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• Bloomberg’s ‘Big Problems. Big Thinkers.’ goes big in Times Square billboard

  29-09-2016 21:08
  
  The so-called Crossroads of the World is one of the noisiest places on earth, but Bloomberg Media, the media arm of financial software, data and media company Bloomberg, thinks it has an important message in a new docu-series – and it hopes airing an episode and related content in the area will inspire consumers to pay attention.
  Out-of-home advertising firm Kinetic Worldwide partnered with Bloomberg Media to promote the series, “Big Problems. Big Thinkers,” which examines
  
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• Former NFL player Steve Gleason fundraising for ALS by auctioning memorabilia signed with Microsoft eye-tracking technology

  29-09-2016 20:53
  
  In 2006, New Orleans Saints defensive back Steve Gleason blocked a punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints’ first home game after Hurricane Katrina, giving New Orleans a new symbol of recovery and hope.
  Now, Gleason, who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, in 2011, wants to bring recovery and hope to patients like himself. In 2013, he founded a research initiative, the Answer ALS Foundation, and this organization is partnering with agency KBS, as well as the NF
  
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• How freedom from media buying allows LA, west coast agencies to drive more creativity

  29-09-2016 20:32
  
  The low number of media buying agencies based in Los Angeles and along the US west coast, is leading the city’s creatives to drive more creative results for their clients.
  With the majority of media agencies based elsewhere in the country, creative agencies are harnessing the freedom of not being bogged down by thinking about channels and, as a result, are coming up with more creative work.
  For Lisa Marchese CMO of The Venetian, The Palazzo, Resort Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas workin
  
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• FMCG firms focus on branded outlets to connect with buyers - Business Standard

  29-09-2016 20:14
  
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  FMCG firms focus on branded outlets to connect with buyers
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  At a time when imparting growth in sales from branded food retail outlets has become a major concern for restaurant chain operators in the country, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms such as Nestle, Amul and CG Corp have decided to focus on the ...
  
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• Why influencers are being unfairly ‘singled out’ by ad watchdogs (and why Snooki thinks some brands are ‘idiots’)

  29-09-2016 19:12
  
  As the proliferation of influencer marketing continues to explode, advertising watchdogs are scrambling to keep up with regulations to ensure rules around disclosure protect fans and consumer following those influencers, but are they being singled out unfairly compared to other marketing channels?
  According to Karen Robinovitz chief creative officer, Digital Brand Architects, an agency that represents influencers, the answer is yes. Speaking to The Drum on a panel at Advertis
  
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• Sainsbury's to close branch in Merry Hill, Dudley

  29-09-2016 18:46
  
  The 32,000 sq ft store will close on 30 December following a review of its performance
  
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• Online grocery sales outpace FMCG market - Shanghai Daily (subscription)

  29-09-2016 18:21
  
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  Online grocery sales outpace FMCG market
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  ONLINE sales of fast moving consumer goods are outpacing overall FMCG market with the global sales of groceries through e-commerce channels reaching US$48 billion in the 12 months ending in June. That was 15 percent more than the same period a ...
  E-Commerce Now Accounts For 6.9% Of UK FMCG Sales; Set To Grow To 12% By 2025Namnewsall 5 news articles »
  
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• Online ads must be viewable for 14 seconds to be seen, says eye-tracking study

  29-09-2016 18:15 via campaignlive.co.uk
  
  An online ad needs to be seen on a screen for at least 14 seconds to have any chance of being looked at, according to a new study of more than 4,000 people.
  
