Ebiquity vs Radiocentre

Ad Awareness Regains Place in Effectiveness Planning

A new study by Thinkbox, Ebiquity, WPP Media, and Gain Theory, presented at the IPA Effectiveness Conference, analyzes 1,478 brands and 328,000 observations to argue that ad awareness is a valuable lead indicator in advertising effectiveness, not just an obsolete metric. The research finds that ad awareness accounts for 17% of brand consideration, of which only 6% is direct, while 11% works indirectly by improving brand perceptions. It also reports category-specific impacts, such as 69% in QSR delivery and 62% in lotteries. The author, Andrew Tindall, recommends that marketers reinstate ad awareness as a KPI, balancing it with attention and emotion in effectiveness planning.

• Study covers 1,478 brands across 128 sectors and 328,000 observations per model.
• Ad awareness accounts for 17% of brand consideration, with 11% indirect effect.
• Thinkbox, Ebiquity, WPP Media, and Gain Theory authored the research.

Retail Media Can Build Brands—Including Ways Other Media Can’t

This opinion column argues that retail media, often dismissed as performance-only, is a powerful brand-building channel. It challenges Mark Ritson's critique by citing research from Binet & Fields and Ebiquity that brand building should account for 55-60% of ad spend, while most budgets go to performance. The author claims retail media offers reach, mental availability, and higher ROI, citing Emarketer data showing its share across formats. P&G's off-site retail media investment reportedly doubled in a year. The piece advises shifting budgets from low-performing performance channels and black-box AI tools to retail media, emphasizing causal modeling over MMM to reveal its true value. It positions retail media as a complement to TV, not a threat.

• Emarketer data shows retail media constitutes 29% of search, 11% of programmatic display/video, 6% of social, 16% of CTV, and 15% of DOOH ad spend.
• Sensor Tower data indicates Procter & Gamble's off-site retail media investment more than doubled in the past year.
• According to the article, 70% of marketers say their marketing mix models do not account for retail media.

UK commercial audio forecast to deliver a new era of growth

Radiocentre's news page now features new items including 'UK commercial audio forecast to deliver a new era of growth' (1 Oct 2026), 'Shifting search and social budget into audio increases profit' (30 Sep 2026), and 'September's Creative Spotlight: BT' (1 Oct 2026).

MPs raise concerns over impact of TV switch-off on commercial radio

Radiocentre's news page now features a new article dated 9 Sep 2026 titled 'MPs raise concerns over impact of TV switch-off on commercial radio', along with other recent updates including a study on DTT switch-off risks and new speakers for Tuning In 2026.

New study finds early DTT switch-off could put radio services at risk

Radiocentre's news page now features a new study on DTT switch-off risks, Tuning In 2026 line-up additions, and an ad campaign push targeting top agencies.