No company before Facebook has had so many users while being so disliked, but the risk of moving Instagram to the same platform is one Mark Zuckerberg seems willing to take to keep control and integrate the brands’ data.
By Mark Ritson
To maximise both revenues and savings, Sainsbury’s and Asda’s merger must get brand architecture right, unifying operations while keeping the brands distinct.
Chancellor Philip Hammond unveiled his budget plans for the year ahead this afternoon, with his plans including a digital services tax and and a cut to business rates for small retailers.
The UK’s largest supermarket has launched a nationwide programme designed to help community groups prepare nutritionally balanced meals out of surplus food donations as it looks to find new ways to tackle the issue of food waste.
David Hills will remain at Asda until later this year with the supermarket yet to announce his replacement.
Why are so many companies ditching the CMO? It’s happened before but this time around it feels like a seismic shift in how businesses view marketing leadership.
Sales, closely followed by the CEO, may be the most important relationships for marketers to nurture, but do they feel the same way?
Having joined Virgin Media O2 six months ago, tasked with overhauling O2’s brand strategy, Rachel Swift says she wants to re-establish its reason for being but won’t “change things for change’s sake”.