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Through the foggy masked-covered gloom of October Christmas for adland is coming upon us fast. That means inevitably so are the new batch of Christmas ads. All I can say is what a time to be an agency trying to ...

In the second in our series My Ad Hero Brothers and Sisters CEO Matt Charlton chooses a planner who introduced strategy to luxury and taught him the importance of generosity in an ad agency. I’ve been lucky enough to work ...

We’re asking the great and good of adland to choose their best ads of 2016. The deal is you can pick one of your own if you choose three (the max). First off is Matt Charlton, CEO of Brothers and ...

Finally data is emerging that should put the fear of God into adland and the the UK a whole. Omnicom UK (below) managed organic growth of five per cent in Q3. Deduct the currency bounce as the money is converted ...

When I ran Modernista! in the US I got rid of the account management department. It was a huge mistake on reflection. Huge. Here’s why. I have a view that the most successful companies rarely make stuff. Often the real ...

I’ve just watched about 40 Christmas ads in a row this morning after the agency Christmas party. It must be a unique test, close to the true consumer viewing experience of feeling slightly hung over and jaded. Millward Brown should ...

On reporting Charlie Rudd’s new appointment as CEO of Ogilvy and Mather this morning MAA also pointed out there has been quite a trend of BBHers struggling when they leave BBH and get the top job somewhere else. Hmm, that ...

As last Thursday’s D&AD awards confirmed, advertising has become obsessed with ideas that have a positive social message. Forget airbrushed models and ripped guys. Girls no longer need to throw like a girl, they have our permission to throw like ...