John Lewis has sleighed the competition with its Christmas advert this year. Data from adtech firm Quantcast shows The Gifting Hour helped increase John Lewis’ UK addressable audience by 32 per cent in November 2024, compared to the benchmark taken in September this year. Asda’s The Gnomes of Christmas advert came in a close second, […]

Samba TV, a provider of TV technology for audience data and omniscreen measuremen. has shared insights on holiday advertising in the UK. With the holiday season in full swing, retail brands are serving up massive advertising impressions to capture the attention of consumers. Key highlights include: Retail brands comprise half of the top brands leading […]

System1 and ITV have revealed the top-performing UK ads of 2022, including work from Aldi and McCann, Boots and VMLY&R, Amazon and Lucky Generals, Tourism Australia and M&C Saatchi, and more. The creative was ranked using System1’s Test Your Ad platform, which measures viewers’ second-by-second emotional responses to advertising and features a database of nearly […]

Cadbury’s Secret Santa campaign has beaten rivals to be crowned the most effective Christmas ad this year, according to analysis by Kantar. Based on feedback from over 3,750 consumers and facial recognition technology to assess people’s emotional responses, Cadbury took the coveted top spot with a campaign that focused on the true meaning of Christmas […]

For advertisers, this is once again a tricky Christmas season. Prices are rising, bills are mounting up, and customers are inevitably tightening their belts. Would a cash-strapped public react favourably to the yearly flood of Christmas commercials? The early signs are an emphatic ‘yes’. System1’s Test Your Ad platform has been rating every new Christmas […]

A poll conducted by the Official Charts Company and FindAnyFilm.com to celebrate Must See Movies 80s, part of the National Album Day celebrations, has found that Back To The Future as the UK’s favourite 80s movie. The poll was launched to mark Must See Movies 80s, a promotion that saw participating stores including Amazon, ASDA, […]