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Zeina Estwany Barakat, CCO ME & Partner at Product of the Year, on how innovation can be sparked by chaos. Businesses simply cannot operate as they used to. What made an organization successful in the past will no longer be possible after the Covid-19 crisis. Considering where we stand today, a quote by Albert Einstein […]

By I-Hsien Sherwood and Ann-Christine Diaz Another Cannes Lions is wrapping, but don’t let its lessons fade away into the summer dog days. If you’d rather those memories stick like the floor of the Carlton Terrace, read on for a refresher. Whether you’re nursing a sunburn and a rosé headache or a grudge because you […]

The world’s largest sneaker company is launching Nike Fit, an addition to its app that lets customers scan their feet at home and provides their proper size in various models. The company says 60% of people wear the wrong size shoe, and concern over fit has a material impact on consumer confidence. “This is something […]

By Laura Wasson, creative director at advertising agency, Madwell This is the age of “woke capitalism” and we are no longer selling products but ideas, values, movements. In theory, this is a positive thing, but it can go weirdly wrong: Witness the gulf between Nike’s inspired and risky Colin Kaepernick spot and Gillette’s tone-deaf #metoo commercial. To avoid the […]

Millennials spend 1 hour every week on selfies – from clicking to editing – according to a 2017 study by design agency Now Sourcing and online eyewear retailer Frames Direct. 55 percent of social media selfies come from millennials, but Gen X follows with 24 percent and baby boomers with 9 percent. Selfies are an […]

Previously known as Ogilvy&Mather, Ogilvy has restructured its operations under a new brand identity. Founded as Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather in New York City in 1948 by the late David Ogilvy, the company grew into a global network that incorporates several brands such as Ogilvy Public Relations, and Ogilvy & Mather advertising agency.  John Seifer, […]

By Graeme Erens, CEO, Genius Loci Branding, Design & Wayfinding It’s been an exciting time recently seeing the ups and downs some global brands have had, with the media highlighting the brands disconnect from market emotions and customer opinions. Or, has the paranoia of a social media backlash set off a sequence of knee-jerk reactions […]

From humble beginnings way back in 1997 with a site called Six Degrees, social media as we know it, has come a long way. Today, it offers a variety of platforms, some of which are more popular than others. Each designed with a specific market in mind, statistics for 2016 show varied user volumes across […]

On its 10th birthday, Twitter is paying homage to the people and brands who have experimented, innovated and grown with the platform, transforming the role of the platform and of advertising itself in the process. Twitter is celebrating by listing the 10 factors that make the platform unique for brands and highlighting those brands that […]

In keeping with our annual tradition, here’s a list of the biggest spenders of 2015, based on data from marketing consultancy firm Ipsos. Saudi Telecom takes the lead, jumping up from third position with a growth of 45.68 percent, followed by 2014’s leader, Sedar. Pepsi also jumps up one position, coming in at third – […]

Ben Maher, executive director for EMEA at Mashable, spoke at the first-ever Festival of Media MENA held in April this year on the topic of mobile. On the stage, Maher laid down a challenge for creative agencies to become device agnostic so their campaigns can work across devices and formats. Intrigued by the challenge and […]

  Everyone’s favorite go-to website when they want to pass time and/or fuel an unhealthy addiction to pop culture listicles and quizzes, is BuzzFeed. Recently, the website has found itself embroiled in controversy over its editorial standards. BuzzFeed’s only kind of advertising is native advertising and so far – though some may argue this – […]

  What did you think of Festival of Media coming to the region for the first time this year? I think it’s about time. Due to the way awards are structured here, they generally tend to lean more toward creativity, so they lack a certain level of rigor. What media companies have done here – […]

“To be or not to be,” deliberated Prince Hamlet in Shakespeare’s famous play. While the reference might be too dated for today’s digital age to pay heed to, it is something worth considering when brands decide to be “viral”, or, at least, create viral content. Fortunately – or unfortunately – they can spare themselves the […]