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Sale ads are inclined to drive you nuts at this time of year – isn’t every day a sale these days? – so it’s wise of beds empire DFS and agency Krow (‘work’ backwards it seems) to place their fortunes ...

Surrounded by teachers present and past at MAA Towers so better be respectful about this one, ‘Every lesson shapes a life’ by Havas for the UK’s Department of Education. Featuring Addison Brown, a science teacher at Bedford High School in ...

By Jes Conway “Less Heat and More Light, Please…”: On Ad Agencies, Brexit and Understanding Consumers Did I miss the bulletin where MAA was taken over by The Daily Mail? I only ask because Archie Heaton’s intemperate invective on agency ...

“Where one road ends another begins” says Volkswagen in this ‘The Last Mile’ homage to the Beetle, Hitler’s famed “people’s car” that moved magically to become the favoured wheels of the hippie generation, thanks in part to some outstanding advertising ...

Whether or not you see the decade from 2010 to 2019 as good or bad (or dreadful) depends on where you’re sitting. If it’s at Facebook or Google it was good almost beyond belief as they hoovered up the lion’s ...

Over the years Ford has been rather short of iconic cars, the Ferrari-beating GT40 way back in the day and, from time to time, the Mustang. UK readers may remember the time when cops on ITV roared around in the ...

Writing in Forbes, Larry Light of brand consultancy Arcature concludes: “The focus on short-term, disposable viewership is an unfortunate byproduct of the digital age. Sustainable advertising campaigns designed to create and reinforce brand loyalty will be a thing of the ...

This ad from Google promoting its search – still the cornerstone of the ever-expanding Alphabet empire – has had a staggering 94 million YouTube views. YouTube is owned by Google, of course, so hope they haven’t been giving it a ...

Tourism Australia is wheeling out some of its big guns – Kylie Minogue leading the way – in ‘Matesong,’ the latest in M&C Saatchi Sydney’s ‘Philausophy’ (geddit) campaign. This aimed fairly and squarely at Brexit-battered Brits who need to escape ...