It’s always nice to end the year with an account win and Mother has done so with SlimFast in a pitch while Lucky Generals has landed a brief from the Guardian to expand its international reach and revenue. The Guardian ...
Read More »Nestle’s Aero bounces back to TV with JWT’s Bubblophone
Are brands rediscovering the joys of TV in this tricky year for digital ads? Nestle’s Aero hasn’t been on UK TV for six years but it’s bouncing back with this perky number from JWT London, featuring the “Bubblophone” (as in ...
Read More »Nestle US puts its agencies through the data wringer
Nestle, along with just about every other big advertiser, is trying to rationalise its agencies, this time in the US according to Adweek. It spends over $600m in the US with a veritable gaggle of agencies including McCann, JWT, Leo ...
Read More »Nescafe lets its hair down with Publicis’ ‘Swooshy Man’
Nobody ever seems to like Nescafe ads but that hasn’t stopped owner Nestlé becoming the biggest food company in the world. These days it says it’s into “health and wellness” too but don’t we all, darlings. Lately it’s been trying ...
Read More »Will.i.am remixes Otis for Nescafe’s Dolce Gusto
It was probably only a matter of time before Nestle signed up will.i.am, Black Eyed Peas front man William Adams who’s somehow made himself synonymous with creativity, mostly by telling us he is. Will Bill now go the way of ...
Read More »Shredded Wheat tries to “shred life” in McCann blitz
Wasn’t Shredded Wheat the breakfast cereal that challenged you to eat three of its hyper-chewy bullets? Nestle Cereals and agency McCann have evidently been giving the brand some serious thought and produced a new “brand platform” – shredding life. In ...
Read More »JWT offers ‘absolutely nothing’ for Kit Kat’s Christmas
Fed up with jolly – or dark and emotive – Christmas ads? Nestle and JWT London are offering what amounts to a Kit Kat radio ad on TV for jaded palates. Very brave, not least for forking out for TV ...
Read More »Nestle and Ogilvy Paris wage war on fat Mexico
Now it’s Nestle trying to save the world with a new initiative ‘United For Healthier Kids.’ Nestle hasn’t always had a good press for its child-focussed activities, of course. The target here is Mexico, which is the world’s obesity capital ...
Read More »Publicis Groupe perks up as Nestle UK media set to follow Samsung good news
It’s been rather a good week for Publicis Groupe, with Leo Burnett hanging on to its share of the $4bn Samsung creative account and BBH winning a place on the the tech giant’s hotshot roster along with Wieden+Kennedy. Now Campaign ...
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