Empower

How clients and agencies can improve their relationships

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In this edited version of his address at the IPA annual lunch, Mark Hunter spells out his vision for transformational

Going social

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A social media strategy has become an essential part of a wider communications strategy. Julian Saunders describes why

If your

Getting to grips with the Now Web

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Like any emerging technology, the web has continually reinvented itself, first as sites that simply reproduced printed matter, later as

Brands of the future and the importance of style

Market Leader Summer 2010

I recently spoke to a group of students studying art and design who were considering a career in advertising. There

Chinese consumers, brands and the MNC learning curve

Market Leader summer 2008

A seasoned China watcher takes a look at China’s progress in terms of the brand issues marketing people need to

Ideas & issues - The new line: in-house or outsourced

Market Leader January 2012

Not so long ago, agencies were classified using an imaginary line, whose origins stemmed from 19th century accounting terminology1. In

Never waste a good crisis

Market Leader January 2012

If any CEO knows about marketing’s contribution to success it is Tesco’s ex-marketing director, Sir Terry Leahy. Here, he urges

Blogbytes: turning bad breath into medicine

Market Leader March 2012

Many years ago in America, Listerine had an antiseptic liquid for which it needed a mass-market use. So they invented

What’s different about B2B marketing?

Market Leader March 2012

When marketers who are experienced in the fmcg sector change to the world of B2B, many find it unnervingly different

Digital Architects needed

Market Leader June 2011

Using the analogy of builders versus architects in the construction industry, Vicky Bullen and Christian Barnett describe how to move

Method: innovative cleaning products

Jim stengel - market leader 2011

While researching his book, Jim Stengel visited a company that has successfully grown its image and profits. Here, he explains

A new world order

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As China displaces Japan for second place in the world economy and India, Brazil and the next 11 power ahead

It’s time to boldly lead

Market Leader 2011

In a world where digital, mobile and web technology has transformed the media landscape into a bewildering array of possible

My seven wonders

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Alan Giles is the former CEO of the HMV Group. Now chairman of Fat Face and board member of The

Following wealth sirens of the global economy

Austerity has prompted widespread shifts in behaviour away from the frothy consumerism of the Noughties. So it seems paradoxical to

Never mind the sizzle... where's the sausage?

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Retail own-label share of UK grocery sales in 1981 was 22%. Today it is 47%. If the trend continues, manufacturer

Get ready for the "new normal"

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'Credit crunch', 'downturn', 'recession', 'unemployment' – open a newspaper today and these are the words that leap off the page

Hot for offshoring: why it makes sense for marketers

Market Leader Spring 2009

Agency Assessments International There is nothing new in the idea of sending work overseas, although the term 'offshoring' itself is

Ten things marketers will need to know in the year 2013

Market Leader Summer 2009

When I first became a brand manager in 1978 I knew what marketing did. The brand manager's job was to

Marketing in a hot, flat and crowded world

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I bring both good news and bad. As far as the bad news goes, having worked through five recessions to

Why a Ruritanian poltergeist can be as valuable as an automated processing plant

Market Leader Autumn 2010

Jeremy Bullmore reflects on the paradox of how assets are valued. Tangible assets, such as plants and machinery, are inevitably