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Uncommon’s campaign for Habito has been running for nearly two and a half years, and the distinctive visuals now make it instantly recognisable. The message of this ad is instantly understandable, too, which hasn’t always been the case: Habito’s fixed-for-life ...

Publicis Groupe continued its return to growth in Q1 2021 at 2.8% across the board, driven by strong performances in the US from data businesses Sapient (up 11.2% there) and Epsilon (+4.7%.) The US in total was up for the ...

Something is stirring at Havas in London, to general surprise it’s up against French rival Publicis for the substantial, if tricky, Asda account – recently departed from AMV BBDO. It’s also grouped some of Havas Media Group’s offerings into Havas ...

Innovation units are agencies’ latest way to guard against the consultancies who are encroaching on their territory, and Anomaly is joining the likes of Mother’s Other and Engine’s Growth Studio by launching a “transformation practice” in Europe. Lachlan Williams, who ...

The vaccine rollout and promises of lockdown lifting encouraged marketers to continue easing up on their cost-cutting in the first quarter of the year. Respondents to the IPA’s Bellwether survey are reducing budgets by just 11.5 per cent this quarter, ...

We may be doing well with Covid vaccines in the UK (although PM Boris Johnson is currently telling us it’s the lockdown that has reduced infections – what’s he on?) but the powers-that-be aren’t letting go yet. Now they’re inviting ...

Procter & Gamble is plugging h&s shampoo (Head & Shoulders) for men in Japan with this intriguing and, from time to time, foxing animated effort from Forsman & Bodenfors. So we have a bunch of yakuza chasing our hero around ...

Not sure about the politics of this one, but it makes a change and it’s for a good cause. Jockey underpants in New Zealand are texting registered customers with regular reminders (“Remundies”) to check for signs of testicular cancer, and ...

This campaign for KFC from Havas Paris shows a funky Colonel Sanders making crispy chicken in his kitchen back in 1952, and then stepping into 2021 to deliver the bucket of chicken to a young couple pulling into a drive ...