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Every little helps: fresh&easy brings 21st century retailing to the US

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JUDIE LANNON:

I understand you and your team have studied American shopping patterns very extensively. When you first saw the

Royal Mail sees a bright future for direct marketing

Royal Mail

JUDIE LANNON: Let's start by talking about direct mail generally. How do you feel it is faring compared to other

Corporate social responsibility – who needs it?

responsible

"The analytical fog surrounding CSR provides a smokescreen for companies that proclaim their adherence to it while failing to adopt

Five myths about television advertising

tv

In the process of examining all of the research available, we have been able to demonstrate that many of the

True crime, toolkits and the Big Ideal

crime

What do a homicide investigation and an ad campaign have in common? Rory Sutherland explains

Buried almost unnoticed in the

BT: doing well by doing good

good

An important element of this case study is how involved the employees became. Doing the right thing can have an

The smell of burning pants

fire

The other week my bank wrote me a letter. I've been a customer of this bank for nearly forty years

Creative businesses: managed for efficiency or managed for ideas?

ideas

By demonstrating how perilously close we've come to the complete commoditisation of creativity in the marketing and communications industries, the

Putting your marketing where your values are

marketing

Research shows that in the UK 67% of the general public and 42% of business journalists agree that industry and

Future sense: defining brands through scent

scent

We all know that the future of brand communications is going to be multidimensional. The catchphrase 'sensory branding' is coined

The end of 'think global, act local': big ideas are global

map

As the world gets smaller, agencies get bigger. The unfortunate truth is that as clients rush to consolidate and agencies

Travelling without toothpaste – learning from the Kings of Customer Service

travel

Of all marketing concepts, customer service remains perhaps the easiest to grasp yet hardest to deliver. The business case is

Why we should all be singing Ira's praises

singing

What was Gershwin's first name? Ask your friends and colleagues. Some will say they don't know and others will say

Creative thinking and the joy of process

creative

THE BALANCE BETWEEN ART VS TECHNIQUE

'Over the years, Jeffries has either outlasted, sued, or crushed any competitor in the

Marketing and urban myths

work

One of the most successful marketing strategies that the world has seen, which has been employed by professional service firms

Advertising, ethics and the environment: a personal view

environment

The debate about the ethics of advertising and its role both in markets and society has evolved noticeably over the

Responsible marketing from the inside out

marketing

Our employees are our greatest asset.' Most CEOs, especially in the service sector, have said this at one time or

Unmined potential: how coffee could save the diamond industry

coffee

As we stand today, diamond industry manufacturers – the global organisations that buy and polish rough diamonds – are more

A new approach to loyalty reveals hidden opportunities

opportunties

Being a global brand creates great pressure on marketing teams to maintain the core brand's market position, or indeed achieve

The emperor's new clothes: technology is useless if consumers can't use it

laptop

'The new net boom,' announces Fortune. In California, venture capital is flowing. After five years in the doldrums, tech is back. And it's back big time.

Measuring marketing communications: concentrate on outcomes, not outputs

phone

An agency colleague told us a story about meeting with the KFC franchise marketing board – a group that represented