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Last week we had BBH in London hymning Heinz’s 150th birthday, this time it’s Rethink in Canada. Not bad but too de trop. BBH’s ‘Clean Plates’ was a better idea. MAA creative scale: 5.

Heimat’s ads for DIY retailer Hornbach are always challenging, especially if your German’s somewhat challenged. This one – ‘Morning belongs to us’ – seems to be some Easter-style spiritual experience, brought down to earth with a bump. Something for B&Q ...

Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun has rebutted an analyst’s suggestion that Epsolon – the data company for which he just paid $4.4 billion – was not a particularly coveted prize. During a presentation to analysts, Sadoun was asked why — ...

If advertising isn ‘t working you may as well try something else. At the same time as it’s announced a disappointing first quarter of 2019 – with organic growth down (again) by 1.6 per cent – Publicis (below) has confirmed ...

An Hour of Advertising…four things I learned from Dan Cullen-Shute At the start of the month, I launched ‘An Hour of Advertising’. It’s a series of long-read interviews designed to learn from some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. ...

Nivea is a global client for Interpublic Group’s FCB, but this new ad from the London office features a very British take on the whole sunscreen issue. Brits are prone to think that sunscreen is just for holidays abroad, so ...

Mother has unveiled its first work for Sky since winning the business in 2018, and it’s looking like the client will continue to be the big spender that it always was at Engine (formerly WCRS). This new ad does a ...

A French company selling refurbished smart phones is going to have to make a lot of noise to get noticed in the US, so BETC enlisted influencers including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Ed Sheeran, 50 Cent, Emma Watson and most ...

It’s the last series of broadcasting phenomenon Game of Thrones (in case you hadn’t noticed). In Australia Foxtel and agency DDB Sydney are commemorating this sad event with, appropriately enough, a cemetery – 2000 square metres-worth to house all those ...