You expect something special from Michel Gondry and Goodby Silverstein, teaming up for HP’s latest brave effort to persuade us all to use printers more. In this instance at Christmas when most people under 79 seem glued to their mobile ...
Read More »John Lewis readies Excitable Edgar for Christmas – will there be a hospital scene too?
OK, it’s coming on Thursday (November 14) and features ‘Excitable Edgar,’ something to do with a door knocker. The John Lewis Christmas ad, that is. Meet Edgar. 14.11.19 #ExcitableEdgar pic.twitter.com/4H9YRCDMZJ — Excitable Edgar (@ExcitableEdgar) November 11, 2019 The Liverpool Echo ...
Read More »Loewe goes all Arts and Crafts for Christmas
We haven’t seen much from the fashionistas so far this Christmas but here’s Spanish luxury house Loewe out of the blocks with a film by Nina Gantz through Blinkink. for its ready to wear and accessories collection, inspired by English ...
Read More »Sainsbury’s takes a trip down Memory (Drury) Lane
In its long stay at AMV BBDO Sainsbury’s used to go toe to toe with John Lewis at Chrstmas, most notably its Great War drama in 2014, celebrating the 1914 Christmas truce. It’s pushed the boat out a bit this ...
Read More »Amazon boxes clever at Christmas – again
Amazon isn’t synonymous with fun (especially if you work there – but that seems to be life these days) but agencies are hired to put the best face on things and that’s what Lucky Generals succeeds in doing for Jeff ...
Read More »M&S Food chooses the wrong recipe for Christmas
Can M&S get anything right? It’s Christmas food looks pretty good this year (in the mailer anyway) but I doubt that many appetites will be sharpened by this festive ad featuring a Christmas food market from Grey with B-listers Emma ...
Read More »‘Leafy Blinders’ challenge Kevin the Carrot’s triumphant Christmas return for Aldi
If John Lewis is the favourite christmas ad of the UK’s middle classes (we haven’t seen this year’s yet, we reckon it’s going to be a joint John Lewis/Waitrose effort) Aldi’s ‘Kevin the Carrot’ seems to be the favourite of ...
Read More »TK Maxx and W+K think different at Christmas with ‘Gift Different’
It isn’t quite all doom and gloom on the British high street – although most of it is – and US-owned TK Maxx is a rare bright spot, posting a 6.4 per cent sales rise to £3bn and profits up ...
Read More »Asda’s timing goes awry with Christmas feel-good effort
You do wonder if the management of big companies ever communicate with each other. Asda launched its glittery new Christmas ad from AMV BBDO on Saturday, at exactly the time thousands of workers faced the chop if they didn’t sign ...
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