Welcome to another episode of The Barber’s Brief! Join Marc and Vassilis as they dive into the latest marketing and business news, spotlight a standout case study in their Marketing Moment, and wrap up with the Ad of the Week.

Enjoy the show!

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Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

01:15 - Nike’s Market Strategy and Challenges

05:31 - Amazon’s Return to Office Mandate

09:52 - Swedish Advertising Insights

13:45 - The Evolution of KPIs in Marketing

25:38 - Ad of the week

Links:

Title: Did Nike Lose it’s Cool or it’s place? Prof. Koen Pauwels

Source: Prof. Koen Pauwels

Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-nike-lose-its-cool-place-prof-dr-koen-pauwels-0cmqe/?trackingId=8MbCHRTATd%2Bm4DNRnHllsA%3D%3D

Amazon Says No To Remote Work - Mandates full 5-day return to office

Source: Techcrunch

Link: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/amazon-mandates-full-five-day-return-to-office/

Link#2: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-employees-blast-andy-jassy-113949840.html

Title: Effective Communication 2024 report by Sveriges Annonsorer & NoA Consulting

Source: Sveriges Annonsorer

Link: https://www.sverigesannonsorer.se/kunskap/rapporter/effective-communication-2024

Title: Is the KPI still a good indicator of performance? Johnny Corbet

Source: Marketing Week

Link: https://www.marketingweek.com/kpi-good-indicator-performance/

The Marketing Moment:

How KFC Integrated Creative Quality into Their Marketing Effectiveness Assessments

Link: https://www.kantar.com/inspiration/advertising-media/how-kfc-integrated-creative-quality-into-their-marketing-effectiveness-assessments

Ad of the Week

MIRO - collaboration and project management software

https://youtu.be/shy3tqvHb4g?si=QyNchqm5jw2e4GDo

The Back Story - the production team used Miro to produce the commercial for Miro

https://go2.miro.com/how-we-launched-a-national-ad-campaign-with-Miro.html