Agencies

What do you do with an agency that keeps winning creative awards but losing business? That’s the challenge facing Sam Hawkey, CEO of Publicis-owned Saatchi & Saatchi London who’s been annointed as the new CEO of Omnicom-owned rival AMV BBDO. ...

There are more Grand Prix than you can shake a stick at at Cannes this year: yesterdays crop was: Creative Data (still not entirely sure what this is – do they make it up?) Rothco, Dublin for Warner Music Group, ...

The Cannes Lions are already being chosen but here’s some last minute guidance for the judges from adam&eveDDB ECDs Mike Sutherland and Ant Nelson. So, what is going to be the virtual toast of Cannes this year? That’s a tough ...

Something seems to be stirring at UK retailer Boots, seemingly left to wither on the vine by owner Walgreens Boots Alliance. The pandemic has been good for pharmacies, of course, and Boots has done its bit towards the vaccination and ...

Adam&eveDDB is committing more mayhem on the UK’s billboards for client Unilever; this time it’s taken a bite out a hoarding in Leeds, sitting below a mural of Leeds football manager Marcelo Bielsa. To launch Wall’s’ new Magnum and Cornetto ...

Anomaly London group creative director LA Ronayne (left) is jury president at the Shark Awards Kinsale, now open for entries. New categories have been added to award casting, stock footage editing, fashion, Christmas and sporting campaigns. The festival runs from ...

WPP is off to a flyer in this year’s (virtual) Cannes Lions – two years of entries – with Grand Prix for Ogilvy’s already celebrated Dove ‘Courage is beautiful’ pandemic campaign in Press and Publishing and David Miami’s ‘Moldy Whopper’ ...

Pleased to see that Fallon’s produced an ad for Skoda at last – as opposed to freesyle warbling – with the launch of the Skoda Enyaq (where do they get these dreadful names from?) its electric offering. Skoda owner VW ...

Morrisons has emerged from the pandemic with a new brand platform – “Make good things happen” – as you do. From Publicis.Poke. Morrisons has had a quite a good war – continuing to fend off the depredations of Aldi and ...