glory PR spoke to Harriet Cramer How did the agency come about? Jo (Carr, managing partner) and I worked for 77 PR (now part of Fishburn) and although it was fun, we decided to strike out and do it for ourselves in 2011. Our task was simple, we realised there are […]
Back in the Summer of 2015, when Kevin Jackson was still VP at George P Johnson, I caught up with him to enquire about his next big venture in the world of Brand Experience. Kevin is now back in action as the owner of The Experience is The Marketing April 2015 What does the […]
In the 2015 Summer issue of FMBE magazine, we tuned into Broadwick Live and its high voltage brand appeal, by interviewing the key players at the agency. Here’s a recap. Entertainment agency and festival organiser Broadwick Live has created award winning travel and music events. The business, which has recently secured investment from Global Entertainment has accolades […]
A guest blog by Helen Bryce, senior staffing manager at Sense Staff. It was a typical grey, dreary January day, the kind that induces SAD as soon as you wake up. I fell off my packed tube, jostled my way to the escalator, and emerged onto the station concourse. The Silent Crew were there, waiting. […]
Brand ambassadors are increasingly being used for more than just promotional work. Sarah Abdelghani, Account Manager at Blackjack explains how and why. Although you might not believe it, experiential activity is no longer only about running live promotions to drive sales or brand experiences to directly boost awareness and engagement among consumers. More and more, […]
It’s the most wonderful time of year for anyone in the experiential and retail industries. Christmas brings a flurry of fresh new campaigns, all striving to be the most talked about. For a lot of people, it doesn’t really feel like Christmas until they see the giant Coca-Cola truck on their television screens or their […]
As we kick off 2016, Circle Agency’s board creative director, Neil Hooper, outlines his experiential marketing predictions for the year ahead. 1. Don’t just use social, behave socially. As brands look at digital as the holy grail of communication reach, we should not forget the facelessness of digital. Brands need to consider their response platforms, […]
A blog by Sean Doyle, Head of Creative Services at Concerto Live In this digital age, where virtual communications reign, it’s increasingly common to feel oddly disconnected. People crave real engagement and this is a feeling clever brands and their marketing teams are tuning in to. Success is no longer measured by who can shout […]
Rock’n’roll caterers Eat to the Beat, part of the Global Infusion Group, have worked with the Hammersmith Apollo for over 30 years and the relationship is set to reach a new high as the iconic building launches as a corporate venue tonight.
Not traditionally viewed as a typical career choice, promotional staffing is varied, exciting, fun and rewarding. Dominique Packham, staffing director at brand experience agency Sense, looks at how attitudes to the work are changing, it’s rise in importance to brands and the many benefits it brings. In today’s highly competitive consumer environment, with many brands […]
The Brand Experience Awards Creative Campaign of the Decade Sponsored by Avantgarde Pool 1 This is online Pool 1 of the 2014 Brand Experience Creative Campaign of the Decade award, an award which culminates in a LIVE final in front of 4 judges and an audience online via Google Hangouts on October 21st 2014. How […]
Sponsored by Avantgarde Pool 2 This is online Pool 2 of the 2014 Brand Experience Creative Campaign of the Decade award, an award which culminates in a LIVE final in front of 4 judges and an audience online via Google Hangouts on October 21st2014. How this competition works Just 4 finalists will emerge to be chosen […]
Callum Stanley and Adam Wakeford, Gottabe! discuss how definitions can effect the workplace All over the world, marketing brands are naming their promotional staff differently. Agencies are using ‘Brand Ambassador’, ‘Reps’ and ‘Brand Advocate’, to name just a few, as an alternative to the more generic ‘Promo Staff’. Why is this? What benefits does this […]
Jens Tangen, head of sales, intu Properties brings together the mindset approach to marketing and sponsorship opprotunities at shopping centres Mindset marketing is an important consideration, and the ability for live and experiential marketing to connect with people when they are in the right mood to be approached is unparalleled by any other media. For […]
Discussion in FMBE magazine’s July (Summer) issue saw SpaceandPeople’s Q2 report picking up on some new brands taking on brand experience marketing. Whilst one of the new brand’s Barny, is a member of the giant Mondelez stable, the arrival of Bonne Maman to the experiential table, on its shopping centre tour with The Circle Agency […]
Camilla Felstead, client services director, GMR Marketing, discusses the shift to purchase Countless research studies show that real world brand experiences, offering consumers the opportunity to get their hands on a product and try-before-they-buy, can shift purchase consideration by up to 85%. As boardroom sales targets become more aggressive there is pressure on experiential activity […]
