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The AAR (Advertising Agency Register as was) has ranked VCCP as its top new business agency for the seventh straight year. VCCP, now affiliated to the WPP empire, won 21 pieces of business from all sources in 2017 including Britvic, ...

UK retailers and agencies do family-centric “dramas” in their advertising, the French are a little more adventurous. Here’s Rosapark for Monoprix, hymning the benefits of hands-free delivered shopping, via “the worst song in the world.” Very good but… Are you ...

Joint London taps heavily into the vogue for “authenticity” with an ad for Kettle Chips that celebrates the joy of “real” things: baby’s cheeks, vinyl records, photos, books, arguing over maps, and plenty of kissing. The “real” extends to the ...

Adam&eveDDB’s #TrollingIsUgly campaign provides a graphic demonstration of the potential effects of cyber bullying. Body positive campaigner and social media influencer Chessie King stripped down to her underwear, put up a video on Instagram, and let the trolls do the ...

Another day, another epic commercial from a financial services company that avoids talking about what it actually does. This one for Australian bank Westpac celebrates moments in history when Aussies got together to help each other out. It recreates the ...

They do say that a picture is worth a thousand words and it’s certainly the case in this one of WPP’s currently embattled Sir Martin Sorrell – in best Darth Vader mode – taken by Simon Dawson for Bloomberg. Simon ...

The recent finding that revenue from digital screens now account for more than half of the value of Out of Home advertising confirms what people in the industry have felt for a while – digital is quickly transforming the medium. ...

Believe it or not, it’s spring in the UK although you wouldn’t know it as you peer through the chilly gloom. RB agency Havas London is reminding us though in this ingenious small number (ads so seem to be getting ...

Those tectonic plates in adland are indeed shifting and conclusive evidence is that The&Partnership’s Johnny Hornby won’t be partying at Cannes on a yacht this year. Many of those who’ve enjoyed JH’s hospitality in the past are still mopping their ...