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• BMG - SVP, Catalogue Recordings, Sales & Marketing (UK) - Music ... - Music Business Worldwide

  18-07-2017 19:02
  BMG - SVP, Catalogue Recordings, Sales & Marketing (UK) - Music ...
  Music Business Worldwide
  Reporting to and working closely with the EVP – Global Catalogue Recordings, you will be responsible for leading and developing the Catalogue Sales and ...en meer »
  
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• BMG – SVP, Catalogue Recordings, Sales & Marketing (UK) - Music Business Worldwide

  18-07-2017 19:02
  
  BMG – SVP, Catalogue Recordings, Sales & Marketing (UK)
  Music Business Worldwide
  Reporting to and working closely with the EVP – Global Catalogue Recordings, you will be responsible for leading and developing the Catalogue Sales and Marketing team in the UK, in order to ensure delivery of the catalogue business strategy and sales ...en meer »
  
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• SodaStream CEO on why marketing is key as it aims for ‘cult’ brand status

  18-07-2017 18:06
  
  SodaStream is putting its brand purpose to “make a difference to the world” at the heart of its marketing, taking on the giants of the soft drinks space with an aggressive move to cut sales of bottled water.
  The drinks brand started its transition from soft drinks to fizzy water back in 2014 in response to changing habits, as consumers started to cut sugar from their diets.
  That shift comes on the back of growing sales of bottled water. Water overtook carbonated drinks as the mo
  
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• Ethereum surges back above $200

  18-07-2017 16:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ethereum is back above $200 an ether, trading up 5.29% following a Bloomberg report suggesting bitcoin's civil war may be coming to an end. A decision on whether or not bitcoin will be split is due on August 1. 
  Tuesday's gains mark a second straight advance for the bewildered cryptocurrency, which had fallen as much as 65% from its record high of $395 set on June 13. Over the weekend, Ethereum crashed 25% amid ongoing concerns of a cryptocurrency bubble and&nb
  
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• Bitcoin is on a tear amid signs that its civil war is coming to an end

  18-07-2017 16:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bitcoin is on track to recoup losses from its weekend crash thanks to signs that the civil war tearing the cryptocurrency community apart may soon reach resolution. 
  Bitcoin tanked 20%, below $1,800 per coin over the weekend, but is now trading at around $2,300. 
  According to reporting by Bloomberg's Yuji Nakamura, that may be because bitcoin miners are getting on board with a software created to bridge the gap between the two opposing camps in t
  
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• Snap slides below $15 for the first time (SNAP)

  18-07-2017 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Snap is trading lower again on Tuesday.
  The ephemeral messaging company broke below $15 a share for the first time in early trading Tuesday, continuing its recent losing streak. Shares fell 1.35% to trade at $14.93 on, an all-time intraday low.
  Snap saw a number of downgrades from major investors around the time it broke below its initial public offering price of $17 earlier this month.
  Morgan Stanley, one of Snap's underwriters, downgraded the stock last week and cut its price target
  
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• The poorest Americans are suddenly worried about repaying their debts

  18-07-2017 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A divide is emerging over how Americans feel about their ability to pay down debt. 
  Every quarter, UBS surveys about 2,100 US adults on their finances. In the second quarter, the bank found that most people felt confident in their ability to pay their debt, partly owing to a stable jobs market.
  "However, the responses from lower income consumers suggest a much more pessimistic outlook ahead," said Matthew Mish, a UBS strategist, in a note on Monday. 
  "While acknowledging we cannot spea
  
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• Marketoonist on brand love

  18-07-2017 16:04
  
  The post Marketoonist on brand love appeared first on Marketing Week.
  
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• The Senate Republican healthcare bill is dead, and it doesn't look like it'll come back

  18-07-2017 15:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare in one fell swoop appears to have crumbled Monday, and another revival doesn't appear likely.
  Republican Sens. Jerry Moran and Mike Lee announced they would oppose a key procedural step to bring the Senate GOP bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), to the floor for debate. The two new defectors joined GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Rand Paul in opposing the motion.
  Republicans would need 50 votes — no more tha
  
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• The banks are falling after Bank of America and Goldman Sach's earnings (BAC, JPM, C, KEY, WFC, COF, BBT, GS)

  18-07-2017 15:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Goldman Sachs and Bank of America released earnings before the bell on Tuesday.
  The results were mixed. Goldman beat earnings but had problems with its fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution units (FICC). The units were down 40% compared to last year and 30% compared to the first quarter.
  Bank of America also beat earnings on Monday morning. CEO Brian Moynihan said it was "one of the strongest quarters" in the bank's history.
  Despite both banks beating estimates, the firm
  
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• Trump contradicts himself in tweetstorm on Obamacare repeal, suggests Republican go 'nuclear'

