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London-based integrated marketing communications agency Big Group has acquired Bath-based Frontline Display International, expanding its footprint beyond the Thames Valley to Southwest England.

Jul 19, 2017industry, News0

Big Group acquires Frontline Display International

Laura Kelly, Legal & Regulatory Advisor at the IPM, discusses the ASA's new commitment to stamping out gender stereotyping in marketing communications

Jul 19, 2017industry, News0

Do Promotional Marketers need to be worrying about Gender Stereotypes?

Economic and political uncertainty is affecting consumer attitudes and choices, says Danielle Pinnington of Shoppercentric

Jul 17, 2017industry, News0

Strategies to cope with shoppers tightening their belts

To raise money for the Kensington And Chelsea Foundation charity and directly help families unhoused and dispossessed by the Grenfell Tower fire, IPM member BD Network has arranged for a number of ‘money CAN buy’ items to be auctioned online.

Jul 17, 2017industry, News0

‘Money Can Buy’ charity auction to raise money for Grenfell Tower

Industry

London-based integrated marketing communications agency Big Group has acquired Bath-based Frontline Display International, expanding its footprint beyond the Thames Valley to Southwest England.
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Big Group acquires Frontline Display International

Jul 19, 20170

London-based integrated marketing communications agency Big Group has acquired Bath-based Frontline Display International, expanding its footprint beyond the Thames...

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Laura Kelly, Legal & Regulatory Advisor at the IPM, discusses the ASA's new commitment to stamping out gender stereotyping in marketing communications

Do Promotional Marketers need to be worrying about Gender Stereotypes?
Economic and political uncertainty is affecting consumer attitudes and choices, says Danielle Pinnington of Shoppercentric

Strategies to cope with shoppers tightening their belts
To raise money for the Kensington And Chelsea Foundation charity and directly help families unhoused and dispossessed by the Grenfell Tower fire, IPM member BD Network has arranged for a number of ‘money CAN buy’ items to be auctioned online.

‘Money Can Buy’ charity auction to raise money for Grenfell Tower
Award-winning marketing services business MRM (Multi Resource Marketing Ltd) has launched a new brand identity following the company’s management buy-back from French group HighCo last year.

MRM launches new brand identity

Shopper

Volvic, the Danone-owned mineral water brand, is kicking off its biggest-ever UK marketing campaign this summer across its flavoured waters range, Volvic Touch of Fruit and Volvic Juiced. The ‘Let It Out’ initiative reaches out to consumers through multiple channels to raise awareness and ultimately drive penetration, and will include a massive sampling operation across three key UK cities and a partnership with The Sun newspaper to distribute yet more free samples.
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Volvic launches biggest ever campaign to inspire consumers to ‘Let It Out’

Jul 17, 20170

Volvic, the Danone-owned mineral water brand, is kicking off its biggest-ever UK marketing campaign this summer across its flavoured waters range, Volvic Touch of Fruit...

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Kerry Foods is joining forces with Sony Pictures Consumer Marketing to run a new ‘Express Your Selfie’ on-pack promotion for its kids’ cheese snacking products, supporting the release of Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming film, The Emoji Movie, released on August 4 2017.

Kerry Foods partners Sony’s The Emoji Movie
Japanese automaker Nissan is launching a campaign for INFINITI, its luxury vehicle division, which offers five lucky winners the opportunity to test drive a real Renault Sport Formula One Team car this October.

Nissan launches INFINITI F1 experience prize draw
Sun-Pat, the iconic UK peanut butter brand, has launched a campaign aimed at encouraging children to get active this summer in partnership with Olympic gold medallist swimmer Adam Peaty and TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher.

Sun-Pat ‘Fuelling Families’ offers sports kit prizes
Andrew Rae of incentives and rewards agency The Black Tomato Agency argues for the value of rolling out the red carpet to attract and retain key customers.

