GEN Z HOLIDAY SPENDING TANKS IN 2025

22. 9. 2025 | 1 min read Gen Z’s expected holiday spend in 2025 is $1,357, down 22.5% from 2024, according to July data from PwC.

YOUNGER MARKETERS OPEN TO INCREASING RADIO, TV AD BUDGETS

21. 9. 2025 | 1 min read “Younger marketing people may be more inclined to favor nothing but social media,” notes Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy. Yet, while they do favor social media, Sunshine finds they may be interested in their older counterparts in good ol’ traditional, linear media channels.

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE DIRECT IMPACT CZECH COMPETITION GOES TO B TÝM

19. 9. 2025 | 2 min read The Grand Prix award of the 23rd year of the Direct Impact Czech competition went to the B tým agency for the campaign "To za nás nebylo" for the Educational Institute for Moravia.

ADVERTISING IN PREMIUM MEDIA STRENGTHENS TRUST IN BRANDS

16. 9. 2025 | 2 min read Consumers trust brands more when their advertising appears in premium media, according to international research.

WATCH ROBERT REDFORD’S MOST MEMORABLE ADS

16. 9. 2025 | 2 min read ADWEEK remembers the Hollywood icon's best commercials.

MEDIA CLUB INCREASED REVENUES FROM TV, RADIO AND ONLINE LAST YEAR

15. 9. 2025 | 3 min read Media Club's total revenues last year reached CZK 6 billion. Internet advertising is growing the fastest, but TV advertising is still the dominant position.

ADVERTISING SPENDING IN LINEAR TV DECLINES DUE TO STREAMING

15. 9. 2025 | 2 min read As TV viewers shift to VOD services, global investment in advertising on linear TV is declining.

FROM BRANDING TO ACTION: BEST PRACTICES FOR USING QR CODES IN PERFORMANCE CTV

12. 9. 2025 | 5 min read At the most recent NewFronts, TV manufacturers Samsung and LG and Fox-owned streaming service Tubi all talked about integrating QR codes into their ad offerings.

STUDY UK: SVOD SUBSCRIBERS MOVING TO AD TIERS

11. 9. 2025 | 2 min read The UK showed an increase of 500,000 homes in the number who had access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in Q2 2025.

UNBOXING THE FUTURE: TURNING SWEEPSTAKES INTO AN IMMERSIVE AR EXPERIENCE

11. 9. 2025 In summer 2025, RTL AdAlliance in Austria reimagined the traditional sweepstakes by transforming it into an interactive Augmented Reality experience. Instead of waiting for a prize in a physical package sent to be to the winners, participants could place a virtual gift box in their own living room via smartphone and unbox it themselves. What had long been a static object suddenly became playful and memorable, blending digital advertising with real-world interaction.

HALLOWEEN ARRIVES EARLY AS RETAILERS LOOK TO SCARE UP SEASONAL SALES

9. 9. 2025 | 3 min read Retailers are wasting no time filling shelves with Halloween goods to entice cost-conscious shoppers to treat themselves with seasonal items.

WEALTHIER SHOPPERS DRIVE HIGHER RETURN RATES FOR RETAILERS

9. 9. 2025 | 2 min read Higher-income shoppers are more likely to make returns, according to an analysis of credit and debit card data from Bank of America.

PERSONAL FINANCE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE BORING. TV ADS REPEATEDLY DEBUNK THIS MYTH

8. 9. 2025 | 10 min read Who says financial literacy is boring? It may seem like an unexciting topic – numbers, savings, budgets – but despite that, it has become one of the liveliest genres in television advertising. Sometimes it takes a serious tone, other times it relies on humour or emotion, but it always aims at one thing: to show that money isn’t a distant world of experts but an everyday reality for all of us. These stories demonstrate that advertising can do more than sell – it can teach us to reflect on values, responsibility, and the future. And the marketing of global financial institutions has been proving this for decades.

DIMINISHED “AURA” WORRIES AMERICAN BRANDS TRADING AROUND THE WORLD

5. 9. 2025 | 2 min read American brands are accustomed to the glow of their native country around the world, but in a newly contentious international situation, brands are having to adapt to a more problematic political and cultural context. Why Brand USA matters US soft power remains, as it continues to top Brand Finance’s Global Soft Power Index, but there are signs of movement: in June a Morning Consult poll found that international opinions of the US were in retreat while China’s favourability is in the ascendant.

PRIMA INCREASED SALES LAST YEAR, NET PROFIT ROSE TO 447 MILLION CZK

3. 9. 2025 | 2 min read Last year, FTV Prima continued to grow its revenues from the operation of TV channels and online websites.

AI GRANDMOTHER BECOMES “CYBER SCAMMERS’ NIGHTMARE” IN O2 CAMPAIGN

3. 9. 2025 | 5 min read O2's new campaign, created entirely through AI, aims to reduce the impact of fraud and educate the public about digital security.

L’ORÉAL UNCOVERS NEW INSIGHTS FOR EFFECTIVE BEAUTY ADS

3. 9. 2025 | 2 min read L’Oréal worked with Google and research partner Sundogs to analyse 5,000 YouTube ads and found that moving beyond category conventions can drive measurable gains: replacing product-led formats, for example, with richer, character-driven storytelling boosted engagement by 55%.

ORLANDO WOOD INTERVIEW: WHY ADVERTISING NEEDS SHOWMANSHIP AGAIN – AN INTERVIEW WITH ORLANDO WOOD

2. 9. 2025 | 4 min read A leading voice in advertising effectiveness, Orlando Wood has transformed the industry’s understanding of how creativity drives commercial success. As Chief Innovation Officer at System1 and an Honorary Fellow of the IPA, he has studied more than 26,000 ads and authored the acclaimed books Lemon and Look Out. His award-winning research has shown why showmanship matters more than ever in an age of AI, streaming, and short-termism. We asked him to share his views on the enduring principles of effective advertising, the future role of television, and how brands can rediscover the creativity that fuels long-term growth.