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An interview with Desiree Gullan, Executive Creative Director, Gullan and Gullan Digital, and Dr Ivor Blumenthal, CEO, ArkKonsult, discussing why in the digital era, it’s never been more difficult for brands to break through the deluge of information and penetrate consumer’s ever decreasing attention spans.

In the digital era, it's never been more difficult for brands to break through the deluge of information and penetrate consumer’s ever decreasing attention spans. Your brand messaging is one of the most important aspects of a marketing communications strategy. From the language used, to the tone it is delivered in, successful brand messages will result in your target audience resonating with your brand, and be more open to receiving your content.

South African brands have experienced several marketing blunders over the years, with the recent haircare brand catastrophe gaining considerable international attention on the back of consumer uproar and political party protests.

Rachel Thompson | Insights Director | GfK South Africa | rachel.thompson@gfk.com | www.gfk.com/en-za/ | South Africa has a youthful population, with more than 66% of...

Every year, leading brand and branded business valuation consultancy, Brand Finance puts thousands of the top brands to test. These brands are valued to...

In a highly fragmented world the consumer is looking for simplicity and navigable signs to know which brands to transact with and which to...

Mobile is outpacing traditional marketing channels. It is happening now! Should marketers adopt this medium? Given the mobile phone’s central role in people’s lives, it’s worth asking whether brands and agencies in Africa are investing enough in mobile advertising and marketing.

People are often heard describing products and services coming out of Africa as African. For those who have been lucky enough to have travelled the continent you’d understand the problems that come with blanket branding or making the secondary branding your primary branding. Africa is made up of 54 countries. So when someone says that something is uniquely African, isn’t that labelling a bit too loose? And shouldn’t the African theme be secondary or better yet a tertiary reference from a nomenclature perspective?

South Africa is navigating choppy economic and political seas and nowhere is that more apparent than in the latest Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) figures,...

A phenomenal 92% of South Africans reveal they are willing to pay an above-average price for products that deliver higher quality, offer superior functioning (91%) or stand behind environmentally responsible (86%) or socially responsible (77%) principles; this despite economic limitations where only 50% of the population believe that they are financially better off than five years ago.