Omnicom grew strongly in the first quarter of 2022 with organic growth up 11.9%, ahead of rival Publicis with 10.5%. But operating profits were hammered by the war in Ukraine, falling 24.5% to $112.4m with net revenue down 0.5% to ...
Read More »Publicis Groupe’s Le Truc collective hires more big hitters
A year into its launch, Publicis Groupe’s Le Truc – the New York based collective of 600 creatives, strategists and producers – is staffing up with three new senior hires who will be part of the permanent line-up, including Marcos Kotlhar, ...
Read More »Engine returns for Old Speckled Hen’s trusty fox
It’s always good to see a brand and ad campaign with staying power And Greene King’s Old Speckled Hen certainly qualifies, having been around since at least 1994. OSH has done well to fend off the wave of new, often ...
Read More »Switzerland gets better of Anne Hathaway in new tourism ad
This has been panned in some quarters, Roger Federer and Anne Hathaway finding themselves on video’s version of the cutting room floor for Switzerland Tourism. Follows a similar-ish effort with Federer and Robert De Niro. From agency Wirz. Actually it’s ...
Read More »Macmillan Cancer Support and AMV BBDO make another positive contribution
Macmillan Cancer Support and agency AMV BBDO have won lots of plaudits (and awards) for recent campaigns and here’s a mew instalment of ‘Whatever it Takes.’ Saying that no question is to big or small to get help – something ...
Read More »Havas boosts Studios operation with Sanderson hire
Havas is beefing up its Havas Studios operation with the appointment of industry vet James Sanderson as its first global COO. Havas currently has production studios in London, Prague, New York, Chicago and Paris and what it describes as a ...
Read More »Can Virgin Atlantic put people first in an industry that clearly doesn’t?
Who’d be an ad agency? You spend all that time and money pitching for a prestige account, eventually (as in this case) the product is finally up in the air but the problems airlines and airports are having make the ...
Read More »Ikea and Mother get lively with ‘Let Play Unwind Your Mind’
Ikea’s take on wellbeing handily involves messing around with items available in-store. Ping pong, hopscotch and kitchen discos are the new stress-relievers in this latest instalment of Mother’s “Wonderful Everyday” campaign, which promotes play as the best antidote to modern ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: Gorillas from The Or
Thin pickings this week (a short one admittedly.) Not actually sure we like this one that much – delivery service Gorillas by Mother offshoot The Or – but at least it’s trying to differentiate Gorillas from all the others by ...
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