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• Plan It Day's winning ideas: How Coca-Cola, Airbnb, Amnesty International and more will try to change the world in one day

  29-09-2016 18:00
  
  Do It Day, The Drum's mission to prove marketing can change the world, got underway today at Plan It Day, where 14 leading brands challenged around 200 of the industry's finest creative talents to come up with solutions to real-world challenges.
  In a supercharged version of the usual creative process, the day began with the brands, who included Coca-Cola, NSPCC and IBM, briefing teams of creatives, planners and technologists on the problems they wanted to solve. The teams then spent th
  
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• ‘There’s no substitute for knowing your shit’: Exceptional Women Out West featuring Pam Fujimoto, ECD, WongDoody LA

  29-09-2016 17:36
  
  For Pam Fujimoto, executive creative director at Wongdoody LA, the headline quote permeates her point of view — and there are myriad practical reasons why this is so obvious. You can’t fake your way to client success. You can’t fake something that resonates with consumers. To that end, Fujimoto self-professes that she “geeks out” on learning everything possible about a client. Just ask Coffee Bean and the other clients who rely on WongDoody’s talent, perspecti
  
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• Sainsbury's investors face more misery as like-for-likes fall

  29-09-2016 17:31
  
  A second consecutive quarter of declining like-for-like sales at Sainsbury’s resulted in more misery for investors
  
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• Ocado partners with Italia Del Gusto for Ciao Gusto web shop

  29-09-2016 17:31
  The online offering will offer “authentic produce” from Italy
  
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• Argos’ ambitious target for own-brand to make up a third of sales still “very much” part of the plan following Sainsbury’s merger

  29-09-2016 16:58
  
  Argos is forging ahead with its ambitious goal of having its own-brands make up at least a third of sales by 2018 and has launched a new home wear label called The Collection, a seal of faith in the brand amid the merger with Sainsbury's, which also has a number of its own home and electrical brands.
  This is now the second year of Argos’ own-brand drive, which is being pushed forward by a dedicated team overseen by former Johnson and Johnson marketer Alyson Lockley.
  Speaking to The Drum, L
  
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• Unilever is building in-house content studios

  29-09-2016 16:57
  
  Unilever is assembling in-house content studios that will be tasked with refining the way it markets its brands, paying close attention to the more pronounced consumer appetite for both entertaining and useful content.
  U-Studio and U-Entertainment will house the marketers picked to bring about the changes, with both paying paying close to attention to how ad blocking and search are changing how people interact with marketing now. Both will sit within the wider brand communications team
  
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• BBDO named Network of the Year & Microsoft Advertiser of the Year at 2016 Clio Awards

  29-09-2016 16:50
  
  Leo Burnett Chicago has been named Agency of the Year, and Fred & Farid Independent Agency of the Year, with BBDO named Network of the Year and Linda Kaplan Thaler, chairman of Publicis New York, the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Clio Awards.
  Microsoft was named Advertiser of the Year, with other companies such as Wieden + Kennedy, Getty Images, McCann New York and Edelman also among the winners. 
  The 57th annual award show, which took place at the American
  
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• PES vs Fifa: are licences the key to building the strongest digital football brand?

  29-09-2016 16:39
  
  Football video games are bigger and more realistic than ever as two gaming behemoths battle for domination of the sport in the digital realm – Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) and EA Sports’ Fifa series.
  Since 2001 when the first PES launched, (Fifa predated it with a 1993 release), the titles have clashed in the hunt for market supremacy, looking to win the hearts and souls of passionate football fans appreciative of the distinct styles and gameplay offered b
  
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• Inside Plan It Day: See how the marketing industry is creating world-changing ideas today

  29-09-2016 16:18
  
   
  Right now hundreds of the smartest minds in marketing and 14 major brands are working together in a warehouse in London to solve some of the world's biggest problems.
  That's because today is Plan It Day, the first leg of The Drum's attempt to prove marketing can change the world which will culminate in 24 hours of ambitious activity at Do It Day on 10 November.
  Today began with brands including Coca-Cola, Amnesty International and Airbnb setting real-world briefs such as find a way t
  
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• Impact of Nigerian currency crisis on the FMCG sector - CNBCAfrica.com

  29-09-2016 16:17
  Impact of Nigerian currency crisis on the FMCG sector
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  As Nigeria battles with the falling naira, sustained weakness in consumer spending and surging import costs, Esili Eigbe, Director, Exotix joins CNBC Africa to discuss the impact of these challenges on the fast moving consumer goods space. TAGS: west ...
  
