Stark Bollock Naked

To wear a sock, or not? Debates around radical transparency are heating up as experts, cynics and customers consider just how much they need to see in order to trust a brand. Helene Dancer investigates.

Bad Influence

Our social channels are saturated with ‘influencers’ representing brands looking to sell us something. Maude Churchill talks with ENDLESSLOVESHOW founder Kazim Rashid and asks: Have we reached peak influencer?

Into the Pool #3: Programmatic

The pool guy is not going to be pleased with what he’s going to be scooping out in the morning. In this issue, more of that lazy and cheap shit is on its way down, as Robert Rose hands over programmatic and Ian Truscott does the honors.

The Age of Consent Issue

Like it or not, post-GDPR truly is the age of consent and as we dug into the record box at the GDPR after party, this issue’s album title chose itself: The Age of Consent by Bronksi Beat.

Don’t Follow the Crowd, #FollowThePath

Photofy CMO, MC/Host of Brand Innovators Summits, and Co-Founder of Prevailing Path Ted Rubin is our resident rock star. Each issue, he’s sounding off on the challenges faced by the marketing industry today.

The Retail Times are a Changin’

Photofy CMO, MC/Host of Brand Innovators Summits, and Co-Founder of Prevailing Path Ted Rubin is our resident rock star. Each issue, he’s sounding off on the challenges faced by the marketing industry today.

Hype Beasts

Celebrity brand endorsements reached a whole new level when Kanye’s cohort Virgil Abloh became artistic director of Louis Vuitton, one of the world’s oldest fashion houses. Helene Dancer considers; is this the shape of hype to come?

Diversify (the Right Way) or Die

From #OscarSoWhite to the realisation that the tech and creative industries are a white man’s playing field, the issue of diversity has exploded into our social consciousness like never before. Ian Hsieh talks with Walker & Company CEO, and Code2040 co-founder, Tristan Walker to find out if change is, at it seems, really gonna come.