When Virgin Atlantic moved from RKCR/Y&R to adam&eveDDB there was something akin to outrage in the UK agency business. Why on earth were they moving? What was wrong with VA’s (undeniably enticing) red-suited leggy lovelies? As this coincided with the ...
Read More »Argos drops extra-terrestrials for ‘Get Set Go’ in first CHI campaign for new marketing director Vowles
Last year Argos concluded a review of its account with long-serving agency CHI & Partners and decided – to stay with long-serving agency CHI. Now it’s back with a new campaign from the agency to unlock pre-Christmas wallets, dropping the ...
Read More »BETC tries doggy style for Diet Coke hunk’s pets
The dear old UK was ever a nation of contrasts and, while half the country is concerned about ‘heat or eat,’ the nation’s pets seem to be more pampered than ever. Andrew Cooper, the model who appears in BETC’s ‘Hunk’ ...
Read More »Confident Lloyds celebrates going it alone with blowUP outdoor campaign
It’s almost as though Lloyds Bank is feeling a sense of relief at being Lloyds Bank again, not Lloyds TSB as it was before it shunted off 632 branches into newly-independent TSB. The relief, of course, may have something to ...
Read More »Bacardi picks McCann vets to helm new US ads
Bacardi has turned to agency veterans Jeff Weiss and Paul Opperman of OW and Lee Daley former chief strategy officer of McCann, to try to revive Bacardi in the US. The drinks giant recently appointed BETC London to handle its ...
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