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• The Grocer Drink Awards 2016 finalists are named

  29-09-2016 16:06
  
  The competition saw more than 80 entries whittled down to 60
  
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• Want Columbia Sportswear’s director of toughness gig? Climb to a glacier

  29-09-2016 16:06
  
  You really want that job and you are pretty much willing (within reason, of course) to do whatever it takes to get it. What about climbing a mountain? Well, that seems unreasonable — unless, of course, it’s a job with Columbia Sportswear. The Portland, Oregon outdoor company is on the hunt for a new “director of toughness” and, in a new effort, created by Portland indie North, applicants literally must climb a mountain (to Palmer Glacier on Oregon’s Mt. Hood) for th
  
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• Campaign Viral Chart: Airbus shows off planes in this week's most shared ad

  29-09-2016 15:54 via campaignlive.co.uk
  
  Airbus' line of commercial jetliners takes a "family flight" through the skies in the most viral ad this week. Starbucks, LG, GoPro, Audi and Airbnb also rank high on the chart of most shared spots.
  
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• Manchester City eSports player plays history of Fifa to mark renewal of club's EA Sports deal

  29-09-2016 15:52
  
  Manchester City are marking the renewal of their EA Sports partnership with an exclusive Facebook Live segment where the club's eSports player Kieran ‘Kez’ Brown will test his skills across the history of the Fifa games from the inaugural Fifa 94 through to the newly released Fifa 17.
  The extension of the now five year-old partnership with the video game developer will see the two deliver more exclusive content to City fans across the globe.
  As part of the agreement EA Sports will su
  
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• Merseyrail invites Mando on board to launch new digital tourism platform Destination Mersyside

  29-09-2016 15:25
  
  Merseyrail has launched an interactive digital tourism platform to make it easier for customers to plan and arrange their days and nights out by train.
  Created by digital agency Mando, Destination Merseyside provides personalised itineraries for outings to top leisure attractions and events across the Merseyrail network, from music festivals to free events for families.
  The fully responsive platform allows passengers to search local events and destinations, download maps and guides as well as pl
  
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• Salesforce focuses on commitment to developers as it opens San Francisco startup hub

  29-09-2016 15:02
  
  Salesforce announced $50m in funding in June, as well as its future plans to open a startup workplace in San Francisco. The company announced Tuesday the details for its new startup hub in San Francisco which will house 14 startups who will work from the space for five months apiece.
  "The first batch is customer service-focused, and includes companies at the prototype stage to those with lots of customer traction," Luovic Ulrich, Salesforce's head of startup relations said. "The common denominat
  
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• Russell Athletic, Barkley create digital series around high school football uniting a Native American tribe

  29-09-2016 14:56
  
  Russell Athletic and Barkley have come together to create a six-part series, one of which highlights how a team made up of Native American teenagers bring unity and pride to the Lummi Nation in Northwest Washington state.
  Under the leadership of their coach, who is former NFL wide receiver Jim Sandusky, football transcends “beyond its 8-person team. It represents the hope of the entire 5,000-member tribe.”
  "Russell Athletic is telling the untold stories of team beyond the Friday nigh
  
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• 10 Instagram facts marketers must know

  29-09-2016 14:51
  
  Since its launch in 2010, image and video sharing network Instagram quickly attracted the attention of Facebook, snapping up a $1bn acquisition two year's later. It's global growth has secured it as a must-be place for marketers to build brands and audiences.Cynical? The following eye-watering stats will prove Instagram is the place for your brand.
   
