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Post Paralympics, brands still failing to represent disabled consumers, despite £200bn spending power

on Sep 29, 2016 | 0 comments

By Natalie Mortimer

During the summer of 2012 the British public was riding a wave of positivity around the Paralympics, which had returned to its ancestral home in the UK. The event sparked a change in perception of people with a disability and brands began to realise the opportunity of representing and including disabled people in their advertising.

The Paralympics also led to a rise in popularity of disabled sports and a year after the games the number of members of Boccia England (a disability sport that tests muscle control and accuracy) rose by 60 per cent, while wheelchair basketball saw a 25 per Read full story ›

Source: The Drum