The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has appointed new members to the global leadership team, including senior marketers from Emirates, Coty, AirAsia, L’Oréal and RB. The appointments were confirmed at the WFA Annual General Meeting, taking place as part of the WFA Global Marketer Week… Read More
House of Comms, that grew its services from PR to include digital, social and creative, has now added an experiential division. Laura McCartney, who has been in the region for seven years, will lead the new unit. Ms McCartney brings with her local, regional and… Read More
Starcom Middle East has been appointed to handle Dubai Corporation for Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DCTCM), following a competitive tendering process involving industry leading agencies. The scope of work includes the entire media mandate of Dubai Tourism for GCC and regional media including social. The… Read More
For Gen Zers, the first generation to be raised in the era of the smartphone, there is now surprise that these devices are absolutely central to their online lives. Personal ownership of smartphones is virtually universal (96 percent) and each day they spend an average… Read More
UM has been named media agency of record for Coach Inc., a New York design house of luxury accessories and lifestyle brands. Led from the agency’s global headquarters in New York, UM will conceptualize and deliver customized media buying and integrated planning services for Coach… Read More
For anyone reading the trade press and even some of the mainstream media, it is increasingly evident that marketers are dealing with testing times. Every opportunity that technology opens up comes with as many, and more, challenges every day. According to David Wheldon, WFA President… Read More
Signaling an accelerating shift in the digital video consumer behavior, the percentage of consumers who prefer watching TV shows on television sets plummeted by 55 percent over the past year, from 52 percent to 23 percent, according to Accenture 2017 Digital Consumer Survey. The global… Read More
Rumors emerged last week that Google could be planning to add default ad-blocker functionality to its mobile and desktop versions of Chrome, a move that could potentially halt the growth of third-party options and give Google more control over the definition of what is an… Read More
LinkedIn has crossed the 500 million-member mark, across 200 countries. The Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region has played its part contributing over 22 million members in all. In MENA, the UAE is among the strongest LinkedIn markets with over three millions members. Interestingly, UAE… Read More
At a time when Arab and Muslim travelers facing inconveniences and mistreatment in the West is becoming common headlines in global media, Amnesty International New York is taking a step to bringing change. Along with its agency, TBWA\Raad, Amnesty International is revisiting the passport as… Read More
