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In-house advertising is a trend in 2020 as advertisers try to save money by cutting budgets and agencies. Usually the efforts are more modest but some in-house advertisers have spent heavily over the years, notably website firm Wix in the ...

Recent events have been manna from heaven for the Daily Mail (aside from the evaporation of ad revenue): a vigorous response to the Covid crisis which gave birth to its Mail Force PPE charity, Harry and Meghan (she’s suing the ...

M&C Saatchi is making its debut for Promote Iceland, aiming at people going screaming mad in lockdown who might be inclined to ‘let it all out’ in roomy Iceland. As a precursor they can post their screams to Iceland via ...

After a pitch that lasted a year, Dentsu Aegis Network has been appointed to work with Italian insurance Generali giant across creative, media, data and technology. A new campaign promoting Generali’s “red blooded humanity” provides a distinctly Italian take on ...

Everybody expected the economic data in Covid-19 to be bad but it’s still a shock when you discover quite how bad. The Uk’s OFfice of National Statistics (ONS) says UK gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 19.1% in the three ...

It’s a rare press release that starts with “we are reluctant and miserable to announce,” but Thinkbox has done just that with a statement about Tess Alps departure from the TV marketing body. Alps was the founding CEO of Thinkbox ...

This film is a comprehensive overview of every work-from-home scenario going. It could only have been made after months of social distancing — pretty much everyone in it seems to be slowly unravelling. A mismatched team of colleagues, who we ...

There are still some creative mavens around in adland (maybe a few less by the end of the crisis – holding companies are getting rid of pricey people) and some teamed up to assist the Advertising and Design Club of ...

It’s a funny old world when the politicos are sustaining advertising. Of all the communications we’ve seen on either side of the Atlantic (and there are other places besides, obviously) the Lincoln Project’s howitzers aimed at Donald Trump are the ...