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Advertising, as well as lots of other things obviously, clearly works for Aldi and it’s back with a new campaign, ‘Like.’ Which is pushing at an open door really (two gripes – it no longer sells newspapers and its delivery ...

Is the UK’s National Lottery planning a Christmas campaign? Other lotteries seem to have realised that a lottery ticket is a one way out of the Christmas prezzie conundrum; not too much but might just be worth a lot, so ...

Vauxhall is one of those anomalies of British life (elsewhere it’s Opel), one that might disappear if Boris’ Brexiters get their way. And, somehow or other, there are few things more British than men in vans (and women of course, ...

We hear a lot about Accenture Interactive, less about Deloitte Digital which runs a sizable operation encroaching on adland’s traditional turf. Now DD has hired McCann New York COO Rich Whalen as MD of its US creative and studio offering, ...

Phil Geier (Philip H. Geier Jr to give him his full title) was chairman and CEO of Interpublic from 1980 to 2000, when he turned Marion Harper’s Interpublic into the biggest ad holding group in the world. He began his ...

The global car industry’s in trouble so the biggest car manufacturers are trying all manner of wheezes to spark it into action. One of the problems is that people have finally wised up to the phenomenal depreciation of cars once ...

Bouncing balls are pretty useful things in ads (as Sony Bravia discovered all those years ago) and they’re used to good effect in a new global campaign for Mastercard from McCann. Part of Mastercard’s Start Something Priceless campaign, the new ...

The digital economy has transformed the rather mundane business of ordering a takeaway and Just Eat is trying to grab the biggest global share against Deliveroo and Uber Eats, among others. McCann London has been entrusted with the job by ...

Flagship Interpublic agency McCann seems to be motoring nicely on both sides of the Atlantic and, in London anyway, its flagship account is Microsoft Xbox. Most gaming ads are shoot-em-ups of one sort or another but confident Xbox is essaying ...