  18-07-2017 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Tuesday weighed in on the apparent failure of the Senate Republican healthcare bill via Twitter.
  "We were let down by all of the Democrats and a few Republicans," the president tweeted. "Most Republicans were loyal, terrific & worked really hard. We will return!"
  The Senate bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, fell apart Monday night when two more GOP senators — Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah — said they would not support a vote to bring
  
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• Chief growth officer is just a symbolic role, says J&J CMO

  18-07-2017 15:29
  
  “If I’m not driving growth then I don’t know why I really exist,” says Alison Lewis, global CMO at Johnson & Johnson. It’s a bold statement, and not one that every marketer would agree with. But  with a growing number of businesses scrapping the CMO title in favour of a chief growth officer it’s an issue that is on the agenda of every marketing boss.
  “To me it’s a positioning thing because of course my role is to drive growth. I always say
  
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• Goldman Sachs has a bond-trading problem (GS)

  18-07-2017 14:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Goldman Sachs has a problem.
  The US bank beat earnings estimates on Tuesday, with a strong performance in equities trading, debt underwriting, and asset management helping power the beat.
  But the troublesome fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution unit had a weak quarter, with revenue that was 40% lower than the second quarter of 2016 and 31% below its weak first quarter.
  On a call with analysts, CFO Marty Chavez said rates revenue was down significantly, while the commodities b
  
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• Goldman Sachs beats after record quarter in investment management (GS)

  18-07-2017 13:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Goldman Sachs beat Wall Street estimates in the second quarter.
  The US bank delivered earnings per share of $3.95, ahead of $3.43 EPS expected. 
  Here's what you need to know:
  The bank reported net revenues of $7.89 billion, ahead of the $7.5 billion that was expected.
  The bank had its third best ever quarter for debt underwriting revenues, with $721 million in fees.
  Equities had its best quarter in two years, with $1.89 billion in revenues, up 13% from the first quarter.
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• DAVID BLANCHFLOWER: The Fed's misleading view of the job market reflects 'a huge intellectual failure'

  18-07-2017 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Federal Reserve is making a big policy error by raising interest rates, and it is doing so because policymakers are wedded to failed economic models that ignore deep underemployment and a weak underlying economic environment.
  That's the view of David Blanchflower, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee who is now a professor at Dartmouth University.
  Blanchflower told Business Insider in an interview that the Fed was vastly overestimating the labor market's true s
  
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• Bank of America beats on earnings after record quarters in global banking and wealth management (BAC)

  18-07-2017 13:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bank of America released earnings Tuesday morning, besting Wall Street expectations on net income and revenue after record quarters from its global banking and wealth management units.
  The bank announced earnings of $0.46 per share and revenues of $22.8 billion, besting analysts estimates of $0.43 per share and $21.8 billion in revenues.  
  "Against modest economic growth of 2 percent, we had one of the strongest quarters in our history. All of our businesses delivered strong resul
  
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• 10 things you need to know today (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, TSLA, NFLX, C)

  18-07-2017 12:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here is what you need to know.
  The US dollar sinks to its lowest level since September. The greenback trades down 0.5% at 94.66 as it loses ground versus all of its major peers aside from the British pound. It has fallen by 8.7% from its multiyear high reached January 3.
  Beijing's home prices fell for the first time in over 2 years. Home prices in Beijing fell 0.4% in June, making for the first decline since February 2015. Smaller cities continued to see gains.
  UK CPI eases off its post-Brexit h
  
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• The stock market hasn't been this confident in 24 years

  18-07-2017 12:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The stock market hasn't been this sure of itself since President Bill Clinton first took office.
  Or rather, the VIX, a measure designed to track stock market fear, is at its lowest level in 24 years.
  While alarmists may view this as a negative — a signal that complacency has made traders vulnerable to an unforeseen shock — many investors simply see it as a byproduct of conditions ideal for stocks to continue edging higher.
  "At this point I'm not worried about a low VIX," Michael Ant
  
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• L’Oréal’s Hugh Pile takes sabbatical to help run family business

  18-07-2017 11:29
  
  L’Oréal’s Hugh Pile is taking a one-year sabbatical from his role as CMO for Western Europe to join his family business, Blue Skies Holdings, to help accelerate its marketing and branding operations.
  Pile will “stay connected” with L’Oréal, working on some specific projects for three or four days a month. That means L’Oréal will continue to benefit from his expertise as it continues its digital focus, while also ensuring Pile stays up
  
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• Marketing in the age of ‘micromoments’

  18-07-2017 08:00
  
  We are living in an age of ‘micromoments’ – the short but precious times when brands get to interact with the consumer. Our challenge as marketers is to maximise the value of each and every one of them.
  Micromoments are driven by mobile. Between 50-80% of web traffic or content consumption in our consumer business is now mobile and this has completely changed how we approach key areas of our marketing.
  At Philips we know that we can only make these moments matter if we understa
  
