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We Are Social and media intelligence operation Meltwater have published Digital 2023, their latest report on social media and digital trends worldwide. As ever with these research offerings (and this is a biggie, 465 pages in all) it’s a combo ...

Kevin Bacon was once a rather fine, edgy Hollywood actor but for years now he’s been regaling us for EEC, courtesy of Saatchi and Saatchi. Offering seemingly little more than a trademark drawl and an irritating persona although there must ...

Adam&eveDDB has produced more than its fair share of in-game pyrotechnics for PlayStation but this time it’s departing from that spectacular norm with a faux news channel showing PS 5 games in “real” contexts. Apparently PS5 consoles, which have been ...

Wonderhood Studios have been moving in exalted circles: last year, HRH the Princess of Wales became a client when the agency won a pitch for her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Learning. A few visits to Kensington Palace and Windsor ...

There seems to be fairly major deck-clearing exercise underway at IPG-owned McCann, with McCann Worldgroup global president and chief creative officer Alex Lopez, a former Nike marketer, leaving hard on the heels of McCann global chairman and CEO Chris McDonald. ...

One of the trickier assignments for any agency this year is the one that faces VCCP for Thames Water, the largely unloved UK water supplier that’s more famous for its leaks, untreated sewage and predilection for digging up the same ...

Here’s a Valentine’s-themed campaign that replaces sentimentality with a bit of fun and some cold hard cash. Walkers is giving away £100,000 to whoever finds the best heart-shaped crisp between now and 12th February. VCCP’s “Love From Walkers” competition is ...

Fashion brands love to be provocative, and perhaps Burberry has had enough of creating beautiful, award-winning ads like last year’s “Open spaces” which everyone agreed was stunning, including the Cannes Lions judges. For Valentine’s Day, the British fashion brand is ...

We keep reading that the rich are getting richer while the rest of us, um, are not. France’s LVMH is now Europe’s biggest company by value it seems. Swiss rival Richemont owns Cartier and it’s promoting its ‘Tank’ watch (north ...