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It’s enough to provoke another revolt in the Scottish highlands but Ballantine’s is launching Ballantine’s Light, half-strength whisky. So agency CPB (is it still Crispin Porter + Bogusky? Keeps changing) has produced a neat campaign (three below) of “half an ...

London, or at least London people, seem to be becoming a powerhouse of French-own ad group Havas. Havas Creative global CEO Chris Hirst is installed in Havas’ Kings Cross London ‘village,’ and now UK strategy head Mark Sinnock has been ...

This could be a fun ad war on the way: Apple is plugging its new privacy stance with a TBWA campaign inviting inquisitive others – Facebook anyone? – to “mind their own business.” iPhone users now have to opt in ...

The great pandemic move to digital has hit a real-life brick wall, according to a new study from Deloitte Digital, which found that almost half of British consumers prefer to shop on their local high street and 33 per cent ...

Noticed the other day that it was National Bee Day somewhere or other. Are we running out of days? It’s seemingly Masturbation Month in the US and elsewhere – which sounds a bit more more fun, certainly less hazardous – ...

It’s amazing what powerful catchy music and plenty of TV airtime does: this ad from LinkedIn and agency VCCP is all over the place now – and not a resting CEO in Weybridge in sight. Social media owners get old-style ...

Cookies are on the way out and a new form of data collection is coming to replace third-party data. Recognising consumers concerns about data privacy, but also their simultaneous desire for personalisation, is essential for digital marketing. Zero-party data can ...

Sharon White’s new John Lewis is coming back from lockdown with a new Anyday range, “John Lewis quality and style at everyday prices,” quite a radical departure. Impact is clearly the intention (at times JL ads have been a touch ...

Cannes is back in June – sort of, still virtual alas – with lions in their cages for pandemic-ravaged 2020 as well as 2021. Microsoft has already been awarded its Creative Marketer of the Year, deservedly no doubt although there ...