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• A one-word change in Yellen's remarks could have big implications for interest rates

  18-07-2017 05:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's increasing concern over low and falling inflation helped US stock markets hit record highs last week.
  Yellen testified before Congress for two days, and Wall Street found enough concern that inflation might not in fact head back up toward the Fed's 2% target to justify renewed market bullishness.
  Yellen, as she has in other statements recently, told lawmakers she expected low inflation to be transitory. "Temporary factors appear to be at work," she said. "It
  
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• China just had a 'Black Monday'

  18-07-2017 02:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stocks plummeted across China on Monday, with 500 stocks hitting their 10% daily limit and 1,200 falling 7%, according to the South China Morning Post. They're calling it another 'Black Monday'
  Analysts are blaming the panic on news out of a government conference on the financial system held over the weekend. At the National Financial Work Conference, chaired by President Xi Jinping, officials decided to create a special committee to oversee the regulation and deleveraging of China's f
  
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• UK watchdog targets gender stereotypes

  18-07-2017 02:00
  
  LONDON: The UK’s advertising watchdog has signalled that from next year there will be tougher regulation of campaigns that feature potentially harmful gender stereotypes.In a report published today, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)...
  
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• Planners need to exploit their 'superpowers'

  18-07-2017 02:00
  
  CANNES: Planners have skillsets that consultants do not and therein lies the best hope for agencies facing the encroachment onto their territory of the big management consultant practices.Speaking at a WARC panel session in Cannes, Lucy Jameson,...
  
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• Online research continues up to checkout

  18-07-2017 02:00
  
  SINGAPORE: Consumers in Asia Pacific not only turn to mobile search to discover more about products, they do so in store and this offers brands opportunities to sway purchase decisions up until the final moment, according to new research.A study...
  
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• Less data for location-based marketers

  18-07-2017 02:00
  
  NEW YORK: Both Apple and Android are set to introduce changes to their policies around the gathering of location data via their mobile operating systems which have the potential to affect mobile marketers.From September, Apple’s iOS 11...
  
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• Cash 'obsolete' in urban China

  18-07-2017 02:00
  
  SHANGHAI: Cash is an afterthought in urban China as mobile payments – driven by booming mobile internet penetration and platforms such as WeChat and Alipay – have transformed China’s consumer economy in less than three years. ...
  
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• Banks set for 'bionic transformation'

  18-07-2017 02:00
  
  BOSTON: Banks around the world are having to restructure their operations in order to provide customers with the service they expect across both physical and digital channels, a new report suggests.Boston Consulting Group first observed the need...
  
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• Aditya Birla Group focuses on the 'bosstomer'

  18-07-2017 02:00
  
  CHICAGO: Aditya Birla Group, the conglomerate, has successfully advanced a customer-centric agenda by focusing on the idea of the "bosstomer".Prakash Nedungadi, Aditya Birla Group's Head/Customer Insights and Brand Development, discussed this...
  
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• Google Fiber is losing its second CEO in less than a year (GOOG, GOOGL)

  18-07-2017 01:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Google Fiber, the high-speed internet service operated by Alphabet, has lost its second CEO in less than a year. 
  Gregory McCray is stepping down from the CEO job of Access, the Alphabet subsidiary that houses the Fiber unit, Google confirmed to Business Insider on Monday.
  The change is the latest shake-up at Access, which announced in October that it would stop rolling out its 1 gigabit per second wired broadband networks to new cities and focus on newer, wireless optio
  
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• Brands to face stricter ad rules around gender stereotypes

  18-07-2017 01:01
  
  The ASA is looking to introduce new ad rules to stop gender stereotypes, as it admits “tougher” guidelines are needed to protect children from “restrictive” gender norms.
  The industry body has released a report today (18 July), which explores whether current regulation is doing enough to address the potential for harm arising from gender stereotypes in ads.
  The review examined gender stereotyping across several areas, including body image, objectification, sexualisation a
  
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• Brands face crackdown on gender stereotypes in advertising

  18-07-2017 01:01
  
  Brands are facing a crackdown on gender stereotyping in advertising as the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) unveils plans to introduce new ad rules after admitting “tougher” guidelines are needed to protect children from “restrictive” gender norms.
  The industry body has released a report today (18 July), which explores whether current regulation is doing enough to address the potential for harm arising from gender stereotypes in ads.
  The review examined gender stereo
  
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• An alarming number of Americans are worse off than their parents and we're not talking about it enough

  18-07-2017 00:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The sharp and steady increase in US inequality in recent decades has been well documented. Less attention has been paid to a potentially even more important and alarming trend — a decline in US social mobility.
  After all, this is the very essence of the American Dream, that people can succeed and prosper if they just work and try hard enough. A startling decline in the ability of Americans to climb up the social ladder is documented in a new study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of M
  
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