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KFC and IKEA face off in Mallorca

KFC and IKEA are two of the world’s more imaginative advertisers (both use Mother in the UK, which isn’t coincidental) and they’ve been enjoying themselves in sunny Mallorca. There’s an area of the island known as “where IKEA is” it ...

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Post-lockdown creativity: Mother puts IKEA stamp on sleep

IKEA seems to have set itself the somewhat ambitious task of owning sleep (although it probably provides more beds and other things you kip on than anyone else.) The latest variation on its ‘Wonderful Everyday’ campaign from Mother – ‘The ...

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We Are Social finds new meaning for home in IKEA’s anti-homophobia drive

Sunday was International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (blimey, all of them at once) and We Are Social Milan has produced a supporting campaign for IKEA to run across 25 of the retail giant’s markets (five missing, wonder which ...

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Vice agency Virtue scoops Ikea in six key Euro markets

Creative agency Virtue is the shining light in the Vice media empire and it’s just been given perhaps the ultimate seal of approval – the appointment by Ikea, consistently one of the world’s best advertisers, to handle its business in ...

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Brand building isn’t dead but beautiful ads seem to be

Writing in Forbes, Larry Light of brand consultancy Arcature concludes: “The focus on short-term, disposable viewership is an unfortunate byproduct of the digital age. Sustainable advertising campaigns designed to create and reinforce brand loyalty will be a thing of the ...

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Ogilvy hits surprise global winners for Ikea catalogue

Ikea’s global strategy of giving local agencies plenty of freedom seems to be paying off all over the world. Here are two very different – but equally good – films, both from Ogilvy agencies in countries that don’t usually hog ...

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