advertising
-
Advertisers
David Abbott – an appreciation
David Abbott, one of the founders of Abbott Mead Vickers (now AMV/BBDO) has died aged 75. A brilliant writer (in…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Can BMW’s new i8 transform image of electric cars?
Here’s another car ad ‘running footage’ as my friend Jerry Judge of Fearless Group calls it – roaring through the…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Martin Pugh of Adpoints: why mobile isn’t the complete answer to ad avoidance
When the first ever advert hit our TV screens in September 1955, it was a momentous occasion that changed the…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Sky Bets £17m ad account on Mcgarrybowen
Mcgarrybowen in the UK has made an important step forward by winning the Sky Bet account in a three-way pitch.…
Read More » -
Agencies
More Mad Men…the way to a creative director’s heart
You couldn’t make it up really. Is this what agency life on Mad. Ave. was like in the 1960’s? Still…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Dixons/Carphone £3.7bn merger means changes ahead
Mergers of equals are rather out of fashion at the moment following the Omnicom/Publicis fiasco but that hasn’t stopped Dixons…
Read More » -
Advertisers
De Groose takes new top job at Dentsu/Aegis UK
Dentsu/Aegis is on a roll (it recently won Microsoft’s $2bn media business) and the Aegis bit (bought by Dentsu for…
Read More » -
Advertisers
Joe Pytka wins top Cannes gong, Newman’s Own for Earned, planner Sadler wins for charity with Aurelio
***Legendary director Joe Pytka (left) is to be the fourth person to receive the “Lion of St Mark’ award, the…
Read More » -
Advertisers
BETC Paris makes D-I-Y cool with ‘selfies’ ad
Most D-I-Y ads are pretty dire (D-I-Y itself is pretty dire methinks, although others obviously differ). But this effort from…
Read More »