Tag Archives: David Beckham

Never heard of a brand? Make an ad and get it banned. Hardly ever fails and this one for Buffalo Jeans by David Bitton starring Brazilian bombshell (it says here) Ashley Skye was banned from the Super Bowl and much ...

Viewers in Canada get to see the Super Bowl too and, according to CBC, they’re just as interested in the ads as the game (hardly surprising as it was a one-sided rout of the Denver Broncos by the Seattle Seahawks). ...

Here’s a sweet little ad from AMV/BBDO for UK supermarket Sainsbury’s ‘Active Kids’ promotion. We all seem to be fretting about fat kids (and indeed fat oldies) these days so it’s sensible for Sainsbury to do its bit. Clever idea ...

What a joy, Beckhams all over the place. Actually this ad may be called ‘Meet the Beckhams’ but it’s only David – Victoria is doubtless far too posh for Sky Sports. But it’s a neat way of showing that, with ...

Well maybe it’s not a rush but David Beckham’s retirement, announced yesterday, at the age of 38 follows hard on the heels of that of his old manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Team-mate Paul Scholes, who some would say was an ...

He’s a good sport that David Beckham isn’t he? No sooner has he signed for Paris St-Germain (giving his not inconsiderable wages to a children’s charity, which some curmudgeons have described as a tax dodge) than he gets ’em mostly ...

The ad world has turned on its head really, not because of digital but because big, new, rich countries are coming into the market and producing hugely successful ads which would have been rejected in New York and London back ...

Have you noticed the way ‘Christmas’ has become ‘Holiday’ in the US? They’re all it, retailers for example and now we have a cartoon Snoop Dogg (playing Ebeneezer Snoop aka Scrooge) wishing everyone a ‘Merry Holiday Day.’ Belatedly, of course. ...

Making the most of celebrities is rather a test for an agency and Mother New York took a bit of stick a while ago for its use of celebs including David Beckham for Burger King. But Mother London manages to ...