Adbrands Daily Update 25th Feb 2019: Apple will team up with Goldman Sachs to launch a new credit card and consumer finance service, uniting two of the most prestigious names in US tech and banking. It

Dell remains 3rd, while Apple showed the weakest year-on-year growth (of just 0.1%) in 4th place. Acer rounded out the top five, with Asus ranked 6th globally. The top six companies alone account for

Cannes Lions named Apple as Creative Marketer of the Year for this year's Festival, kicking off in a few weeks. (It's actually slightly surprising that the company hasn't previously been honoured). The

Apple's revenues fell for the second consecutive quarter, and profits dropped by 27%, following another decline in sales of iPhone. It's the first time since the product was launched almost a decade ago

Their presence in Zambezi's new ad for Apple-owned Beats By Dre feels entirely appropriate (in a way it doesn't in the case of Lincoln or Sprite or Chase or whatever) and the ad itself is simply phenomenal,

each, among them international brands including Apple, Nike and Lancome. There were concerns nonetheless: this year's 27% increase is actually the lowest year-on-year lift since the event began a decade

especially investment analysts. Apple reported another spectacular quarter to September, the last of its financial year. A 20% lift in that period took total sales for the year to a whopping $265.6bn,

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global marketing director and recruited the former Apple and Ford marketer Musa Tariq as head of marketing & experiences. The position of CMO remains empty following the departure of Jonathan Mildenhall

decline at 5th-ranked Apple and 11% among all other smaller manufacturers. Lenovo, though, saw a near-6% increase in shipments (as did #3 Dell), while HP was more or less flat. Acer in 4th place was up