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How to champion your brand under the cloud of recession

Last night (Wednesday 14th September) the Oystercatchers Club hosted a packed event at Soho Hotel on ‘how to champion your brand under the cloud of recession’. Leading marketers including David Enwright from the Post Office, Claire Pointon from John Lewis , Mark Brown from General Mills, and Nicky Bullard, MullenLowe, shared their thoughts and observations […]

In conversation with… Richard Robinson, by Listen + Learn Research

We were lucky to get hold of Richard recently. Despite being so busy as the Managing Director of Xeim Engage and Oystercatchers, he somehow found time to tell us about his favourite brands, his best advice, his first job. In short, his story as a marketer. And what a story it is. […]

Oystercatchers’ New Business Session – Fundamentals and Pitching Processes

This week (9th August) the Oystercatchers team welcomed in New Business and Marketing Teams from our Oystercatcher Club member agencies for a training session on new business fundamentals and pitching excellence.  The purpose of this session was to get our agency partners thinking about new business, and share useful insights on how […]

The Oystercatcher Awards 22 are open for entry!

The Oystercatcher Awards 22 are officially open for entry! Oystercatchers believe that people and creativity are at the heart of every successful partnership, and every year we come together to celebrate these achievements. It’s now time to submit your entries into this year’s Oystercatchers Awards, which are open until Thursday 29th September. The […]

IPA launches new report to understand what makes a successful client:agency partnership

The IPA has today released the third part in its ‘Partnering for Growth’ report, which seeks to understand how to create mutually sustainable commercial relationships for clients and agencies. The third instalment of the report seeks to understand the four fundamental characteristics and contexts that help to create these long-term relationships. As part of […]

Surviving to thriving: How can brands plan for the next five years and beyond?

Gill Huber, managing partner of Oystercatchers, shares insights about how TUI, WW and N Brown Group adapted to the Covid-19 pandemic and the longer-term impact of these changes as businesses now navigate a new period of economic uncertainty. Survival mode – this is where most businesses and leaders found themselves in March 2020 as […]