Episodes
1. Episode 1
May 2, 2018
How are the big banks selling themselves during the royal commission? Will Coke No Sugar reverse sliding soft drink sales? Ads that murder our favourite songs, and a Pitch to make Australia the USA's 51st State.
2. Episode 2
May 9, 2018
Wil Anderson, Russel Howcroft and Todd Sampson analyse Facebook's new ad campaign, a company in crisis and the evolution of Brand Zuckerberg. Plus selling Australia to the USA and a pitch to shut down the internet.
3. Episode 3
May 16, 2018
Gruen looks at the changing face of pharmacies - how the humble chemist became a $16 billion industry? Why are so many celebrities flogging fragrances? A Pitch to boycott the Royal Wedding; David Warner's redemption tour.
4. Episode 4
May 23, 2018
The race to trace your saliva - the booming business of DNA testing. Selling gossip magazines in the aftermath of the Royal Wedding and Rebel Wilson. Plus, a Pitch for a compulsory parental payback scheme.
5. Episode 5
May 30, 2018
This week on Gruen, we pull back the covers on mattresses and find out how sleep is being sold and disrupted. A confronting animal rights campaign. Plus a Pitch to reposition the art of cheating.
6. Episode 6
June 6, 2018
How do you sell something a quarter of a million Australians have ditched in the past year: health insurance. An IKEA ad that's almost as baffling as its store layouts and a Pitch to save the humble bee. Joining Wil, Todd and Russel are Dee Madigan and Lauren Fried.
7. Episode 7
June 13, 2018
How the big hair loss brands target male insecurities. Amazon Australia, eBay and the online shopping wars. Plus a Pitch to pay teachers as much as politicians. Joining Wil, Todd & Russel are Camey O'Keefe and Emily Taylor.
8. Episode 8
June 20, 2018
Eating in and the new way to take-out, we dish up on how Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Menulog and Foodora are changing food delivery; Raising awareness for a cancer no one talks about; a Pitch to take the World Cup across the ditch.
9. Episode 9
June 27, 2018
How confectionery is marketing itself without any TV ads; the flood of End of Financial Year Sales - do they work or do consumers have discount fatigue? Plus a Pitch to convince Millennials to move where the grass is greener.
