The media and marketing ecosystems presume advertising budgets are going to swing back toward contextual targeting. No one knows quite how much, but the players have already begun jockeying for position. Contextual targeting solutions, rarely the focus of past vendor pitches, are becoming pervasive, clogging up the diaries and inboxes of media buyers and publishers
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Cannes Lions has announced its jury lineups for the awards to be presented during this June’s festival, which the company recently confirmed—to the surprise of no one—would be an entirely online event. That event, dubbed Cannes Lions Live, takes place from June 21 through 25. The juries will be awarding Lions across two years worth
Sharon Soh, Head of Integrated Strategy & Marketing at UM, APAC, highlights the growth of the region in part 3 of a 4-part series. To put this global trend in perspective, APAC’s consumer internet has never quite been a homogenous one. The search, social, video, and e-commerce ecosystems in APAC, have been split a number
As privacy-related issues slide up into marketing conundrums across the advertising landscape, every participant in the buy-sell equation is trying to figure out how to proceed with minimal change and maximum results. At the top of the food chain are CMOs, the execs holding the purse strings of advertising and in the seat of power.
Not long ago, people browsed the web or shopped online without even considering the bread crumb trails of personal information they left for marketers. But data privacy has become a concern for most consumers. As heightened awareness drives such changes in perception, with increasing support from legislators and platforms like Google, media agencies are rethinking
Sharon Soh, Head of Integrated Strategy & Marketing at UM, APAC highlights the growth of the region in part 2 of a 4-part series. It has been estimated that APAC would be home to 1.5 billion gamers in 2020, accounting for 55% of the global gaming population, and worth over $78 billion in revenue. Suffice
More agencies and brands are releasing their campaigns and endeavors to elevate women as Women’s History Month (WHM) wraps up. This year, UM is introducing the female-focused “Uniquely Me” campaign to focus on the singular experiences women bring to the table; it ties into DEB’s 2021 theme of intersectionality. Women UMers were encouraged to share
Sharon Soh, Head of Integrated Strategy & Marketing at UM, APAC highlights the growth of the region in part 1 of a 4-part series. The past two decades have seen APAC’s remarkable development and rapid rise as the new center of the world, thanks to its soaring consumption and increasingly central role in global trade
RECMA’s latest rankings are out and UM has continued to demonstrate growing industry leadership, despite the challenges faced throughout 2020. UM topped the vitality rankings, receiving the highest marks in new business performance over the last three years, resulting in a “Dominant” classification from REMCA, and the #1 top ranking of all Canadian agencies. UM
With the Shopper Innovation + Activation (SIA) Awards’ early bird entry for submissions just passed, the industry judges have their work cut out for them. This year, UM’s Richard Fofana, VP Strategy, will be virtually joining a jury of 10 experts from across the industry to debate the best work and select winning entries for
