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Last October trade body the Outdoor Media Centre appointed former Havas Media UK boss Mark Craze (left) to carry out a ‘strategic review’ following the departure of CEO Mike Baker. Craze has mulled things over and the main consequence is ...

Wieden+Kennedy is famous for its Super Bowl blockbusters – in recent years Chrysler’s ‘Imported From Detroit’ campaign – and it’s been signed up by Coca-Cola for what both parties clearly hope and expect will be another biggie. Coke is running ...

Reality cum social media star Kim Kardashian (28m Twitter followers) has supplanted Beyonce, not just as Rear of the Year but Rear of the Decade. So it’s quite a coup for T-Mobile and agency Publicis Seattle to sign her up ...

Internet service company Tencent (left) has become the most valuable Chinese brand for the first time, according to WPP research company Millward Brown’s latest Brandz survey of the country. Newly-listed online retailer Alibaba entering the rankings at No.2. Both brands ...

There are some strange doings at M&C Saatchi. Last year the agency, now well-establshed in London and the proud owner of an international network as well as a stock market quote, bought digital agency Lean Mean Fighting Machine for an ...

There’s always some event/anniversary to capture the attention of the marketing world these days and lingerie uber-retailer Victoria’s Secret is reminding us online that February 14, Valentine’s Day, is almost upon us. It also ties in rather neatly with the ...

Here’s a touching online tale from VCCP Spain for the forthcoming Madrid Fusion 2015 ‘International Gastronomy Summit’ which begins on February 2. It features one WilliaM (think there’s a joke there), a man with two mouths and the attendant problems ...

Thanks to my eagle-eyed friend George Parker for this – George’s devotion to the Adscam cause knows no bounds. Agency 72andSunny is determined to make an impact at the Super Bowl for burger client Carl’s Jnr so it’s enlisted the ...

Contagious London has been plugging away for Kingsmill for quite a while now, via an old-fashioned family, the kind of people you used to see in ads all the time. Now daughter’s gone to university but mum’s no longer around. ...

Nielsen will be finalising its 2014 ad agency figures, to be published in Campaign soon, but here’s a sneak peak at the raw numbers. Of the £9.3bn in ad spend registered, £2bn hasn’t been allocated yet, £1.5bn was direct (all ...