News from the MMA Mobile Marketing Forum

LOS ANGELES, US: During this week's MMA Mobile Marketing Forum in Los Angeles, the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) announced that The Coca-Cola Company has joined the MMA's Premium Membership tier and Microsoft Advertising, the first-ever Premium Member, has renewed its participation for a two-year term. 19 Nov 2010 11:43

Here's D&AD's question from Sanky

LONDON, UK: D&AD, a leading design, advertising and creative awards, launched last week. To kick off the Call for Entries D&AD president Sanky addressed the world's creative communities in as many languages as possible - 13 and counting. 16 Nov 2010 10:38

ITF serves up an ace with brand new interactive site

SHOREDITCH, UK: New Brand Vision Group, the award winning creative design and web marketing agency based in Shoreditch, announced yesterday, 10 November 2010, the launch of a brand new site on behalf of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the world's governing body of tennis, www.fedcup.com. 11 Nov 2010 09:15

D&AD Awards 2011: Sanky has a question for you

LONDON, UK: To launch the D&AD Awards 2011, D&AD president Simon 'Sanky' Sankarayya has a question for every single purveyor of original thought in the world. On 3 November 2010 at 12.00pm GMT he will attempt to ask this question in as many languages as humanly possible. Join Sanky at www.youtube.com/dandad. Congratulations to SA's Mike Schalit (Network BBDO) - he's the Radio Advertising jury foreman. 2 Nov 2010 09:58

Q3 2010 US retail e-commerce spending up 9%

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, released its Q3 2010 US retail e-commerce sales estimates yesterday, 1 November 2010. The estimates showed that online retail spending reached US$32.1 billion for the quarter, up 9% versus year ago. 2 Nov 2010 09:37

MMA names 2011 North American board of directors

NEW YORK, US: The MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) (www.mmaglobal.com) today announced its 2011 North American board of directors, which will provide leadership and strategic guidance for the association, support of its members and sustainable growth of the mobile marketing industry. 2 Nov 2010 09:31

MMA announces 2011 Asia Pacific board of directors

SINGAPORE: The MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) (www.mmaglobal.com) has announced its 2011 Asia Pacific board of directors. 2 Nov 2010 09:26

D&AD Student Awards 2011: Your pencil, your potential

LONDON, UK: The D&AD Student Awards have gone live with a new set of exciting challenges in advertising and design from some of the world's leading brands. The 21 briefs are available to download for free from www.dandad.org/studentawards. 28 Oct 2010 08:08

CMO Council and BPI Network to partner with Asia-Pacific business and technology report

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Furthering their regional reach and access, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council and the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network will team with the Asia-Pacific Business and Technology Report (APBTR) to gain new content channels and syndication sources in the world's fastest growing and most influential regional market with more than four billion consumers. 18 Oct 2010 09:31

African Bureau of Conventions joins ICCA

The African Bureau of Conventions has announced that it has been accepted as a member of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). ICCA's network of approximately 900 suppliers to the international meetings industry has members in 86 countries. 12 Oct 2010 09:56

WAN-IFRA extends president's term

PARIS, FRANCE/DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Gavin O'Reilly, the chief executive officer of Ireland-based Independent News & Media PLC, will continue as president of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) until June 2011, following a vote Tuesday by members of the global organisation. 8 Oct 2010 10:21

Man in a box

SHANGHAI, CHINA: Guang Yin Yoga is a small yoga club in Shanghai. Chinese people still have quite low awareness of yoga, and for four years, the club hasn't been successful, with only few club members. So management though out of the box... 30 Sep 2010 09:45

Newsplex reports on newsroom transformation

DARMSTADT, GERMANY/PARIS, FRANCE: Newsplex, the editorial strategy and newsroom consultancy and training academy of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has released two new reports on recent newsroom reorganisation projects in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. 29 Sep 2010 08:22

Simon 'Sanky' Sankarayya is new D&AD president

LONDON, UK: Simon 'Sanky' Sankarayya, co-founder of interactive agency Allofus, became president of D&AD on Wednesday this week (14 September). Elected by the executive committee, Sanky will act as a figurehead to the organisation that represents creative excellence in advertising and design internationally. 17 Sep 2010 08:00