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13 October 2020
With the launch of Amazon’s Halo, a health-focussed wearable, the first-party-data-fuelled company is setting up to disrupt healthcare – but the early steps it is taking with its new product reveal key lessons about the company.
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Alex Brownsell, Event Reports, FIPP World Media Congress, September 2020
How Bloomberg Media is adjusting its content strategy to the post-pandemic market.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA Digital and Social Media Conference, July 2020
Mustang, the auto marque owned by Ford, was launching a new electric SUV, called the Mach-E, which marked a significant departure from the brand’s typical vehicles, and a major innovation in its own right.
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06 July 2020
With its acquisition of Mirror, the sportswear company, Lululemon reflects the influence of direct connections with consumers on what the sports market now is, as fitness cements its place in the home.
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29 June 2020
The branded facemask has arrived: Uniqlo, owned by Japan’s Fast Retailing, is just one of several retail and sportswear brands that have responded to consumer demand and moved into the mask market.
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28 May 2020
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is branching out of television with the creation of a social-first branded entertainment offer, which seeks to extend the company’s value to advertisers beyond that of a media partner and into content.
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20 May 2020
Businesses big and very small can now set up an online store to sell their products on Facebook and Instagram, and with no fee.
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29 April 2020
The owner of cult marijuana magazine, High Times, is expanding into a retail presence with the purchase of Harvest Health & Recreation Californian dispensary business as part of a diversification away from a difficult and changeable publishing ma
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WARC Best Practice, April 2020
This paper explains the concept of New Product Development (NPD) – the process of bringing a new product to market – and how to ensure its success.
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WARC Best Practice, April 2020
Explores what new brands need to consider when launching, as marketplaces are often highly cluttered and a launch strategy requires significant investment over the long-term.
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13 February 2020
Cocomelon, the hugely successful kids’ YouTube channel, is moving into new areas, including merchandising, albums and movies, which may be a response to the ad targeting rules that came into force last month.
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Dan Calladine, WARC Webinars, January 2020
Dan Calladine, head of media futures at Carat, discusses the recently released annual report highlighting ten consumer, media and technology trends for 2020 – and their implications for brands.
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Dan Calladine, WARC Exclusive, January 2020
Ten consumer, media and technology trends – and their implications for brands – for 2020, the year in which the marketplace is set to converge around the global tech-giant ecosystems.
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07 January 2020
Pizza Express sells more pizzas through supermarkets than through its own restaurants and is, according to an industry analyst, an exemplar of a trend towards diversification among chain restaurants.
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18 December 2019
Deutsche Telekom, the telecoms giant, has taken a 25% stake in SK Gaming, a German e-sports organisation for which it has been a sponsor and technology partner since mid-2018.
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17 December 2019
Uber, the ride-hailing company, is expanding its slate of financial-services products, an initiative that is supported by a large and unique dataset.
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Stephen Whiteside, Event Reports, Money 20/20, October 2019
Uber, the ride-sharing platform, has begun expanding into financial services with products that are aimed at its passengers and drivers.
Opinion
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Jenny Chan, November 2019
This interview is part of the Marketer’s Toolkit 2020. Download the summary report here .
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19 November 2019
ByteDance, the Chinese firm behind the wildly popular TikTok is preparing to launch a competitor to Spotify and Apple Music in the streaming space, according to a new report.
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28 October 2019
AT&T, the owner of WarnerMedia, plans to deploy its HBO Max streaming service to its existing customers, with aggressive targets for the new setup.
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22 October 2019
Goldman Sachs partnered with tech giant Apple to launch its first credit card earlier this year – for the bank it was another step in its consumer-facing journey.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, Advertising Week New York, September 2019
Goldman Sachs, the financial-services provider, has entered the consumer space in an impactful way using its own brand muscle and a high-profile partnership.
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16 October 2019
Flipkart, the Walmart-owned e-commerce platform, has launched Flipkart Video Originals, two months after it introduced a free video streaming service to draw new users from small towns and cities in India.
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15 October 2019
In a sure sign that plant-based meat has gone mainstream, a new group of ‘meatless meat’ producers have entered the market – the very meat producers and giant food conglomerates the new plant-based products were designed to disrupt.
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26 September 2019
Indonesian tech firm Gojek, which is known principally for its ride-hailing and payment services, is now expanding into video streaming in a move widely seen as a challenge to Netflix and other established players in Southeast Asia.
