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This three-minute Christmas epic is good enough to keep you watching, and has a couple of rewarding twists at the end. Although just when you think it’s taken a tragi-comic turn, Apple dials up the soppiness to a new level. ...

An eerie silence seems to have descended on adland: we’ve had loads of Christmas/holiday ads – some good – but even these, in hindsight, seem mired in a post-Covid gloom. Lots of big media reviews too but these are now ...

Marks & Spencer seems to be turning things around – clothing is starting to sell and food continues to grow. Now the retailer is looking to boost its M&S Home division, and has appointed creative tech production agency Happy Finish ...

A few years back we had Mrs Claus making a memorable appearance in Y&R’s last ad for Marks & Spencer, now Norwegian postal service Posten has unveiled another side to the old boy’s private life in ‘When Harry Met Santa,’ ...

Another day, another massive media review. This time it’s Volkswagen Group whose brands include VW itself, Audi, Skoda and Seat. VW’s contract with Omnicom’s PHD (hired in 2016) expires at the end of 2023 so this looks set to be ...

If you’re looking for baubles and bling in your Christmas ads, Louis Vuitton — with help from director Roman Coppola — will not disappoint. Featuring French model and actress Stacy Martin and set to Candi Staton’s timeless tune, Young Hearts ...

Ad platform TPS Engage says it’s the first company to introduce crypto-currencies into media buying. It will now trade programmatic digital out of Home (DOOH) with Bitcoin and eGold. TPS says its ad platform will allow any advertiser (subject to ...

From a UK base it’s easy to obsess about the fortunes of the big holding companies with their big British operations and overlook some of the other contenders: German-based Serviceplan with a large and growing international network but, so far, ...

Many Christmas/holiday ads this year have had an air of siege about them: our old (and renascent in some parts of the world) party pooper Covid is the context for many, which seems to have led to a glut of ...