BHS goes into administration
It was a bad week for BHS, with the retailer set to become the biggest high street retailer to collapse since Woolworths, as 11,000 jobs and 164 shops at risk. News of this has left analysts debating the next steps, if any, that BHS should take.
Anusha Couttigane, a fashion analyst and insight manager at ORESA, expects discount fashion rival ‘s Poundland, Tiger, H&M or Primark to pounce on the 164 sites, or supermarkets looking for good “metro sites”.
Retail consultant, Graham Soult, is of a different opinion. He says it’s a surprise BHS lasted so long, with its outdated store formats and slow approach to online retail the two biggest errors. He believes that BHS is in a worse position than BHS was,. “Woolworths was at least profitable for the bulk of the 2000s, BHS hasn’t made money for years. It hasn’t changed since the 1990s.”
Whatever the future holds, BHS is a warning that persisting with the ‘old way’ is no longer an option.
Apple sales fell for the first time since 2003
Apple is not used to coming up short but both its iPhone sales and revenues dropped in the second quarter.
Apple saw iPhone sales fall for the first time ever in the three months ending 26 March, causing it to post its first revenue decline in 13 years. The 51.2 million iPhones sold in the quarter was 16% lower than a year ago and in stark contrast to the 40% increase in Q2 2015.
Neil Saunders, CEO of Columino believes the decrease in sales comes down to Apple “not innovating enough on the product front to drive sales”.
“The problem is that new product is seen by many consumers as being good, but not quite good enough to justify upgrading.”
Neil Saunders, CEO, Conlumino
Apple is hoping a renewed focus on services such as mobile payments, apps and music streaming can cover the shortfall.
Its service business flourished last quarter, with revenues jumping 20% to $6bn. In particular, Apple Music has demonstrated success, adding one million new subscribers in both January and February.
Services are now Apple’s second biggest revenue-generating category, boosted by Apple Pay which Cook said is attracting 1 million new users a week.
We teamed up with Mark Riston to launch a mini MBA in marketing
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YouTube introduces snackable video ads
YouTube is launching a six-second ad format for mobile in May, in a bid to adapt to changing consumer viewing habits and grab the attention of consumers who prefer watching videos on their phones. The new feature was developed after brand research found that 50% of 18 to 49-year-olds turn to mobile to watch videos.
In a blog statement, YouTube parent Google says: “Even in the living room, many people prefer to watch on their smartphone – for the control, personalisation and ease it offers. And as viewing habits change, we are working to introduce new formats adapted to these habits.”
According to the tech giant, the format, called Bumpers, drove strong lift in metrics like recall, awareness and consideration in early tests. Bumpers can also be used as a format to showcase serialised content.
Google concludes: “We like to think of Bumper ads as little haikus of video ads – and we’re excited to see what the creative community will do with them.”
P&G kicks off Rio Olympics activity with ‘Thank you, Mum’ campaign
Procter & Gamble rolled out the latest phase of its ‘Thank you, mum’ campaign on Wednesday, focusing on mothers’ strength ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics, which are set to kick off in fewer than 100 days. The last summer Olympics were held in London four years ago.
“It will be different. London being the host was an extraordinary experience that we won’t repeat. But we at P&G are adopting the same campaign and working with our brands, making sure that we do engage the great British public,” Roisin Donnelly, P&G’s brand director for Northern Europe, said.
The new campaign video ‘Strong’ builds on P&G’s previous Olympic Games campaigns, ‘Pick Them Back Up’, ‘Kids’ and ‘Best Job’, with a new take on the role mums play in their children’s lives. It will appear in full form digitally as a two-minute video or in short form on television in more than 30 countries.
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