Saatchi & Saatchi won’t be winning any Lions at Cannes next year thanks to new Publicis Groupe boss Arthur Sadoun’s decision to can awards entries next year – not universally well received it seems, particularly among Publicis agencies one of ...
Read More »Saatchi & Saatchi snatches HSBC from JWT – or does it?
Saatchi & Saatchi has bounced back from its loss of the Toyota Europe account to The&Partnership by raiding WPP-owned J. Walter Thompson for part of HSBC’s $400m global ad account. Saatchi was already on the bank’s roster, handling various asset ...
Read More »Saatchi boss Robert Senior quits in yet another surprise from Publicis Groupe
So farewell then Robert Senior Boss of Saatchi & Saatchi And latterly Publicis Communications (GB) (with apologies to EJ Thribb, 17). Publicis Groupe is springing a fair number of surprises these days (there may be a bigger one in a ...
Read More »Vinomofo uncorks a grubbier Bear Grylls
Here’s a pleasingly bonkers ad for Australian online win retailer Vinomofo, from Saatchi & Saatchi Australia. Apparently earlier this year Vinomofo secured A$25m in venture capital investment and decided to spend $A4.5m of it on this. Our hero decides to ...
Read More »Is dumped Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts the victim of a new industry orthodoxy?
What many people who have lined up to applaud the demise of Kevin Roberts for his supposedly sexist remarks have overlooked is that he’s been suspended by Publicis Groupe for voicing an opinion. Not for sexual harassment or discriminating against ...
Read More »Now Kevin Roberts is sidelined in new inclusion row
Is this inclusion/sexism stuff in adland getting out of hand? Colourful black-clad (yes he’s both) former Saatchi & Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts (below) – now “head coach” at Publicis Groupe – has been suspended for saying, among other things, that ...
Read More »Asda heads back to Saatchi & Saatchi in double boost for owner Publicis Groupe
Asda’s £100m creative account is returning to Saatchi & Saatchi after less than three years at VCCP. The move follows the appointment of a new chief customer officer Andy Murray from Asda owner Walmart. Saatchi handles Walmart creative in the ...
Read More »Pablo Del Campo quits Saatchi, Kate Stanners is new worldwide creative boss
Saatchi & Saatchi worldwide creative director Pablo Del Campo is leaving, to be replaced by London creative head Kate Stanners. Del Campo made his reputation at his own agency in Argentina, which then became part of the Saatchi network. In ...
Read More »Is Saatchi Down Syndrome ad true or false?
Saatchi & Saatchi produces various ’cause’ campaigns, mostly outstandingly well. Here’s its latest effort, #HowDoYouSeeMe, for last week’s World Down Syndrome Day, featuring actress Olivia Wilde as the embodiment of how AnnaRose, from New Jersey, who has Down Syndrome, sees ...
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