  1) Instagram is the second most engaged network after Facebook with over 60 per cent of users logging in daily. 
  2) 48.8 percent of brand
  
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• Supermoon welcomes former Deutsch partner Acquistapace

  29-09-2016 14:46
  
  Santa Monica-based creative agency Supermoon has landed a former Deutsch LA partner, hiring Kyle Acquistapace as its new president. Acquistapace will handle day-to-day operations and business development at Supermoon.
  He joins three other Deutsch LA veterans, who were founding partners at Supermoon: executive creative director David DeRoma, director of strategy Jill Burgeson, and group account director Nicole Rowett.
  Acquistapace was a 16-year veteran of Deutsch LA, where he most recently held t
  
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• Allied Bakeries adds Toasties to Kingsmill portfolio

  29-09-2016 14:37
  
  The NPD is intended to bring ‘more variety and excitement’ to breakfast
  
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• Sport magazine turns 10: editor talks about challenges and favourite covers

  29-09-2016 14:34 via campaignlive.co.uk
  
  Sport, the free magazine owned by Wireless Group, is celebrating its tenth anniversary tomorrow.
  
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• Agency Core management platform secures further £100K investment to support rapid growth

  29-09-2016 14:34
  
  Agency Core, the management software for creatives, has, together with Par Equity, successfully completed a round of investment raising £100K this week. With continued support from existing investors and Scottish Investment Bank these additional funds will help Agency Core take its agency management platform to a wider user base.
  Agency Core's chief executive, Matthew Davies, said: “We’re extremely excited about the next phase of development for Agency Core. We’ve had a s
  
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• Scotmid Co-operative increases trading profit and turnover

  29-09-2016 14:31
  
  The society said the “sluggish” economy and unfavourable retail landscape would be “a significant ongoing challenge”
  
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• Produce Investments looking to broaden into other veg

  29-09-2016 14:26
  
  Potato and daffodil supplier delivers “robust” results despite challenging market
  
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• Vogue under fire on social media after senior writers call bloggers 'pathetic' and 'embarrassing'

  29-09-2016 13:36
  
  Vogue is left in hot water following an article from editors naming bloggers as ‘pathetic’ ‘desperate’ and ‘embarrassing’ during Fashion Week.
  The article, published during Milan Fashion Week, was written by a selection of Vogue editors including chief critic at vogue.com, creative digital director Sally Singer and Vogue runway director Nicole Phelps.
  The article read: “Note to bloggers who change head-to-toe, paid-to-wear outfits every hour: Please stop
  
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• Stella Artois Cidre falls £23m as retailers rationalise ranges

  29-09-2016 13:25
  
  Sales of the cider portfolio plunged 40.4% to £33.9m on volumes down 42.6%
  
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• Scottish fishermen call for 'fairer share' of fishing grounds

  29-09-2016 13:25
  
  Fishermen want the UK to regain control of its Exclusive Economic Zone
  
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• 'Fake' farms complaint shows no sign of progress

  29-09-2016 13:25
  
  The formal complaint was initially lodged by the NFU with National Trading Standards on 18 July
  
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• Paul Martin appointed to lead UK retail at KPMG

  29-09-2016 13:25
  
  Martin will take over from David McCorquodale, who has led KPMG’s UK retail division for nearly four years
  
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• Labour's Luciana Berger slams plans for sugar levy

  29-09-2016 13:20
  
  The former shadow health minister said the levy plan failed to tackle added sugar in yoghurt and cordial drinks
  
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• How Fusion is building the TV brand of the future, an interview with Jonathan Stern

  29-09-2016 13:10
  
  Fusion Media Group, which includes their flagship TV network and powerful brands like The Onion and The Root has had a busy year. This summer they acquired Gawker Media keeping many of their powerful brands alive. They recently picked up The Young Turks as a one-hour TV show that will run until the 2016 election. Fusion also broadened its coverage with a multi-year partnership with All Def where it broadcasted the All Def Movie Awards and will now start airing roasts, the fir
  
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• Emmys generate viewership for Amazon's top originals

