Digital advertising boom as Ads to spend  £15bn this year

Digital Advertising spend will enjoy double figure growth as the industry moves away from traditional media formats according to latest forecasts by Barclays Corporate Banking. The digital with out-of-home advertising earmarked as key area of transformation after Digital OOH surpassed traditional outdoor for the first time last year. According to Sean Duffy Head of TMT…

Amazon finishes New York affair on Valentine’s Day

Amazon, the biggest company in the US  with the richest man as its head, stunned New York by announcing it would no longer relocate its second headquarters to the city, which promised 25, 000 jobs and its $3bn tax incentives and $27bn in tax revenues over the next two decades.  Possible culprits include State Governor…

Dentsu investigating overcharging

Dentsu, Japan’s most powerful advertising agency, headquartered in Shodome district of Minato, Tokyo, is investigating over 200, 000 transactions to gather evidence of overcharging clients. Its public apology from the group’s head of digital advertising, threatens to tarnish their reputation once widely viewed as beyond reproach. Dentsu’s internal investigation was triggered by a complaint from Toyota…