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Half of advertisers plan to increase spend by up to 20%, while a third plan to maintain existing or reduce online spend The majority of the world’s largest advertisers are committed to increased investment in online advertising in 2017-18, some by as much as 40%. This comes despite increasing questions about its effectiveness and transparency, […]

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Rachel Bateman, Head of Live Engagement, Initials looks at the drive for engagement in the automotive sector and the consumer confidence challenge The automotive industry has had a turbocharged year, with new car sales in the UK hitting an all-time high this April. However, the economic outlook for 2017 paints a different picture with business […]

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On Friday 14th April Troxy, London played host to Secret Cinema X Tell No One- an immersive preview of Chan-Wook’s ‘The Handmaiden.’ The event saw attendees, dressed to the nines in evening gowns and black tie, gathering in the streets of East London for an evening shrouded in mystery.  Guests weren’t told what film would […]

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2017 marked my 16th year as a creative strategist attending and working at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Providing consultancy for exhibitions and brand experiences that embrace technology led solutions has always been a highlight of my year – and a challenge. Here are some of the things I’ve learned over 16 years of being […]

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The ‘We Know Gamers’ research study conducted by global brand experience agency, Momentum Worldwide, has uncovered new information on the media consumption habits and behaviours of gamers. The We Know Gamers global study of 2600 people revealed that a majority of gamers believe watching and playing video games will overtake the viewing and playing of traditional sports […]

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New research conducted by email service provider, Mailjet, reveals consumers’ pain points with new communication channels and how they would rather brands use emerging technologies and features to communicate with them. The findings show that email is the platform most people think we will definitely still be using in ten years’ time (41%), followed by […]

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Despite the hype around ‘personalisation’ as a marketing trend, most respondents (89 percent) report they can’t deliver personalised digital experiences, research by Acquia has found. The research shows that attempts to deliver effective personalised experiences are being hampered because brands are struggling to get the basics right from both a technical and cultural point of […]

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Ahead of the first Creative Data Academy in Scotland, the MD of IDM-DMA Employability says marketing needs to keep up with consumers when it comes to digital adoption. Sponsored by Camelot, REaD Group, DM Trust, Data IQ and RAPP, the Creative Data Academy was launched in 2013 to offer these students access to the training […]

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Technology for Marketing, the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing (IDM) and Pure360 have released ‘The Marketing Team Structures Report 2017’. The new research reveals how marketers are resourcing and restructuring to cope with the technological challenges of the years ahead. According to the marketers surveyed, a third (33%) of marketing teams expect to become […]

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Brand design agency Conran Design Group has collaborated with emotion analytics company Adoreboard in a study of the Pharmaceutical industry, to measure how emotionally connected Pharma brands are to their audiences through social media and the impact of these interactions on customer experience. Adoreboard’s advanced emotion detection platform, Emotics (mathematical algorithms), unlocks emotions expressed in […]

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Despite 93% of consumers revealing they are more likely to buy if they receive a positive customer experience, UK retailers are struggling to deliver adequate, consistent service new research suggests. Companies were unable to answer 46% of customer queries received on email, the web, Twitter and Facebook, with only 7.5% responding on all four channels […]

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A study by Realeyes and Mars, Incorporated has revealed emotion measurement technology can distinguish between ads which deliver high or zero/low sales lift with 75% accuracy. The study involved 149 ads across 35 brands and 22,334 people in six countries. Realeyes measured how people felt while they watched the ads by using artificial intelligence to […]

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Advertising Week Europe is a four-day event head quartered at The Picture House in Piccadilly, London. It provides brands with a brilliant platform in which to connect with high calibre speakers and attendees. As well as speaking at the event and sharing their knowledge with delegates, brands such as Snap Inc, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Shutterstock […]

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The earliest recorded leasing of a billboard occurred in 1867, marking the start of the out-of-home advertising industry. Fast forward to the present day and traditional billboards are going digital, as growth in LED advertising displays outstrips the old fashioned paper kind. According to a report by PWC “87.5% of the revenue growth in the […]

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Mindtree, a global digital transformation and technology services company, has released the findings of a study on how rapidly evolving digital trends like social media, mobile applications and automation are reshaping the way retailers engage with customers. Titled “Sixth Sense of Retail’, the study is based on a survey conducted with 2,000 consumers across in […]

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Healthy Eating Leads to Slimmer Valuations of Fast Food Brands Brand values of the biggest fast food brands falling due to healthy eating & fast casual trends McDonald’s is down 9%, Subway 1%, Taco Bell 10%, Domino’s 16%, Pizza Hut 22% and KFC 27% Papa Johns and Tim Horton buck the trend, growing strongly Health […]

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Lots of experiential practitioners will tell you that winter can be tough – they argue that there’s not a lot of big bucks activity in our industry until the weather warms up and the daffs and snowdrops start to poke out in early Spring. Ask most agencies, and they’ll say that their busiest times run […]

