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The true cost of programmatic

Programmatic advertising has many benefits, but it also has a few major downsides, which are only going to be highlighted further with the big changes happening around privacy, identity, and third-party cookies. One of the biggest problems with programmatic is that it is expensive and fails to live up to its high costs by falling short when it comes to offering value. 

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Retail

HFSS: Not a piece of cake

The advertising industry is used to changes in regulation, so perhaps  the recent announcement made by the UK Government, aiming at a complete online ban on High in Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS) product advertising is no game changer. In practice, these changes will prevent fast food and sugary drinks from being promoted online or at any time before 9pm on TV from the end of 2022.

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Strategy

My Best Marketing Tip: “Just go and find the answer”

Sandra Ferreira may be the Global Head of Innovation at Costa Coffee, but she didn’t always know everything there is to know about coffee… quite the contrary. When she spoke to us on the Shiny New Object podcast, Sandra shared how her secret weapon was to always dig for the answer, ask questions and never let big “hairy” questions get in the way of achieving her goals.

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Ecommerce Age

Branded Content: Measurement approaches in a digital world

Marketers know effective branded content in premium environments provides brands with a strong halo effect, but measurement options offered by publishers are often weak, with over reliance on flawed panel-based research. Over many years working on the commercial side of a leading media owner, I consistently came up against three issues:

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