Think pieces

10 dudes shaping Middle East's marketing comms landscape

Those that have had the privilege to do business in the Middle East...

Biore creates own digital influencer to come across as relatable and authentic

In a bid to promote its Biore Cotton Sheets product, Biore, together with Hakuhodo

The best pranks from Hong Kong brands

Perhaps we should rename April fools’ day “spoof products launch day”, considering the impressive number of fake products

Private labels can be more powerful and profitable than classic brands

When I want to cook a great dinner at home, I head straight to Marks & Spencer’s food store. M&S’s

Why outsiders will help you breakthrough to the best competitive edge

Fun fact: I transferred between nine different schools in my thirteen years of schooling.

It almost did my head in

For brands, the tide is turning -The cultural current is shifting.

The first wave I caught was in the sunset surf of Cornwall. Countless rollers methodically crashed along smooth rocks, and

The copywriting process

Client briefs In-House Copywriter

  1.  Receives Brief
  2.  Reads Brief

Everyone and no one is a copywriter

I’m guessing Creative departments the world over say “Everyone’s a Copywriter” at least once a week. I’ve said it. You’ve

Letter from Hamburg: About being perfect

It’s not easy to be perfect. Try telling that to the Germans though!

An ugly business

On a scale of 1-10 how beautiful/handsome would you say you are?

Shoot Me In The Heart

He expected me to be cowed but instead I had given him a ‘clear shot at my heart’.

ANXY: A NEW APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH

The new magazine Anxy has caught our attention over the past few weeks for its refreshing approach to discussing mental

New luxury: a triumph of excess over experience

Perhaps nobody epitomises old luxury quite like Imelda Marcos. She was First Lady of the Philippines for over 20 years

Diversity in the 21st Century

Multiculturalism. Even saying the word now feels dated and crass; a hangover from the 20th century. Diversity has now become new

Be debt free faster

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In this article, we look at how behavioural science is helping people tackle their debts.

Credit card debt is a

It’s A Mud Mud Mud Mud World

It’s just before midnight on a Saturday in April, and hundreds of men and women in workout gear and runners’ headlamps are standing in the middle of an open field

Marketing Leaders Programme - USA

A unique development experience for high potential individuals who are preparing for marketing leadership roles.

10 things we learned this Spring

From wakeful sloths to Old Norse hangovers.

  1. Sloths only sleep 8-9 hours a day.
  2. Voice assistants like Apple's Siri and

Four things about #stories

Advertising people seem to have fallen in love with the idea that what they make are ‘stories’.

Drone taxis, uber pitches and birth rates

One of the benefits of being an international business is that I get to travel to culturally diverse regions around the world

Shortlisted - HSBC Rainbow lions

With a budget of just GBP 180,000 and two of Hong Kong’s most famous icons, the two lions that guard