Voxi is Vodafone’s new ‘yoof’ brand, sensible enough I suppose as Vodafone seems trapped in its middle-aged, corporate image despite hundreds of millions of ad expenditure trying to tell us it’s not. So here’s Ogilvy getting down with the kids, ...
Read More »Cantona scores again on return for Kronenbourg
Long-running campaigns are becoming a thing of the past but Kronenbourg 1664 has been employing French footballer turned actor Eric Cantona profitably for a while now although the ads, from Ogilvy & Mather, somehow seem to slip under the radar. ...
Read More »Philips health and Ogilvy call on unlikely aid of Elvis
Philips is in the process of transforming itself into a “health tech” company, “improving lives through technology.” Does that mean it doesn’t make lights and TVs any more? Demonstrating the efficacy of these gadgets/gizmos/apps in a new global campaign from ...
Read More »Paul Simons: why does the CEO’s door keep revolving at Ogilvy London HQ?
Reading the news about Cheryl Giovannou (left) departing Ogilvy after two years in the CEO chair provoked two reactions: who? And not another one. Apart from the avuncular Rory Whatsupmykilt the top brass of Ogilvy in London tend to be ...
Read More »Cheryl Giovannoni quits as Ogilvy London CEO
Being CEO of Ogilvy & Mather in London isn’t the easiest job, such people being better known for what they achieved before or afterwards. The most notable example being Michael Baulk who left in the 1980s to take his frictionless ...
Read More »Ogilvy gets its knickers in a twist for Kazam
It’s not unusual for agencies to get their knickers in a twist when it comes to sexy ads but it’s still a surprise to see this emerging from the old ‘Ministry of Advertising’ Ogilvy & Mather. It’s for the Kazam ...
Read More »CLIO Awards round up the usual (Cannes) suspects
The 55th CLIO Awards in New York has named its various ‘Grand Clio’ winners and they’re as you would expect: Creative Artists Agency for Chipotle’s ‘Scarecrow, ‘Adam&Eve DDB for Harvey Nichols’ ‘I Spent it On Myself’ and Ogilvy One for ...
Read More »Gerry Human of Ogilvy on awards, Cantona, David Ogilvy and the London agency’s escape from Canary Wharf
Ogilvy & Mather is on a fearsome roll at the moment, displacing BBDO as the world’s most awarded network and even helping Unilever’s Dave Lewis become the new CEO of Tesco thanks to its highly successful Dove personal care campaigns. ...
Read More »WPP and Ogilvy claim Cannes 2014 network crowns
Cannes 2014: WPP is claiming the crown as ‘holding company of the year’ at Cannes 2014 and says that its star network, Ogilvy & Mather, is the highest-scoring network for the third year in a row, beating Omnicom’s BBDO once ...
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