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Vincent Kompany of Manchester City fame is back off to Anderlecht, where he started his career, as player-manager. Good luck to the estimable Kompany but he may find the dual role a touch taxing, as other famous names have before ...

More Gallic flair, this time from the BETC Paris ingenuity factory for Lacoste. “Crocodile Inside” is the somewhat gnomic title. Don’t try this in what’s left of your home. Should engage a jury somewhere or other. Advertising that speaks for ...

Apple has been annointed Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year for the first time. Cannes Lions MD Simon Cook says: “The company’s marketing and communications consistently showcases creative excellence. Apple Inc. has created a culture that drives marketing strategies ...

Emma de la Fosse is chief creative officer of Digitas UK My tips for Cannes can be divided into two parts. We’ll continue to see a continuation of the trend towards brands taking a stance on moral or political issues ...

Tenthavenue, the WPP Out of Home and experiential holding company based in New York, has gone in CEO Mark Read’s ongoing reorganisation of Sir Martin Sorrell’s rambling WPP empire. Tenth Avenue was headed by Rupert Day, then a rising star ...

Matthieu Elkaim is CCO of Ogilvy Paris. Top Tips for Cannes Skittles – Broadway the Rainbow Skittles is impressive by its consistency through time. The brand constantly reinvents itself and challenges the conventions. This kind of brand gives value to ...

Advertising seems to be a lot more fun in France than elsewhere, notably the dear old UK. Monoprix is promoting its fast check out service (via an app inevitably) so agency Rosapark is harking back to “Humankind’s first queue” (jumper.) ...

US creative high flyer Liz Taylor is the new CCO of Leo Burnett Worldwide (based in Chicago) and, just as significantly, US creative lead of owner Publicis Communications. Publicis Communications’ global CCO is Nick Law who joined a couple of ...

Everybody thinks the biggest advertising event of the year is the Super Bowl. With 98.2 million people tuning in, 30 second ad space sold for $5.25m. What could possibly top this? One word – Eurovision. Although historically regarded as a ...