M&S Christmas Ad Gets Gumtree CMO All Fired Up... For Its Sheer Wastefulness
Responding to M&S’s bombastic Christmas ad, Hannah Rouch, CMO at Gumtree, wonders if marketers should step up and think just a little bit more sustainably at Christmas.
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Responding to M&S’s bombastic Christmas ad, Hannah Rouch, CMO at Gumtree, wonders if marketers should step up and think just a little bit more sustainably at Christmas.
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