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For an industry that depends on fresh perspectives, diverse creative directions and essentially different life experiences, advertising has been poor in implementing disabled people into production crews and teams. A recent study by the Advertising Association found that 9% of ...

Former Wieden+Kennedy president and global CCO Colleen DeCourcy is this year’s Cannes Lions’ Lion of St Mark, its lifetime achievement award. DeCourcy is the second woman to be recognised following Mary Wells Lawrence last year. The Lion of St Mark ...

Sanctions against Russia are a thorny moral issue, which PepsiCo and Unilever are navigating by continuing their supplies of basic goods that “ordinary” Russians need every day, while cutting their big brand presence. PepsiCo has dairy farms in Russia and ...

Barclaycard business is trying to persuade SMEs that its services aren’t just about payments (with a commission to Barclacard presumably – except they don’t mention that) but a way of helping businesses manage their stock, improve cash flow, develop relationships ...

WPP announced it was closing (maybe pausing is a better word) its operations in Russia late last week and we expected the other big ad holding groups to follow suit. So far WPP hasn’t been killed in the rush. No ...

Oh for a good, 30-second, live action ad with real people in a realistic context – with a dose of gentle humour. They may be a vanishing breed among the tech savvy, data-sodden denizens of adland these days but Specsavers’ ...

Femtech brand Elvie continues to blaze a trail for women with a new global campaign by Mother celebrating “smart tech for smart bodies” and launched, appropriately enough, on International Women’s Day. Joyfully showcasing the range of products, from breast pumps ...

Atlas, Talon’s DSP, proves programmatic OOH delivers stronger payback on purchase intent compared to digital channels Traditionally, Out of Home (OOH) has been considered a valuable channel for driving metrics such as impact and awareness. But now Talon’s latest research ...

Share prices all over the world are tumbling are investors weigh the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but ITV’s recent calamitous drop seems all of its own making. Despite producing stellar 2021 results last week – Total revenue up ...