Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here . What people ar ... Read more
Two winning weapons of Fenty — star power and its message of diversity — have appeared to gain little traction in China’s vast mainland beauty market. The post Will Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Take O ... Read more
Do you have trust issues? Chances are you do. According to a survey of more than 25,000 respondents across eight major global markets, consumer trust in brands is down across the board — and expectati ... Read more
Outdoor fashion retailer Berghaus has embraced Instagram as the channel to best tempt the public into the wilds as it launches the latest phase of its multi-million pound campaign. Founded in 1966 in ... Read more
As part of a new series, This Is My YouTube presenter Russell Kane talks to BBC Radio 2 Drivetime host Sara Cox about some of the videos that have appealed to her over the years. Among Cox's choices ... Read more
We all like to think we do work others appreciate. Work that others are compelled to tell us how it affected them. Whether that’s a word of thanks. Or a pat on the back. Or a nod of appreciation ... Read more
If you spend any time scrolling through your favorite social media channels, chances are you’ll be bombarded with an array of stunning food imagery. We’ve all become a little obsessed with food in its ... Read more
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has penalised a sleeping pill brand Sanofi for paying a micro-influencer to endorse medicine. The Instagram ad in question was posted by 'ThisMamaLife' and f ... Read more
Indonesia-based online grocery platform HappyFresh says its focus on building a personalized and customized user journey across its communication channels through first-party data drove its choice of ... Read more
Spotify has taken to TV for the first time in India as it hopes to gain dominance in one of the most populous markets in the world. The brand is hoping that TV will reach a much wider audience and enc ... Read more
Shoppers’ attention and discretionary spending are being pulled in multiple directions, meaning retail strategy has to evolve, according to new research into shopping habits in Singapore and Aus ... Read more
Launched fully in February 2019, the digital-first TymeBank (Take Your Money Everywhere) is slated to bring in 500,000 customers by the end of July, as it shakes up South Africa’s banking scene ... Read more
Premiumisation is about more than simply launching a premium brand – and even if it does involve a premium brand, marketers need to guard against making assumptions about who will buy it and whe ... Read more
Digital marketing tools make it easier to test out a member recruitment campaign in real time. At the American Optometric Association, piloting several marketing tactics with chapters first helped inf ... Read more
Sahel: fighting inequality to respond to development and security challenges 3 July 2019 Despite its development potential, the Sahel faces an unprecedented crisis. Today, there is a multifaceted pred ... Read more
Emergency in the Sahel: choosing the fight against inequalities 3 July 2019 As massacres and violence intensify in the Sahel, so does the urgency of a response from the states of the region and the in ... Read more