Creative

Ads ain’t wot they used to be, especially from UK agencies, is a fairly common lament – perhaps only among those of us who remember the good old days. Is there a creative renaissance though, even in these data-driven times? ...

Pepsi Max has unveiled its new Champions League epic from AMV BBDO with Raheem Sterling and Paul Pogba joining Leo Messi and Mohamed Salah (Pogba has plenty of time on his hands as he’s injured) in an extension of the ...

Daniel Craig’s last James Bond movie No Time To die is on its way and the UK’s Royal Mail is celebrating with Bond stamps featuring the various filmic 007s. Which alarms ancient foe Ernst Blofeld’s signature white fluffy cat in ...

Talon Outdoor is boosting its efforts to become the market-leading global independent Out of Home agency by opening in Frankfurt with newly-appointed MD Winfried Karst. Karst is tasked with driving business in Germany, mainland Europe, and international spend from across ...

No idea how many new agencies start each year but here’s another one – NKD World – formed by four seasoned hands, film director and creative Jonty Toosey and three former WPP colleagues Lee Williams, Max Jackson and Raj Sangra. ...

Nobody likes online paywalls very much but journalism isn’t free (to provide that is) and they’re one way of supporting it. In the nearly ten years of More About Advertising we’ve been free throughout and intend to stay that way. ...

Michael Bloomberg is up from four per cent to 19 per cent among Democratic voters and, despite getting a pasting from his rival candidates the other night, looks set to face off against Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Presidential nomination. ...

Burger King isn’t afraid to frighten the horses in its advertising but here it’s taking the risk of putting off some customers for ever. A new campaign, ‘Moldy Whopper, uses time-lapse photography to show how its preservative-free Whopper deteriorates over ...

Posters are said to be the oldest ad medium, certainly they’re proving arguably the most adaptable. Digital Out of Home is now where the money is and some advertisers are waking up to its power to communicate quickly and at ...