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The World's Biggest Brands Are Quietly Spending Less on Ads
New WARC data shows the combined ad-to-sales ratio of 25 global giants has fallen from 6.1% in 2019 to 5.5% in 2025, meaning they spend proportionally less to sell more.
6 days ago4 min read


Netflix Admits 'We're Not Satisfied' as Ad Growth Falls Short
Netflix posted 12% revenue growth in Q3 2026, its slowest in three years, and told investors it is 'not satisfied' as advertising revenue surged roughly 80% but still missed internal targets.
6 days ago4 min read


Coca-Cola Opens the Doors to a New Loyalty Club
Coca-Cola UK has launched 'The Club', a free-rewards scheme built on its Superfan platform and relaunched Supercan Premier League range, as the battle for first-party drinks data heats up.
6 days ago4 min read


Heineken Turns Pub-Hopping Into a Streaming Service With Amazon
Heineken has borrowed the on-demand playbook to tackle a very British problem: deciding where to drink. Its new 'Pubscription' service sorts local pubs into genres you can browse like box sets.
6 days ago4 min read


A Local Marketing Playbook for Muswell Hill Businesses
Merx is a Muswell Hill business — here's our practical, jargon-free playbook for helping a local N10 business get found, get chosen and win more nearby customers.
7 days ago4 min read


Kantar Finds Half of France Would Let AI Run the Heating
French households are warming to the idea of handing everyday decisions to algorithms — starting, Kantar finds, with the heating.
Oct 214 min read


Google Warns French Brands to Rebuild for a Post-Click World
Google's message to French marketers was blunt: the click is dying, and the websites built to win it need rebuilding.
Oct 214 min read


M6 Opens Its Streaming Ad Inventory to the Little Guys
Premium streaming inventory used to mean big budgets and a media agency. M6 is handing the keys to small businesses for a four-figure sum.
Oct 214 min read


Orange Turns Its Phone Shops Into Prime Ad Space
The telecoms giant is monetising something it has always owned: the footfall through hundreds of high-street shops.
Oct 214 min read


The Black Friday Creative Lesson Brands Keep Ignoring
AppLovin's BFCM analysis points to an unglamorous truth: the brands that refreshed creative weekly out-earned those that didn't, by a directional 23%.
Oct 214 min read


Coke and Nike Spend Harder While Google and Meta Spend Less
A new WARC study reveals a split advertising economy — legacy brands spending a bigger share to defend ground as the platforms that sell ads spend far less.
Oct 214 min read


Salesforce Reaches for Braze in Another Billion-Dollar Buy
Salesforce is spending $5.66bn on Braze to own real-time customer engagement — the latest move in a buying spree that is reshaping the martech stack.
Oct 214 min read


The FTC Lets Publicis Buy LiveRamp — With Strings Attached
Regulators waved through Publicis's $2.2bn LiveRamp deal — but only behind a five-year consent order built to stop the holding company weaponising its data.
Oct 214 min read


Lloyds Scrapped Its AI-Made Black Horse Ads, Fast
The bank's customer chief says generative AI belongs nowhere near its brand — but everywhere in its fight against fraud.
Oct 214 min read


Tesco's Booker Is Quietly Wiring Up Britain's Wholesale Aisles
The cash-and-carry giant has turned its depots into advertising real estate in eight weeks — and it is part of a much bigger Tesco land grab in retail media.
Oct 214 min read


The TV Ad Didn't Die — It Moved to Streaming: A Guide to Connected TV
Television advertising isn't shrinking so much as migrating. Here is how to think about Connected TV, and a decision framework for when it beats a linear buy.
Oct 214 min read


The Zero-Click Web: Getting Found When Search Stops Sending Traffic
Search engines increasingly answer questions in place instead of sending clicks. Here is how to be the brand that gets quoted, not just the one that ranks.
Oct 214 min read


German Retailers Admit AI Already Writes Their Marketing
The EHI Marketing Insights Report 2026 shows AI content creation is now routine for retailers, and that many worry it is flattening their brand voice.
Oct 213 min read


Heineken Turns the Great British Pub Into a Streaming Service
The brewer wants choosing a pub to feel as effortless as picking your next box-set binge — and it is betting free pints will get you off the sofa.
Oct 214 min read


A Roofing-Led Website Built for F Martini Building
How Merx built F Martini Building a clean, conversion-focused website — led by roofing, powered by a cost calculator, and designed to turn North London homeowners into booked surveys.
Oct 214 min read
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