PR
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US mayors launch ad campaign against illegal guns
The battle over Amercians’ seemingly inalienable right to shoot each other has taken to the airwaves with a new $12m…
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UK newspapers set to spoil politicians’ Leveson deal
Oh Frabjous Day! Callooh! Callay! they chortled in their joy! The political class seems intoxicated with having finally, excruciatingly, achieved…
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Theatre company Pants On Fire offers advertisers live ‘Ad Breaks’ in new Edinburgh Festival show
Theatre company Pants On Fire is offering advertisers live ‘Ad Breaks’ in its forthcoming production of Pinocchio at this summer’s…
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Vodafone’s decision to pull out of Formula One may be only a short-lived opportunity for its ad agencies
Vodafone is pulling out of Formula One after sponsoring the McLaren team since 2007 (and before that Ferrari). The company…
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Walkers ad says it’s using real food – whatever next?
All sorts of funny things happen in marketing and here’s another: food manufacturers actually putting real food in their products;…
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Under-fire Bud bites back with full-strength ads
We’ve got horsemeat in our burgers (and much else besides) in the UK, now American drinkers are claiming that InBev,…
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WPP in 2012 – solid but not spectacular
WPP more or less matched rivals Publicis Groupe and Havas, beat Interpublic but lagged Omnicom with growth of 2.9 per…
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Does VCCP’s BetVictor online betting campaign stretch ‘taste elasticity’ a few furlongs too far?
There must be times when a client is sitting in their ad agency meeting room having just seen creative proposals,…
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Japan’s new medium: stick-on ads and short skirts
Talking of naughtiness (or what may be construed as same – which we kind of are today) Japanese agency Absolute…
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