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Embrace the golden marketing opportunity – prepare for the silver tsunami

The over-65s and their caregivers are a fast-growing segment and a ‘silver tsunami’ is approaching, says Tanya Chopp. Perhaps redolent of the inauguration of Donald Trump – who, at 70, was the oldest elected US President ever – seniors and the middle-aged are now taking centre-stage. So create products & services that cater for the ageing Baby Boomer demographic and campaigns that reach out to the grey market to make sure you don’t miss out on one of the largest opportunities of our time.

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Diverse marketing and brand reputation: why it’s so important to embrace diversity

How ‘diverse’ are your marketing teams? Are they viewing a campaign’s creativity from a multi-cultural, gender-fluid, age/ability-inclusive perspective? Or is there still an insensitive slant towards sweeping generalisation in your marketing messages? Lucy Smith calls for more diverse marketing and shows how and why your care and regard for all minority groups and segments can enhance your business reputation and customer loyalty.

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Whet consumers’ appetites with on-pack promotions

Far from being dead in the water, new research shows that on-pack promotions can still captivate consumers. But the trick is to blend the wow factor with smart strategy – get the right promotion that goes beyond simply slashing prices, says Chris Baldwin. Here, he examines the evidence.

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Loyalty beyond limits: why incentivising customer behaviour is vital

Technology is only valuable if you combine knowledge of what you want it to achieve with the ability to interpret what it tells you. So says William Roberts, discussing whether CMOs aiming to bridge the Digital Divide should be optimising data and incentivising customer behaviour by aligning customer understanding with tech strategy.

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Building customer relationships: personalisation – who cares?

Developing a good, relevant and personalised experience has been proven to help marketers with building customer relationships. Research shows that brands sending birthday offers are likely to improve the experience for more than half the 18-21 age group, but for less than a third of the 50+ age group. So who wants personalisation and who doesn’t? Take a look:

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Selling to Generation Z: what brands can learn from online fast fashion

From product selection and presentation through to search, filtering and promotions, retailers such as ASOS, Missguided and PrettyLittleThing are top of the class when it comes to speaking to Generation Z. As these technologically fluent post-millennials enter the world of work and start to purchase from a wider range of brands, how can retailers tempt them across their virtual front door? Katie Woodhead examines lessons other brands can learn from the online fast fashion fraternity in communicating with the twentysomethings –
the next generation of consumers.

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Getting the marketing message across – why the voice you choose is vital

Do you use a celebrity or the girl next door to share your marketing message and win share of voice within your target marketplace? The tone you take is telling, as research shows, says Stephanie Ciccarelli.

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Data Strategy Global Insight Strategy and Management

Audience profiling: what it is and how it can help your business

Data analysis and careful research will lead to better audience profiling – knowing your customers and thus aiming more clearly at your target market through individualisation and personalisation. Understand the 4 key marketing disciplines to define your audience and get a better return on ROI:

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Triggering customer emotions: why a people-first approach will save your brand (infographic)

Today’s consumers want advertising formats that speak to them, that trigger customer emotions – they want to be involved, engaged, intrigued, entertained. So, all brands need to work out is what their customers want, when they want it and how they want it, for their adspend to have been completely justified. Simple, right?

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China in your hand-held: m-commerce spurs e-retail boom

From international exporter to consumer-driven importer, China is changing: urban, urbane, tech-savvy and sophisticated, smartphone users are falling in love with luxury brands, embracing cross-border consumerism and driving a Chinese e-retail boom.

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