  29-09-2016 13:05
  
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  With Amazon's originals getting Emmy buzz, Man in the High Castle and Mozart in the Jungle soared in popularity on Prime Video. 
  Insights from Jumpshot:Emmy wins, Prime Views:  The two top shows this past week were the Man in the High Castle and Mozart in the Jungle.  These 2 shows won Creative Emmys which resulted in much higher views on Amazon Prime on 9/18 and 9/19.  These two shows drove an 81% share this past week.
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• Post Paralympics, brands still failing to represent disabled consumers, despite £200bn spending power

  29-09-2016 13:00
  
  During the summer of 2012 the British public was riding a wave of positivity around the Paralympics, which had returned to its ancestral home in the UK. The event sparked a change in perception of people with a disability and brands began to realise the opportunity of representing and including disabled people in their advertising.
  The Paralympics also led to a rise in popularity of disabled sports and a year after the games the number of members of Boccia England (a disability sport that tests
  
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• How Scottish Rugby is selling the thistle to the world

  29-09-2016 12:30
  
  Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) wants to secure its longevity at the top of the sport with a commercial strategy that aims to familiarise its brand of the game in emerging markets such as Japan and the US in order to open up commercial partnerships and revenue streams.  
  Scottish rugby could not be in a better place at the moment and as such its organisers are scrambling to capitalise on that good health. The governing body has posted record turnover for the last three years following the launch
  
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• E-Commerce Now Accounts For 6.9% Of UK FMCG Sales; Set To Grow To 12% By 2025 - Namnews

  29-09-2016 12:29
  E-Commerce Now Accounts For 6.9% Of UK FMCG Sales; Set To Grow To 12% By 2025
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  Global sales of groceries through e-commerce platforms reached $48bn in the 12 months to June 2016, with the UK seeing some of the strongest growth, according to a new report by Kantar Worldpanel. The third annual Future of E-commerce in FMCG study ...and more »
  
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• Female bosses need to lead by example, says Huffington

  29-09-2016 12:11 via campaignlive.com
  
  At Advertising Week's "Thrive" panel, executives from Hearst, Facebook, AT&T and Skinnygirl swapped stories of leadership
  
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• Batchelors gets first microwaveable ambient pot ranges

  29-09-2016 11:59
  
  Three new ranges will be available: High Veg Pots, Soup & Dippers. and High Protein Pots
  
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• Line joins the chatbot phenomenon by opening up to brands and developers

  29-09-2016 11:41
  
  Mobile messaging app Line has announced a series of new features that will give businesses and developers the ability to create chatbots.
  As well as creating new technology and opening up to the developer community via a new messaging API, Line will be actively encouraging people to build valuable chatbots via a financial reward.
  The business said it ultimately wants to create a ‘smart portal’ in which users can connect with the information, people and businesses they need at any tim
  
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• In pictures: Celebration time at the New Thinking Awards 2016

  29-09-2016 11:32 via campaignlive.co.uk
  
  Agencies and brands came together last night to celebrate the Marketing New Thinking Awards 2016, held in partnership with Sky Media.
  
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• Google to give away VR sets with NME

  29-09-2016 11:30 via campaignlive.co.uk
  
  NME, the free music title, is giving away Google Cardboard sets with its title tomorrow, offering readers the chance to experience Abbey Road Studios, an iconic music landmark.
  
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• Against all odds: the story behind the refugee Olympic team

  29-09-2016 11:30
  
  Every Olympics has its “thing”. Something bigger and more important, which transcends the Games, sport or its athletes. In 1900, it was the first woman to ever compete. In 1936, it was Jess Owens taking a defiant stand against the Nazis. In 1968, it was Black Power. In 2016, it was refugees.
  Between London 2012 and Rio, the global refugee crisis had reached an unprecedented scale. In 2012, 11 million people were living as refugees or asylum seekers. A year before Rio’s opening
  
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• Instagram influencer platform Tailify relocates to UK

  29-09-2016 11:25 via campaignlive.co.uk
  
  Scandinavian influencer marketing platform Tailify has relocated its headquarters to London.
  
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