Tag Archives: Coke

It’s turning into one of those mornings. We’ve had Apple’s Appocalypse, about which one’s feelings are mixed. Now reader Craig Mills sends me this bizarre outing, presumably on behalf of Coke Zero’s marketing budget, featuring one WhoreNickels (left) whose bizarre ...

Big brands lavishing goodies on the world seem to be the flavour of the times. Can you recall when they tries to sell us stuff? Maybe it’s because, unlike most countries, they aren’t running stonking great deficits so they can ...

***London’s Creative Circle (a collection of old creative hands) had its awards do on Thursday but doesn’t seem to have shared the information about winners with anyone else – which is a bit of a shame as by the following ...

Just back from a fleeting visit to New York, where Coca-Cola is an absolute obsession; it’s almost as ubiquitous as Starbucks (but that’s ‘cos Starbucks has grabbed all the best sites and turned them into scruffy branches) and there doesn’t ...

Coke’s ‘Open Happiness’ appears to be a campaign with legs; because it’s making the world a better place of course (that’s the idea anyway). Here’s the latest, ‘Lets’ Go Crazy,’ from Ogilvy Brazil, featuring Supertramp’s Give A Little Bit. Do ...

Funny how Coca-Cola has made polar bears a brand property: maybe, way back, someone in Atlanta decided it needed a winter strategy. Anyway, it’s now produced on online epic featuring said animals, produced by Ridley Scott, David Scott is involved ...

Much muttering in UK adland about TV copy clearance gatekeeper Clearcast’s decision to ban SodaStream’s Alex Bogusky ad knocking plastic bottle consumption. Not only do they suspect the board of Clearcast – made up of representatives of the main UK ...

In his last incarnation at MDC Partners, the company that bought the agency he founded Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Alex Bogusky rejoiced in the title of chief insurgent officer. Well he’s back in the ad business, sort of, and has just made ...

The award (won by Mars this year) doesn’t go to an individual of course but Coca-Cola marketer Jonathan Mildenhall (left) has become the face of the mighty corporation and its excellent advertising. Coke won 30 Lions at this year’s festival ...