Prize Management: Reward to Retain

Experiential

Rowntree’s has backed the launch of its new 30% less sugar range of Fruit Pastilles and Randoms with a brightly-coloured factory-style pop up full of bending pipes, with a “sushi belt” of tasting opportunities at the centre, giving people a chance to try the reduced sugar range in a uniquely Rowntree’s way.
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Rowntree’s ‘sushi belt’ activation for lower sugar range

Jul 17, 20170

Rowntree’s has backed the launch of its new 30% less sugar range of Fruit Pastilles and Randoms with a brightly-coloured factory-style pop up full of bending pipes,...

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With last year’s Dorset Cereals experiential tour delivering 25 live days, 100,000 sample giveaways and an experiential reach of over 280,000, the brand will again be touring family-friendly festivals this summer.

Dorset Cereals embarks on 2017 UK tour
Britvic is to run a sampling campaign at UK universities to promote the latest addition to the Pepsi MAX flavour portfolio – Pepsi MAX Ginger. The campaign will centre around a state-of-the-art photo booth experience to drive social sharing.

Pepsi MAX Ginger experiential sampling and photo activation
SHS Drinks has launched a new heavyweight interactive campaign for WKD and its low-calorie variant NKD which the company says will reach two million 18 to 24-year-old consumers every week throughout the summer until September.

WKD summer experiential/social campaign
Car manufacturer Vauxhall has delivered a fully immersive experience at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, including a Virtual Reality driving simulation, a ‘digital windscreen defrost’ challenge, a Vauxhall Car Wash fun photo opportunity and child-friendly areas.

Vauxhall delivers immersive experience at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017

B2B

Building a strong third party sales channel is essential to success in certain industries, including the telecoms, technology and automotive sectors says Adam Whatling of Love2shop Business Services
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Improving the effectiveness of channel incentives

Mar 13, 20170

For brands and services that sell through third-party channels, creating a strong and effective incentive program delivers real benefits, says Adam Whatling of incentive...

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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
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
Promotional and loyalty travel specialists Inspire has opened an office in Brazil following demand for travel-related sales promotions in South and Central America.

Promotional travel expert Inspire opens Brazil office
Virgin Experience Days has launched its 2016 marketing Christmas campaign, with an animated film which aims to remind people of the everlasting magic of memories.

Virgin Experience Days Xmas Campaign

Digital

Ethical tea brand Clipper has launched a new nationwide initiative, the Clipper Tea Shop Awards, to champion both the wide variety of tea shops and the great experiences that those in the out-of-home market deliver to customers and has brought in Kirstie Allsopp, self-confessed tea lover and TV personality, as a judge.
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Clipper partners TV’s Kirstie Allsopp in hunt for nation’s best tea shop

Jun 20, 20170

Ethical tea brand Clipper has launched a new nationwide initiative, the Clipper Tea Shop Awards, to champion both the wide variety of tea shops and the great experiences...

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Mobile network provider Three has collaborated with Wieden+Kennedy London, Mindshare and OOH specialists Kinetic to deliver a virtual reality (VR) experience as part of its Go Roam campaign.

Three partners Kinetic for VR experience for shoppers in London and Birmingham
Lucozade Ribena Suntory is running an on-pack promo for its Lucozade Sports brand which offers consumers the chance to win more prizes the more active they are.

Lucozade Sport launches Move More Win More promo
Eagle Eye, the SaaS technology company which validates and redeems digital promotions in real-time for the grocery, retail and hospitality industries, has won a new three year contract with John Lewis PLC for the deployment of its Eagle Eye AIR platform to deliver improved digital customer marketing.

Eagle Eye wins John Lewis contract
To mark the launch of highly-anticipated videogame Prey on May 5, computer and video game retailer GAME teamed up with legendary music brand, NME, to create an exclusive Augmented Reality (AR) audio visual cover wrap for NME’s free weekly magazine.

GAME celebrates Prey launch with NME’s first-ever AR cover wrap

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