Creative

This looks like a pretty high-powered kitchen table lockdown start-up. Pura “eco-friendly” baby wipes. Founders Guy and Abi Fennell have been joined by CMO Amanda Richards who’s held lots of senior roles at Unilever and Philips Health and an extensive ...

Tennis in the UK has been marooned in its middle class image for decades despite numerous attempts to escape it and now The&Partnership has been enlisted by the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) to try to break the mould. Not easy ...

The North Face has joined some smaller brands in boycotting Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram in July as part of a campaign orchestrated by anti-extremist group #StopHateForProfit. In its wake outdoor equipment retailer REI said it will also join the boycott, ...

Brands may be wishing they’d never discovered “purpose” – because purpose can come back and bite you. Facebook is currently copping it from, among others, #StopHateForProfit which is calling for a July boycott from advertisers in protest at its alleged ...

Dentsu Aegis Network has followed Interpublic by revealing (although it probably didn’t intend to do so publicly) its US racial mix and it makes pretty depressing reading. Black employees made up just 1.8% of executives, 2.5% of management and 6.9% ...

What do you miss most in lockdown? For lots of people it’s McDonald’s, judging by the enormous drive-in queues in the UK. Restaurants and cafes are reopening in France so DDB is celebrating the occasion in suitably faux-epic style. More ...

Engine’s “Get Money Calm” campaign gets better every time. In this fourth instalment, an enormous bull shows us how to keep cool in challenging times. A china shop, a chaotic kids’ party, a storm at sea or an asteroid crashing ...

BBH looks to have completed its new management line-up in London with the elevation of Karen Martin (below) to CEO from managing director and Simon Gregory and Will Lion to joint CSOs. Polly McMorrow has been promoted to MD. They ...

Football’s back with us in the UK, albeit behind closed doors. Saw some of Manchester City and Arsenal last night and it was OK, the “fake” crowd noise didn’t intrude and there seemed to be fewer fouls and other interruptions ...