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“There is an evolution happening in our business,” says Bill Fordyce, CEO of Backlite Media, one of the leading outdoor advertising companies based in Dubai. With a global digital takeover,  Communicate got a chance to chat with Fordyce, to understand how a traditional medium like OOH is faring in this new environment. What is the status of […]

Earlier Communicate looked at some of the most glorious moments in tech from this decade. While there were too many great moments to count, there were also some moments that didn’t quite live up to the hype. Here’s a list of those moments in the world of tech. IGTV While Instagram falls under one of the […]

What do you do when you’ve fallen? When you’ve been outnumbered and down on the ground? Do you stay down or do you get back up? Communicate lists the brands that are looking to bring the fight back to the table in 2020. Toys R Us  Earlier this year, the famous toy retailer reincarnated from the […]

By Muzammil Hamza Although Virtual Reality rung it’s announcement bells first in 2012, the “reality” aspect was still fictitious to mainstream users in the MENA region until mid-2015. Initial applications of the technology, and sneak-peaks of the gadgets involved spurred a global race to identify the next major market opportunities, especially among tech-enthusiasts, who expected the […]

By Mai Youssef The rise of digital media has reduced consumers’ attention span to that of a goldfish, which is less than 9 seconds. With consumers seeing over 5,000 ads a day, it’s no surprise that around 615 million devices globally are now blocking ads. With so many brands competing for a few seconds of […]

Snapchat has announced partnership with advertising partners for the debut of its new advertising product, Commercials. The Snapchat Commercials are an unskippable, six-second ad unit that are exclusively run on premium partner content called Snapchat Shows. According to the company, TV networks and entertainment studios are reimagining popular series for Snapchat, with shows across entertainment, sport, food […]

Procter & Gamble Co. spent an estimated $10.5 billion on advertising and other marketing costs in the year ended June 2018 with little change from the previous year, according to Ad Age Datacenter. Yet, it was pushed to second spot this year on Ad Age’s World’s Largest Advertisers ranking of the 100 biggest spenders, which […]

International digital and direct agency Flourish has added the Samsung Gulf Electronics CRM account to its client list following a competitive four-way pitch. The work will encompass digital CRM strategy and delivery, as well as creative across the entire consumer product portfolio including mobile, tablet, wearables, television, audio and home appliances. Flourish first started in […]

  The growth of the digital medium, including social and mobile, combined with the increasing consumption of online video in the region, has led marketers to complement traditional marketing with content marketing. “Brands are now challenged with evolving their strategies to not only create the volume of content required to satisfy consumer appetite, but to […]

During an interview this summer in Chicago, Paul Roth, AT&T‘s president of retail sales and services, described wearable devices as the “future of retail” before adding, “it’s a niche market”. That’s why the tech industry is looking to Apple to do what it does best: Take a budding technology, package it neatly and blow it up […]

  Dozens of major corporations have jumped on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge bandwagon, releasing videos featuring their executives doused in frigid water for the viral philanthropic venture. Samsung may be the first to turn it into an ad. On Friday morning, a tweet from the company’s U.K. mobile account sent out a link to a 15-second […]