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Despite their affinity for online shopping the majority of millennials haven’t completely abandoned the high street and still value physical stores, reveals a new report by The Market Creative. The ‘Future of Marketing’ aims to capture some of the directions, trends and possibilities shaping marketing today and in the future. As well as views from experts […]

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Matt Cross, UK MD at Hotwire, shares his thoughts on how certain tech companies have resurfaced, as well as the rise of 5G and IoT, at a conference that used to be all about just mobile handsets. Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year saw some big names remove themselves from the conversation and instead, a […]

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Flexibility in their working life is increasingly important to marketers, but few benefit from working for companies where part-time hours or homeworking are encouraged, according to new research.1 Out of 288 marketers polled by content marketing agency Axonn Media, nearly 4 in 5 (77%) still work full-time in the office. Its Gender in Marketing 2017 […]

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Technology is now integral to the delivery of any successful brand experience, which makes Mobile World Congress the place to visit for education and inspiration around the latest developments, which we can then embrace to enhance the events we deliver for our clients. Here is a snapshot of what I uncovered during my visit to […]

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Ambush marketing is a special marketing practice. We’ll explain what hides behind the term. 1.Definition The term ambush marketing originates from the noun “ambush” or its verb “to ambush”, which means “to lure somebody into an ambush”. So, we’re actually speaking of a person who is waiting for his victims while he’s hiding somewhere. In my […]

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I have worked with eXPD8 since the company was set up in 2002 helping them to create teams of wonderful people who deliver service excellence, first time… every time to their fantastic clients. At the outset, one of the first questions they asked themselves – “do we want to be an employer or use people through […]

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Captify, which analyses 30bn searches a month, reveals top three searched for designers during LFW: Mulberry, Burberry and JW Anderson Thanks to the buzz about LFW some designers saw online searches go through the roof, with Ryan Lo experiencing the biggest jump (of 2000%+) over the week Searches for designer sneakers rose by 60%, followed […]

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7 out of 10 people aren’t concerned about foreign companies taking over British brands 41.8% believe that brands should emphasise their Britishness more to appeal to a wider range of global consumers. Only 25% of UK consumers selected Britishness and British heritage as the top aspect of importance The Partners has launched a comprehensive study […]

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A survey of 500 leading CRM managers released by marketing technology company Wiraya, revealed that CRM is perceived as a key business driver for over 30% of businesses, yet many lack the clear direction and customer insight to support their goals and create direct profitability for their business. Almost half (47%) of respondents cited the […]

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FastPay has analysed its data bank of client invoices and has found that agencies and other providers are waiting an average of 86 days to be compensated for their work. FastPay’s data factored in 31,529 client-invoice payments from 2,392 different companies, in the period from January 2013, when the average agency invoice was paid within […]

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FM Forum caught up with Matthew Huntly, Promogems, to find out what 2017 has in store for the office sampling specialists. What are promogems up to at the moment? After a fantastic 2016 we’re gearing up for an even bigger year. We’re always looking at new ways to improve what we do and the impact […]

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Drinkers are much less likely to notice responsible drinking messages on posters displayed in a busy, cluttered pub interior than in a plain and simple room, like a doctor’s surgery, show results of a study published today by psychologists at London South Bank University (LSBU). Results of the pub environment experiment show that responsible drinking […]

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Mr Clean and Skittles produced the most engaging Super Bowl ads according to a study that measured people’s facial expressions. Mr Clean’s Cleaner of your Dreams and Skittles’ Romance both scored 98.0% on the emotionally compelling, or engaging, scale, which is a combined measure of how well the ad grabbed viewers’ attention, kept it and […]

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Like many media practitioners I looked forward to hearing the updated findings of Binet & Field’s The Long and Short of It report towards the back end of 2016. I was encouraged (and relieved) to hear that broad reach is still crucial for effectiveness, with out-of-home (OOH) media playing an important part in achieving this. […]

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Google’s brand value rose by 24% during 2016 (from US$88.2bn to US$109.4bn) whilst Apple’s declined from $145.9bn to $107.1bn, according to the latest Brand Finance Global 500 report. Google last occupied the position of the world’s most valuable brand in 2011. The company remains largely unchallenged in its core search business, the mainstay of its […]

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EU shoppers ordered over 25% more gifts from UK internet retailers this year say e-delivery specialists Fastlane International. We might be in the middle of a rather messy divorce from the European Union; but European shoppers didn’t let Brexit put them off buying British goods this Christmas. The global internet delivery expert Fastlane International says […]

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As retailers share their Christmas trading updates, footfall analysis from location intelligence company xAd reveals which locations received the most footfall and had the biggest uplifts in visitors over the festive period. Customer footfall to specific grocery brands, department stores and shopping centres were measured between 9th December and 2nd January. The top 5 grocery […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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(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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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  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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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