In This Month's Issue
Cover
- Capital gains
- Abu Dhabi has long sat in the shadow of neighboring Dubai. But ambitious projects, government spending and a focused plan for the future mean the UAE’s first city is luring advertising professionals away from its rowdy sibling
- Industry evolution
- Founder and CEO of advertising agency TBWA/Raad tells Communicate how Abu Dhabi is just the latest stop in the movement of advertising interests in the Gulf
- AD spend
- Outdoor was once central to media planning in Abu Dhabi. Now, although the signs are still there, other media are starting to get a look in
Shorts
- Advertising and emergency
- Communicate examines the world of medicinal marketing. From a bed that goes up and down, up and down…
Advertising
- Eyes on the prize
- We poll a selection of the region’s agency folk to get their predictions for the Lynx
- Must try harder
- Everyone was talking about digital at this year’s MENA Cristal Awards, but the prizes told a different story
Research
- The trend of the world
- Spotting consumer trends is human nature – we all want to be part of the next big thing. And for marketers, it’s an increasingly serious business
Marketing
- Grandest Prix
- From this season, one of the most high profile sporting competitions on the planet will visit the GCC not once, but twice. Communicate sees who’s got the winning Formula
Digital
- Loose connection
- Saudi Arabia’s digital advertising scene is taking a while to boot up. We see who is making those first forays into consumer cyberspace
Television
- International Geographic
- National Geographic has always been a brand of serious intellectual standing. Communicate finds it is also a brand of serious international standing
Q&A
- National pride
- National Bank of Abu Dhabi's Milad Obeid tells Communicate why his company decided to sponsor Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit