Top five most shocking marketing blunders
04 Apr 2013 | by John Reynolds
Ford last week suffered huge embarrassment after a series of animated ads featuring images of scantily bound and gagged women were leaked online.
On the day that Facebook is expected to announce the Facebook phone, it is being predicted that almost 30% of all mobile display ads will go to the social network this year.
Ford last week suffered huge embarrassment after a series of animated ads featuring images of scantily bound and gagged women were leaked online.
SSE has been fined £10.5m by regulator Ofgem for breaching marketing obligations that led to customers being "missold" energy deals.
Gocompare.com has gagged its brand mascot and opera singer, Gio Compario, from singing in its future ad campaigns.
Vodafone is running a campaign that serves ads specifically to people using their mobiles and tablets while at home, in an attempt to reach users in a "relaxed mindset".
The long-rumoured Facebook phone, first reported almost 18 months ago, is no longer a rumour and could be announced this Thursday.
Weve, a joint venture by the UK's biggest mobile operators, aims to capitalise on the nascent space, Arif Durrani writes.
Samsung is rolling out a global campaign, by CHI Partners, to promote a new range of smart TVs with voice and gesture control. The TV spot shows American footballers, Roman centurions and other characters charging across a beach towards a man sitting in an armchair, who halts the action with his hand....
Virgin Media will continue to advertise an "unlimited" download service after adapting its traffic management policy, following a reprimand by the ad watchdog.
Energy powerhouse Centrica has poached the Conservatives' director of research and policy Nick Park.