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The battle between the suits and the creatives is back on

I caught an interesting article in today’s Financial Times by John Gapper titled “Madison Avenue feels the squeeze“.
In the article, John looks at how the battle between the “suits” (account execs) and the creatives (the ones who craft the campaigns) seems to be back on.
Quoting from the article, John says
“Four decades later, the face-off between [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted April 30, 2009 in mobile | Tagged advertising, always connected, analogue, creatives, credit crunch, digital, digital agencies, financial times, FT, Gen C, John Gapper, madison avenue, media buying, media planning, mobile, mobile advertising, recession, suits | Comments (6)

The ALDI effect and how it will benefit mobile advertising

Much has been written in UK newspapers about the “Aldi effect” – as consumers tighten their belts due to the global credit crunch and tougher domestic conditions in the UK and switch to lower cost retailers to save money.
Traditional retailers such as Tesco are acutely aware of this phenomenon and are plotting to counter the Aldi [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted August 25, 2008 in advertising | Tagged advertising awards, aldi, aldi effect, aldi effect mobile advertising, aldi effect on advertising, cannes lions, consumer spending, context, credit crisis, credit crunch, credit crunch and mobile advertising, economy, mobile advertising, mobile operators, permisison based, profile, q research, recession, relevant, targeted, tesco, Tomi Ahonen | Comments (6)