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HUMOUR ME | CONTINUED ... and market-mix models that prove beyond question the added effectiveness of campaigns when outdoor is included in the schedule. Our research shows ROI increases anywhere from 20% to 38% when OOH is intelligently added to a client’s plans. It’s rather lovely when science backs up a long-standing personal prejudice. It’s my belief that these types of results will always be available to clients. Posters will never go out of fashion. Whatever technology throws up, people will always have legs and eyes. However short people’s attention spans become, there will always be a place in our hearts and minds for a well-crafted picture and six-word headline on the way to work. RIGHT The Economist campaign, turning the tops of London double-decker buses into giant 48-sheet posters. / 40