Greetings from Oz. I think you have probably dealt with this but I would say Volvo trucks first and Honda Ayrton Senna second (there does seem to be a consensus building – ed). Both are immaculate pieces of production and ...
Read More »Lowe agencies sweep up at Iberian El Sol awards
The awards season is well and truly on us with Cannes looming on the near horizon. There are far too many to cover but it’s worth noting that Lowe & Partners has swept the board at the recent El Sol ...
Read More »Deutsch poaches Qian Qian from CP+B as creative director in New York
One of the bits of Interpublic that’s working well at the moment (as opposed to its embattled DraftFCB) is Deutsch and the Lowe & Partners network agency has made an interesting signing with Qian Qian (pictured) from Crispin Porter + ...
Read More »Weinberger quits Tesco agency The Red Brick Road as review starts – is time up for the agency too?
Paul Weinberger, the creative who’s been key to the Tesco account at Lowe & Partners and now the The Red Brick Road, is leaving the agency. Intriguingly, though, he hasn’t said what he’s going to be doing. Weinberger, who’s also ...
Read More »Tesco has a new marketing boss in David Wood – will it also be looking for a new ad agency?
David Wood, a former European marketing at Kraft and before then a Unilever marketer, has been brought back from his current job as commercial director of Tesco in Hungary to head the embattled retailer’s UK marketing. He replaces Carolyn Bradley ...
Read More »Lufthansa goes to German indie shop Kolle Rebbe – life doesn’t get any better for Nick Brien’s McCann
Interpublic CEO Michael Roth must be a rather worried man this Christmas; the holding company has hauled itself out of the knacker’s yard but two of his big agency networks, DraftFCB and McCann Erickson are not performing while the third, ...
Read More »M&C Saatchi poaches top creatives Pam and Hipwell from CHI
M&C Saatchi has joined the growing list of London agencies competing for top creative talent and has hired top creative team Matt Pam and Simon Hipwell from CHI & Partners, formerly Clenmow Hornby Inge. CHI is 49 per cent owned ...
Read More »Matthew Bull sets up The Bull-White House with MDC Partners
Former Lowe London boss Matthew Bull is setting up a new agency in New York, The Bull-White House, with backing from Toronto-based marcoms group MDC partners. MDC, which owns Crispin Porter+Bogusky and 72and Sunny among others, will own 51 per ...
Read More »Interpublic sells half Facebook stake for $133m
Marcoms group Interpublic picked up about 0.4 per cent of Facebook five years ago as part of an ad deal and is selling half the stake to an undisclosed buyer for $133m, a nice profit on its original $5m investment. ...
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