Thursday, 11 July 2013

Breaking news from Brand Republic - Brand confidence hits four-year high, Primark, LBi, The Guardian, Facebook

 
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Brand confidence hits four-year high  
Brand confidence hits four-year high
by Louise Ridley
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
Marketing budgets revised upwards at the highest rate in six years, according to IPA Bellwether Report.
 
Primark sales surge despite Rana Plaza tragedy  
Primark sales surge despite Rana Plaza tragedy
by Matthew Chapman
11 July 2013, 09:32AM
 
Primark's sales have been unaffected by adverse publicity created by more than 1,000 workers being killed in the collapse of a Bangladeshi factory that supplied the retailer's clothes.
 
Agencies vie for KP Snacks creative and digital accounts  
Agencies vie for KP Snacks creative and digital accounts
by Louise Ridley
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
Intersnack, the German company that owns KP Snacks, has called creative and digital pitches for its UK business that includes the McCoy's, Hula Hoops and KP Nuts brands.
 
LBi lands search brief for Danone baby sites  
LBi lands search brief for Danone baby sites
by Louise Ridley
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
Danone has hired LBi as the search agency for its baby advice websites C&G Baby Club and Aptaclub, as it looks to develop a content-led strategy aimed at mothers with babies over the age of six months.
 
Grey duo named new deputy ECDs  
Grey duo named new deputy ECDs
by James Swift
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
Grey London has promoted the creative directors Vicki Maguire and Dave Monk to deputy executive creative directors after their success at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
 
The Guardian appoints Tim Hunt to top marketing role  
The Guardian appoints Tim Hunt to top marketing role
by Gemma Charles
11 July 2013, 09:00AM
 
Tim Hunt, the former Freeview marketer, has resurfaced as The Guardian's marketing director.
 
Facebook defends 'broad range of offensive content' amid advertiser backlash  
Facebook defends 'broad range of offensive content' amid advertiser backlash
by Matthew Chapman
10 July 2013, 04:30PM
 
Facebook's European policy chief said the social network's philosophy is to allow people freedom "to be pretty offensive online" as it brings into place restrictions on the types of pages that can carry ads.
 
Irn Bru's 'MILF' ad cleared after 170 complaints  
Irn Bru's 'MILF' ad cleared after 170 complaints
by Chloe Smith
10 July 2013, 04:48PM
 
Irn Bru's controversial ad featuring a mum discussing her push-up bra has escaped censure after the Advertising Standards Association cleared it, despite the ad attracting more than170 complaints.
 
Publicis buys Net@lk as part of its ?3bn acquisition plan  
Publicis buys Net@lk as part of its €3bn acquisition plan
by Chloe Smith
10 July 2013, 04:13PM
 
Publicis Groupe has strengthened its digital presence in China through the acquisition of Net@lk, one of China's leading social media services providers, as part of its €3 billion (£2.58bn) expansion drive.
 
 
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Opinion

 
Whisper it but, at long last, there's optimism in the air  
Whisper it but, at long last, there's optimism in the air
by Danny Rogers
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
As I write, a worrying outbreak of optimism appears to be afflicting the British marketing and media sector.
 
Connecting to people 'formerly known as the audience'  
Connecting to people 'formerly known as the audience'
by Sue Unerman
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
This is the BBC digital director Ralph Rivera's view of the next stage of broadcast. He says that internet-native companies such as Amazon and Facebook deal with people as individuals, not as a broad "audience", and that most TV programme-makers don'...
 
A view from the top  
A view from the top
by Lindsay Pattison
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
I have a bit of a split personality right now, with two full-time roles at Maxus. I'm asked about work/life balance a lot. The reality is that I have no balance. I just have a blessed life, of which work is a massive part. I'm lucky that Mr P is also...
 
A view from the bottom  
A view from the bottom
by Laura Parker
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
Generally, my day-to-day life at We Are Social involves a little more desk work and a lot less hip-shaking than in the past week.
 
Structural damage needs fixing at 36 Golden Square  
Structural damage needs fixing at 36 Golden Square
by Jeremy Lee
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
Joints, as someone once said, are for butchers. It seems an appropriate metaphor given that, with a few notable exceptions (such as the clubbable friends Tom Knox and Richard Warren at DLKW Lowe), the creation of joint leadership roles usually end up...
 
Blooming walled gardens are casting a shadow on the openness of the web  
Blooming walled gardens are casting a shadow on the openness of the web
by Russell Davies
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
When I started writing this column, around seven years ago, we lived on a different internet, based on different assumptions. I hadn't really noticed that - or paid attention to the effects - until Google closed Reader last week. Here's why this shou...
 
The right time for agencies to regain the role of brand custodian  
The right time for agencies to regain the role of brand custodian
by Debbie Simmons
08 July 2013, 03:28PM
 
Budgets under siege, brands challenged by all manner of outside forces as well as internal market pressures.....2013 might seem a strange time to launch a new marketing agency.
 
 
Intelligence
 
Things we like: Jessie J, The Telegraph, Now TV  
Things we like: Jessie J, The Telegraph, Now TV
by Staff
11 July 2013, 08:30AM
 
Jessie J's latest venture Say what you will about Jessie J, but there s no denying her growing influence on Generation Y. The outspoken singer, who has just quit her role as a coach on BBC One s The Voice, took over Glamour s Twitter account for 15...
 
Data Harvesting: brands will reap what they sow  
Data Harvesting: brands will reap what they sow
 
11 July 2013, 08:00AM
 
The CIA whistle-blower Edward Snowden's exposure of how the US government may have misused personal data has direct implications for brands, which must act to reassure the data-privacy concerns of their consumers, Prashant Yadave warns.
 
 
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