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Emirates Nation Brand’s Khaled AlShehhi explains how the Emirates developed a unique campaign that celebrates the historic Hope Probe launch. At 1.58 am on June 20, the world heard for the first Arabic countdown ever, marking the launch of the Hope Probe, the first Arab interplanetary mission that will reach Mars orbit in approximately 200 […]

Snap announced a flurry of new products and features at the Snap Partners Summit 2020, held on June 11. Communicate was given a sneak peek. Augmenting augmented reality Building on its firmly-held belief that reinventing the camera represents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate, Snap takes justified pride in having […]

Babyshop celebrates Ramadan using children’s words of hope and compassion. At a time when many brands are trying to spread messages of solidarity and positivity, Landmark Group’s children retail store chain Babyshop hit a high note with “A World We Deserve,” a film released globally on the eve of Ramadan to, in these peculiar times, […]

“Facebook and Instagram have delivered on building international awareness with incredible reach. Partnering with Facebook and utilizing the creative solutions team in the best ways possible, enabled us to maximize engagement and view-through rate.” – Anthony Ward, VP Marketing, Expo 2020

Snap Inc. has announced today Lens 2.1, a new update to Lens Studio, Snap’s lens app makes it possible for anyone to build Augmented Reality (AR)  for Snapchat. Lens Studio is an open platform to all  creators, advertisers, designers and others.  “This means that partners and advertisers may use Lens Studio to create Lenses that […]

Communication architects balcony8 have been appointed as the new multi-disciplinary agency to represent Waterfront Market across a variety of channels over the course of the next year. The agency has been assigned to promote and grow the presence of Waterfront Market within the UAE working collaboratively with the marketing team. A state-of-the-art facility housing produce, […]

By Atif Altaf, associate marketing manager, and member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Life is no more a straight road leading toward dreams; it is now a steep mountain to climb up high. Days from being ‘slow & steady’ are geared up to be ‘fast & ready’ for people to run, change […]

Ramadan is a peak period for advertisers as audiences purchase more as well as consume more content on different channels. The last couple of years have seen a gradual shift from TV spends to digital not only during Ramadan, but also throughout the year. However, Ramadan is one month during which both TV consumption and […]

The holy month of Ramadan is an introspective and spiritual time of the year, when people fast, pray, change their daily routines, catch up with their favorite TV drama series and spend more time with their near and dear ones. It’s also that time of year when television and digital screens are bombarded with commercials. […]

Landmark Group’s kids’ retail store Babyshop has appointed FP7/MENA Dubai for its creative marketing duties for the Middle East. The decision comes after a pitch including incumbent Memac Ogilvy, J.Walter Thompson and Y&R, report industry sources. The agency will work with Babyshop across all verticals on its creative strategy and planning on digital, TV, print, OOH, […]

The e-commerce landscape has seen a great deal of movement in the past year. November 2016 saw the announcement of Noon.com – which is yet to be launched, following several delays and an investment by Alshaya – followed by Amazon’s acquisition of Souq and Emaar’s acquisition of Namshi this year. At the time of the […]

What the media industry needs is non-traditional tools,” says Virginie Boyadjian, Founder and Managing Director of Frost [media]. Established in April 2015, Frost[media] offers the UAE market a range of traditional and non-traditional media with an innovative twist at various customer touch points. The company’s latest project is ‘UseBox’, a branded power bank placed on […]

Landmark Group’s kids’ retail store, Babyshop, has reinvented its brand positioning to cater to the changing parenting styles and millennial mindsets. The new positioning, “It’s your Style”, is focused on three broad parameters of authenticity, openness, and playfulness, explains the brand in a statement. The new positioning isn’t just a fashion statement, but also a […]

The growth of digital may not have killed traditional media, but it has resulted in a 40 to 45 percent drop in outdoor ad spend since 2015, admits the CEO of Hills Advertising, Sami Al Mufleh, rather candidly. Still, the company continues to transform outdoor, beyond the hoardings on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road, creating the […]

Nathen Mazri is launching ‘Entergage mobilevision’ in 2017 out of Dubai. Mazri has interviewed over 1,000 marketing and brand directors and entertainment producers in the course of 16 months traveling around the world. Mazri’s aim was understanding the shift of attention from consumers’ point-of-view, and media shifting from traditional to new media. The app will enable users to chat, shop […]

Formerly known as Facebook at Work, Workplace has now been made available to any organization across the MENA region that wants to use it. Facebook defines Workplace as a “communications platform that helps organizations collaborate better, using familiar Facebook features like News Feed, Groups and Messages.” Workplace will have the basics of the regular Facebook […]

Hug Digital, which recently won the Emaar Misr account, has now added the Deerfields Mall account and Retailistic Commercial investments (ADL, Saraydan Cafe, Deerfields Nursery, OXXO) account to its portfolio. The agency will be responsible for all content creation and community management across their social media assets as well as the accounts’ media needs. “We […]