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From Mad Men to machines? Big advertisers shift to AI

Inside Retail

Some of the world’s biggest advertisers, from food giant Nestle to consumer goods multinational Unilever, are experimenting with using generative AI software like ChatGPT and DALL-E to cut costs and increase productivity, executives say. “The savings can be 10 or 20 times,” Read said in an interview.

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New ways of earning more consumer trust through advertising

Retail Focus

The second is that, in a cut-throat market, there are more companies competing for our trust, and using increasingly sophisticated techniques to earn it. We are now well past the time when consumers went to a single place to source information about a product they were thinking about buying.

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New social media apps solve low conversion rates on performance marketing

Inside Retail

It’s no secret performance marketing on social media platforms isn’t what it used to be but it’s where consumers reside. Meet the new players Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, alongside TikTok, have had a chokehold on performance marketing, but there is a new cohort of social media apps ready to offer a new platform for brands to leverage.

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Greenwashing: UK advertising watchdog bans greenwashing advertisements

Eye on ESG

On 7 June 2023, the UK Advertising Standards Authority (“ ASA “) – the UK’s independent advertising regulator – banned a series of advertisements from a number of large oil and gas companies for including misleading information about their socio-environmental credentials.

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“Traditional marketing is undergoing a seismic shift”: Meta’s APAC’s VP

Inside Retail

In an exclusive interview with Dan Neary, Meta’s vice president for the Asia Pacific region, we delved into the company’s strategic focus on the APAC market, a key driver of its global growth. In APAC, more than 90 per cent of advertisers in Singapore and Vietnam use click-to-message advertising.

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The Strongest Retail Marketing Strategies That Appeal to Students

Retail Focus

Capturing the attention of the student demographic is both a significant opportunity and a challenge for marketers in today’s retail landscape. Understanding how to effectively appeal to this group requires a blend of traditional marketing wisdom and innovative strategies that resonate with the digital-native generation.

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5 Must-Have Products to Advertise Your Business for 2022

RetailMinded

Advertising – one of the most talked about facts of business life. Whether your business is selling lemonade on the sidewalk outside your home or selling passenger aircraft to other countries, the need to advertise is unavoidable. Here you got a list of products to bring your advertising campaign to the next level.