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Once it was the future. Now, apparently, crowdsourcing has had its day. Havas has shut down its Colorado-based crowdsourcing agency Victors & Spoils, which it bought in 2012 under the leadership of then-CEO, David Jones. At the time of the ...

Dentsu Inc has reported strong results for 2018 so far, with organic revenue growth of 4.5 per cent across the first half of the year and 4.9 per cent in the second quarter. The Japan-based holding company’s numbers are boosted ...

Mars, which had previously cut and sliced its media across the world, has consolidated everything into WPP’s MediaCom, the biggest win so far for the new regime headed by Mark Read at WPP. Mars is reported to spend $1.8bn (£1.4bn) ...

Smart cities have long been a concept reserved for sci-fi films, but with recent technological advancements, they’re quickly becoming a reality. Media owners have begun to make city-wide audiences available and more addressable using smart city technology in less intrusive ...

It might seem like Ikea and its products are everywhere, but until today, India has had to manage without Swedish flatpack furniture. The concept is so new, in fact, that Ikea has hired an in-house team to assemble furniture for ...

Simon Dent is the founder of Dark Horses, the sports marketing agency backed by UK creative agency Lucky Generals. Dark Horses’ clients include Nissan, Wiggle, Just Eat, Peloton and Southampton FC. With the Premiership starting tomorrow (August 10) chief coaching ...

Funny or not? California fast food chain Jack in the Box is plugging its teriyaki bowls with Jack himself inviting female staff to “feel his bowls.” A straight red card in the #MeToo era surely? Things pick up when the ...

AMV BBDO is back with the latest in its series for Tena Men incontinence kit, featuring one Stirling Gravitas, a Trump-like figure in his all-encompassing self knowledge. When this started a few years ago maybe it was trying a bit ...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned ads by KFC and Kellogg’s for targeting children with products that are high in fat, salt and sugar. A commercial for Coco Pops Granola featuring a cartoon monkey and a hyena getting excited by ...