Nicola Harding, account director, FS Distribution, discusses how social media can keep a logistics firm connected We live in the era of social media. How many of us have a Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, or Instagram account? Or all of them? Or all of them, plus a raft of others? We love to interact, converse and […]
Sebastian Coe discusses the technology that is driving cultural change in event consumption It occurred to me when I was in Brazil for the World Cup that when the 2010 tournament kicked off in South Africa, the iPad was just a couple of months old. Apple have shifted more than 200 million tablets since then […]
Today, your experiential campaign can end up in places you never dreamed it would, but most brands aren’t prepared for that journey says Alex Smith from agency Sense You know the feeling you get when someone tells a story, and ends up trailing off with “well, I guess you just had to be there”? Well, […]
SpaceandPeople’s Q1 Data and Insight report (FM Spring issue) gave us quite a bit of insight into the current focus on targeted influencing. Carefully targeted brand experiences are increasingly being used to influence early adopters and specific fan bases. In the column various activities were mentioned that have used St Pancras International on different event […]
Will Northover, Client Services Manager, Blackjack Promotions argues that customer data collection should be easy when using brand experiences Everyone loves a freebie. It doesn’t matter how old you are, how wealthy you are. Whatever your job title, if there’s a freebie up for grabs then you’re automatically interested. For this reason, I’m baffled why […]
London’s latest shopping experience arrived on 24 October when the 350,000 sq ft London Designer Outlet opens in Wembley. This is the first designer outlet within the M25 and a sign of the growing success of this style of shopping experience. There are 50 designer outlets in the UK and 49% of the UK population […]
In this interview, Frank Wainwright put questions to Michael Brown, managing director, PS Live about his outlookfollowing the formal emergence of PS Live earlier this year. A shorter version of this interview appeared in Field Marketing magazine, Summer issue 2013 How has PS Live set out to bring together skills and concepts from PR, OOH, […]
In the Spring issue of Field Marketing magazine an interesting piece on preparing for an all-weather Summer appeared. It is true that Shopping Centres can be a nice support for outdoor campaigns offering space allied to weather certainty – and proximity to retail. Here is a ‘reprint’ of that thought piece, courtesy of Brandspace. The […]
Annette Lacey, managing director, Service Innovation Group Grocery multiples are set to capitalise on the new opportunities offered by a networked society. The advent of social media, android devices and 3G internet access has rapidly changed consumer behaviour, diversifying the high street into a real and virtual phenomenon. According to figures published by retail analysts […]
Frank Wainwright asseses the data that has shown some shopping centre trend insight in the magazine this issue In our last issue of Field Marketing, the latest data and insight update provided by Spaceandpeople showed Food and Drink (22%) and Automotive (20%) accounts for 42% of all brand experience activity in the locations that they […]
A guest contribution from Steve Radford, CEO, Fieldstar With the launch of the Asda programme the UK now has 2 accreditation programmes for third-party merchandisers working within grocery multiple retailers (the other being operated by Sainsbury’s). But are they fit for purpose? Well I suppose that depends on what you believe their purpose is. From […]
When Brandspace came to me with insight revelations about a recent brand campaign the last brand I expected it to be about was Samsung, currently the fastest growing brand – in terms of recognition – globally. Samsung’s Olympic product activations have been a locked casket to the media so far, so to hear that Brandspace […]
As Spring becomes official the number of brand experience campaigns about the place begins to step up. In line with that I expect to see a number of Brand Experience supply busineses show how they are stepping up their game in terms of how they support the industry. Last week’s news about the launch of […]
A guest blog from Leah Bradbury, head of recruitment, Kru Live It has been a busy year of recruitment in 2012 due to the demand from the Games and following this there has been a large, natural ‘drop-off’ since from personnel leaving the field of temporary work as well as a new influx from a […]
y Helen Hanson, managing director, Hel’s Angels Do you remember the last time someone gave you a free sample? Maybe. Do you remember the last time someone dressed as say, a witch or a cowboy gave you a free sample? Possibly. Do you remember the last time someone dressed as say, a witch or a […]