At first glance it might not seem like there’s a natural affinity between life’s clangers, cane toads, 50 somethings managing retirement and the sound of a rallying cry for teen girls. But these make up some of the recent marketing campaigns for Suncorp and demonstrate the business's goal of staying relevant and authentic to its varied customer groups.

Browser locker is the biggest threat to digital ad campaigns and it's far more common in one popular browser, according to a new report from AdSecure. The report, the first of its kind from the digital security company, analysed malvertising, cybercrime and digital campaign threats for more than 200,000 ad campaigns across multiple regions, devices and browsers between 1st January to 31st March.

A blockchain-based test of programmatic advertising for PepsiCo has improved ad efficiency by 28 per cent as a result of using smart contracts.

JCDecaux is the latest company to use virtual reality to promote its brand.​

Toothpaste doesn’t immediately spring to mind when thinking of purpose-driven brands that aren’t afraid to take a stand. Yet Colgate-Palmolive Australia’s recent decision to withdraw its advertising from Sky News could be just that.

Opinion is divided over the news of Amazon launching its advertising services in Australia, with some saying it will make little impact, and others saying that Amazon will not only take a large place in the sales funnel, they will be the entire funnel.

​Consumers prefer search engine recommendations over friends and family when it comes to purchasing decisions, yet marketers are not investing enough in this channel, according to a new report.

​Failure to target and portray women effectively impacts campaign effectiveness significantly, according to latest research out of Kantar.

Is Australia Day too tainted a concept for brands to be associating with? How important is taking a stance on the nation’s increasingly controversial day of national celebration in light of the wider need and desire for brands to take a purpose-led approach? And should more of our iconic local brands be taking a position on Australian identity?

​Gillette is the latest brand to decide it will stand for something and change societal narrative for the better, with its ‘Best men can be’ campaign, a play on its traditional tagline ‘the best a man can get’.

It’s the ability to tie activities and emerging technology utilisation to a brand’s business ambition, rather than standalone media metrics, that’s key to agencies building stronger trust with clients.

Unconscious bias originating in marketing and advertising creative is affecting the financial performance of brands and perpetuating stereotypes in society.

​The issue of measurement and metrics has become somewhat polarised in recent years, with a focus on what is ‘good’ or ‘bad’. In fact, rather than ‘either/or’ when it comes to measurement of campaigns, everyone should be concentrating on ‘and’ and bringing everything together.

The chairman of Australia’s consumer watchdog has come out swinging against marketers operating in the country’s telecoms sector, threatening court action against those who knowingly approve misleading advertisements.

The City of Melbourne says Telstra’s new payphones are actually ‘advertising masquerading as payphones’ and will seek to halt the roll out of 80 more of the structures.

B2C marketers have skewed too far towards activation-based advertising in the face of digital and should reset the balance firmly towards brand building if they want to build growth.

Heinz has been hit with $2.25 million in penalties by the Federal Court of Australia for making misleading advertising claims about the nature of its Little Kids Shredz products.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the green light to both oOh!media’s acquisition of Adshel, and JCDecaux SA's acquisition of APN Outdoor Groupin the out-of-home advertising sector, arguing the two do not lessen market competition.

We’ve long known consumers hate bad ad experiences. It also turns out marketers do too. But while marketers are aware of the problems bad experiences cause, it may be that little will change until marketing team structures change.

The bidding war across Australia’s out-of-home supplier market continues, with APN Outdoor Group today upping its bid for rival player, Adshel, to $540 million.

The battle for out-of-home advertising supremacy has stepped up another notch, with APN Outdoor Group confirming a $1.09 billion bid for its business from JCDecaux (JCD) – but only if it drops plans to buy Adshel.