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.

​Data is driving a fundamental transformation within the marketing and advertising industries as organisations increasingly seek to target and personalise their messaging, a newly released digital advertising report has found.

A new Australian company is hoping to shake up the traditional media landscape with a fresh online marketplace for ad trading.

A record number of concerns about wagering advertising along with issues about sex and language topped the Advertising Standards Bureau’s (ASB) list of 'most complained advertisements' in 2017.

It’s very easy for data-driven marketers to fall into the trap of short-term gain through rational advertising campaigns. But it’s the emotional ads that are going to deliver longer lasting sales impact, ThinkTV’s direct of research, insights and education, Steve Weaver, says.

Westpac has confirmed Meat and Livestock Australia’s group manager of marketing, Andrew Howie, will joining the banking giant in a newly created role overseeing advertising.

Global digital giant Accenture announced it acquired top creative and design agencies The Monkeys and Maud as part of its strategy to boost its CX reach.

It was humour and not social themes that saw Mr Clean and Skittles produce the most engaging Super Bowl commercials, according to a new study based on people’s facial recognitions.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has appointed a new executive consultant and board member to its ranks.

The ‘age of the customer’ is here - the power of personalisation and customer context is now ensconced in every marketer’s lexicon. Certainly, the single biggest driver of digital transformation is customer experience.

Australian car sales website, Carsales.com.au, is recognising the power of context to utilise data, insights and context and drive advertising success.

The global ad market has strengthened over the past few months, mainly due to the resilient US consumer, and any impact from the Brexit vote has been limited and confined to the UK, according to a new report from Zenith.

TV research and marketing firm, ThinkTV, is looking to quantify the value and return on investment for television advertisers in Australia with a new $1 million research study.

Advertising contributes a mammoth $40 billion to the Aussie economy and is a key driver behind employment, competition and innovation, a recent report found.