Publicis Groupe boss Maurice Levy (left) has admitted that the failed $35bn merger attempt with Omnicom has derailed his company as he announced just one per cent of organic growth in the third quarter of 2014. Revenue was €1.75bn, which ...
Read More »Creative Circle awards go AWOL, OgilvyOne and BA, Tribal DDB, Saatchi Denmark’s ‘Pablo’ magic for Coke
***London’s Creative Circle (a collection of old creative hands) had its awards do on Thursday but doesn’t seem to have shared the information about winners with anyone else – which is a bit of a shame as by the following ...
Read More »Argentina’s Pablo Del Campo wins top global creative role at Saatchi & Saatchi
Pablo Del Campo (left), the founder of Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi in Buenos Aires and regional creative director of Saatchi in Latin America for the past seven years, has been appointed worldwide creative director of the network. The post ...
Read More »M&C hires Tesco creative Jason Lawes for top new role
M&C Saatchi has hired Red Brick Road founder and creative partner Jason Lawes (left) as a creative director from The Red Brick Road, to work with fellow CD Mark Goodwin and ECD Elspeth Lynn. M&C, which likes to promote its ...
Read More »Heineken says don’t drink, Saatchi leaves historic HQ, Droga5 – and some decent Super Bowl jokes please?
Heineken has launched a campaign by Publicis Italy saying ‘Dance more, drink less’; based on the assumption that if you spend more time on the floor you’ll get less pissed – and not trash the environment, fall out with your ...
Read More »Fallon UK returns to form with Crispello campaign
Fallon UK and parent agency Saatchi & Saatchi seem to be getting their mojo back; as in this newish ad for Cadbury’s Crispello (what on earth is that? Do we need another snack?). This campaign has polarised opinion somewhat; some ...
Read More »Wispa and Fallon unveil Boris-style ‘frothy beast.’
Mondelez is pretty active at the moment and the former Kraft snacks business is launching Cadbury Wispa Hot Chocolate (Wispa’s a Cadbury chocolate brand) with this new TV campaign, ‘Frothy Beast’ (as opposed to sexy beast), from Fallon. Which rather ...
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