“It was horrendous. Embarrassing for all of us. Like a punch in the face. Shame on us.” Two brave souls from JWT London got up on stage at the Creative Equals conference to share the humiliation of having the worst ...

The Advertising Standards Authority can’t be accused of a knee-jerk response to the problem of gender stereotypes in ads. Last July it highlighted the issue in the “Depictions, Perceptions and Harm” report, and now, ten months later, it is launching ...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is proposing a ban on advertising for all products that are high in fat, salt and sugar from London’s transport network. Khan argues that the obesity crisis in the UK warrants such drastic measures. Coca-Cola and ...

Sushishop claims to be Europe’s biggest sushi delivery company, but that’s no excuse for what follows. It’s a collision of quirky French advertising and Japanese reality TV culture, and it’s not for the fainthearted. In the first ad, two contestants ...

Anomaly won Freeview a couple of years ago from Leo Burnett, and its first work for the brand was an ambitious project creating hundreds of short films that referenced the shows or news events of the day. Now that subscription ...

James Murphy hinted that adam&eveDDB could open in China during an Advertising Association breakfast last week. The founding partner described China as “tantalizing,” and suggested that a partnership with a local agency would be the best way in, partly due ...

A WPP trading update without Martin Sorrell at the helm will take some getting used to, but interim co-COO Mark Read managed to step elegantly into his former boss’s shoes without dancing on his grave. The secrecy around Sorrell’s departure ...

We can imagine the euphoria that swept over AMV BBDO on Friday when they won Asda from Saatchi & Saatchi. The picture above, Tweeted by AMV on Friday with the caption, “Let the celebrations begin,” shows just how ecstatic the ...

One of D&AD’s top honours – the Black Pencil – went to Saatchi & Saatchi New York’s Super Bowl spot, “It’s a Tide ad.” D&AD lists the entrant company as Saatchi & Saatchi New York, which makes you wonder what ...