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It’s going to take a lot more than a good ad campaign to turn around this retailer’s fortunes, but Mother is certainly doing its bit for Debenhams with a spirited series of ads that celebrates the triumphant feeling you get ...

It’s everyone’s dream, the bottomless Christmas stocking. You never get to the tangerine at the end because the presents don’t ever stop coming. TK Maxx is making that dream come true – for a year at least – by placing ...

Last year Tesco did its best to be inclusive with its Christmas campaign and was threatened with boycotts because it featured a Muslim family. The Twitter idiots did not break the retailer’s resolve, however, and this year BBH has again ...

Cilla Snowball – who’s been synonymous with AMV BBDO’s success in the UK and is a Dame Commander of the British Empire, no less – is stepping down as Group CEO and chairman of the UK’s largest ad agency after ...

Much kerfuffle about a memo from WPP financial controller David Barker imposing a hiring freeze on the embattled group’s agencies, hardly a surprise as WPP as battling falling sales and revenues. Apparently WPP was planning to hire about 2,000 people ...

Enterprising agency Zulu Alpha Kilo likes to poke fun at the idiocies of the ad business and this time it’s the “World’s Worst RFP” (request for proposal), won by a giant data-driven consultancy. Which is what some big agencies want ...

The John Lewis Christmas ad from adam&eveDDB is due to land any day now – reportedly featuring Elton John warbling Your Song – and London’s Evening Standard thinks it has a clip from it here, revealed on Twitter. Before you ...

Here’s Amazon’s ‘Holidays’ ad from Lucky Generals, showing, er, lots of Amazon deliveries to the customary Christmas feel good backdrop. And that’s it. Given some of Amazon’s excellent recent efforts it’s a disappointment. A bit like AMV BBDO’s recent debut ...

Samsonite is celebrating ten years of its Cosmolite lightweight range with an enigmatic film ‘Lost and Found’ from Hanzo Films in Dubai and director Ali Kurr. The posh suitcase finds itself in unlikely hands – somewhat down on their luck ...