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Preparing for Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Lessons from Amazon, ASOS, Apple and Gymshark How top brands mastered Black Friday - and what marketers can learn from the chaos of Currys, Argos, and Patagonia Each November, the marketing world braces for the annual spending hurricane that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday. What began as
Can Marketing Qualify for R&D Tax Relief? Understanding When Innovation in Marketing Counts as Research and Development In the UK, companies can claim tax relief for Research & Development (R&D) activities that aim to achieve a scientific or technological advance. But what about marketing? Can developing a new campaign, app, or customer insight tool ever
An Introduction to Research and Development Lessons from Dyson, Tesla and Coca-Cola Research and development (R&D) is often thought of as a world of lab coats, prototypes, and scientists tinkering away in back rooms. But in reality, it’s a vital function that shapes the products and services we market every day. Without R&D, brands wouldn’t
Frightening the Competition The Dark Art of Fear-Based Marketing From anti-smoking campaigns to Burger King vs McDonald’s, how brands have used fear to spook consumers - with mixed results As Halloween creeps closer, marketers love a seasonal tie-in. Pumpkins, skeletons, and a suspicious number of discount sweets all reappear like clockwork. But in marketing,
An Introduction to Direct Marketing Lessons from Dell, American Express, and Boden Direct marketing has been around for centuries, but its principles are more relevant than ever. At its core, direct marketing is about communicating directly with customers to drive a response; whether that’s making a purchase, signing up to a mailing list, or engaging
Marketing In Russia What Works, What Changed, And How To Adapt Russia is a paradox for marketers: a vast, digital-first audience with high ecommerce penetration, but a media and regulatory environment that looks very different to the UK or US. Since 2022, platform access, payments and compliance have all shifted. This piece maps the
Sales For Marketers A Practical Introduction If marketing creates demand, sales captures it. The best commercial teams treat these as one system - shared language, shared numbers, shared outcomes. This article translates core sales concepts into marketer-friendly terms and shows where you can make the biggest impact.
Adverts, Abs, and the Pendulum Problem How Beauty Marketing Went Bonkers If you’ve ever stood in a chemist under the fluorescent lights, holding a high-coverage concealer and a low opinion of your own pores, you already know this story. Ads helped build some frankly bonkers beauty standards, then lurched the other way and seemingly encouraged
The Do’s and Don’ts of Marketing to Gen Z How to connect with the world’s most sceptical (yet most influential) generation If Millennials were the avocado-toast generation, then Gen Z are the oat-milk-latte-with-an-extra-shot-and-a-side-of-climate-anxiety crowd. Born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, they’ve grown up in a world of smartphones, social media, and economic uncertainty.
Apple vs Samsung Frenemies, Lawsuits and Legendary Marketing Jabs If you want a single rivalry that teaches product positioning, brand storytelling and agile marketing under pressure, look to Apple and Samsung. They compete ferociously in public while collaborating in the supply chain, and that tension has fuelled iconic campaigns, ambush stunts, courtroom drama and some
