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Marketing scores better than other industries when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion according to a new survey by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and Kantar. So that’s all right then? Not quite. Even though marketing scored an ...

I must say, I nearly choked on my breakfast beer when I read that Dell is putting Yara Shahidi, the actress and model from the ABC sitcom Black-ish in ads and other promotions to tout Dell’s new slogan, “Expand Your ...

Two Grand Prix were awarded in the advertising category of the 2021 Sharks Awards: Iconoclast and Stitch Editing both won a Grand Prix for their entries for Macmillan ‘Whatever it Takes’ while ZuluAlphaKilo won a Grand Prix for ‘Tough Turban.’ ...

John Lewis ads usually take centre stage at this time of year – much speculation about its Christmas effort, will it be Adele? – but it’s Home Insurance under the spotlight now with its recent effort accused by social media ...

The return to the office is an issue for many companies and their staff, adland not excluded. Ogilvy UK, now comfortably ensconced in the Sea Containers building overlooking the Thames – after decades of exile in horrible Canary Wharf – ...

We all know that the planet is going to hell in a handcart, it’s more a matter of how soon and what can we do about it? In the UK we have protesters glueing themselves to motorways, which seems to ...

Ikea found fame for chucking out the chintz; now Dunelm is doing the opposite, and chucking out the scandi grey. Creature London’s first campaign for the furniture retailer encourages customers to defy interiors sameness and bring some colour into the ...

Publicis has laid down a significant marker for its holding company rivals – and even fast-growing newbies like Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital – by posting third quarter (Q3) organic growth of 11.2%. The US was up 11.2%, Europe 10% ...

Ambitious London-based marketing group MSQ has made another heavyweight hiring. Former Kantar Consulting Europe CEO Bart Michels is joining as an executive director and executive chairman of MSQ’s insights and analytics consultancy Freemavens. Michels (left) worked in marketing at companies ...