About this season
2018
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 2 May 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
Aired 9 May 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
Aired 16 May 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
Aired 23 May 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
Aired 30 May 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
Aired 6 June 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
Aired 13 June 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
Aired 20 June 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
Aired 27 June 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.
10. Episode 10
Aired 4 July 2018
On the final Gruen for 2018, the supermarket bag ban - was it a big PR win or a spectacular fail? Unpacking ASMR - an online trend with big brands riding on its coattails. Plus a Pitch to persuade us to abandon banks forever.