Agencies

It wasn’t that long ago that the Tory government took an axe to ad spending, scrapping the old Central Office of Information and moving it to the Cabinet Office (a mysterious entity that seems to be a sort of Whitehall ...

Customer experience (CX/CRM, the two are more or less interchangeable)) has become the favourite refuge of scoundrels across the marketing spectrum. Companies across the board promise improvements which, aided by a battery of consultants and other snake oil merchants, make ...

Curtice Brothers ketchup is a new one on us (apparently it’s been around in some form since 1869) and Ogilvy Berlin is giving the product a stiff test by selecting bum restaurants (according to Trip Advisor) and seeing what happens ...

It’s World Down Syndrome Day (it’s always one day or another but this seems more worthwhile) and charity CoorDown is marking it with a campaign from New York agency SMALL to promote the right of people with Down Syndrome to ...

Publicis Media is on a roll, winning most of giant brewer AB InBev’s $5bn global business plus French luxury goods firm LVMH in the UK and France (it previously handled most other markets.) Dentsu keeps AB inBev in some markets. ...

VCCP’s easter campaign for Cadbury lets you hide a three foot virtual egg anywhere in the world and then create a personalised clue to help someone find it. You can then choose to have eggs delivered in real life, thanks ...

Few brands have inspired as much hate as Hermes, the parcel delivery firm known only for poor customer service and consistent parcel mishandling. VCCP has bravely taken on the task of persuading us that the relaunched Hermes – now called ...

Not entirely sure if this is good or not – but it’s certainly different. Transmissio is a French inheritance planning online service that helps you pass your money on. That important thing lots of people never get around to because ...

We did this ages ago for London creative agencies in 1968 – the neolithic period in adverts – so let’s look at 2003. Not that long ago really. Here’s the top 20 Campaign/Nielsen UK creative agencies (21 is interesting.) TOP ...