Agencies

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is back with a new campaign from House 337, abandoning its usual high fashion territory for a faux kids’ film – ‘Red River Farm’ – with comedian and actress Jessie Cave. The ...

Clive Humby’s declaration back in 2006 that ‘Data is the new oil’ is, at this point, almost the mantra of the modern marketer. And while many marketers may fantasise about the days of making decisions on intuition alone, the truth ...

Travellers on the London Underground are bombarded by British Transport Police’s ‘See it. Say it. Sort it’ announcements about abandoned packages every 15 minutes or so. This incredibly annoying message is made worse as they turn the volume up even ...

WPP has bought The Goat Agency, a 150-strong influencer operator. Goat will join GroupM, WPP’s media agency group and merge with its influencer marketer INCA to create what it calls the “first truly global influencer marketing agency” which will have ...

Iggy Pop is now a familiar face in advertising, but this is his most bizarre foray yet into the commercials world. Who would have thought he’d be advertising kitchen sinks? Yet here he is fronting an ad for German brand ...

To launch its premium pasta range, Barilla has got together with Disney and double-Michelin starred chef Davide Oldani. The ad recreates a famous scene from Disney’s 1955 animated classic, Lady & The Tramp, reinforcing a message about quality time with ...

With Icelandair you can have have a one to seven day transatlantic stopover at no extra charge (presumably you need to pay for a hotel), an appealing notion for some and the subject of a new campaign from Pablo. Trouble ...

Desert Island Ads I was going to theme all of my selections here around sugary baked goods, ice cream brands and mousse manufacturers. Then just in the nick of time I realised it was ‘desert island ads’ not ‘dessert island ...

John Lewis has shortlisted three agencies – Saatchi & Saatchi, Wonderhood Studios and an as yet unnamed team from WPP – for its account formerly with adam&eveDDB. At A&E John Lewis was arguably the country’s most famous ad account, despite ...