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It’s not often that a brand name makes you LOL but here’s one: Kellogg’s Incogmeato. From its Morningstar farms, it’s a plant-based range (isn’t everything darling?) but a vegan pitch with a sense of humour is surely something to be ...

You & Mr Jones’ David Jones says he got there first with “better, faster, cheaper,” S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell (who clearly believes in frequency as well as coverage) puts it in all his communications. Well here’s Lee Clow of ...

This ad bu Dior with Johnny Depp (no dafter than most of its genre) has been pulled after objections from Native Americans including the two in it (who were, presumably, handsomely rewarded for their efforts.) Hard to see what the ...

Agencies chase growth even more than they chase awards, but that drive to keep proving your worth and pushing your capabilities can be a massive drain on increasingly limited resources. So much so that the IPA and ISBA have come ...

Havas has made its first significant deal in a while with the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in Buzzman, probably the best independent agency in Paris – and MAA’s International Agency of the Year in 2017. Buzzman’s clients ...

Adland doesn’t seem to be about ads these days but experience design. Maybe ‘total experience agency’ Accenture is to blame. Digitas UK has hired former GTB Europe ECD Lazaros Nikiforidis (below) as ECD, reporting to ex-Ogilvy Emma De la Fosse ...

Every big creative agency becomes something of a department store in the end: some big showcase accounts and others which pay the rent (and the profits.) The creative work usually reflects this. Droga5 in London seems to be moving finally ...

Do agencies really help the public good? When London’s Camden Council in its wisdom decided to make busy thoroughfare Tottenham Court Road two-way there were a number of accidents, some serious, as people had been used to it being one-way ...

Politics, you may have noticed wherever you are, is in a state of flux at the moment with people not knowing who to vote for or why. Burger King in France and agency Buzzman is joining the conversation (as we ...