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I read somewhere recently that Samsung spent $11.6bn on advertising last year and it looks as though it may top that this, with a large chunk going on its heroic effort to persuade customers all over the world that they ...

Years ago Fuji’s corporate mission statement was, allegedly, ‘Kill Kodak’; now Samsung’s seems to be ‘Kill Apple,’ or, at least, get there first. Its new Galaxy phones are bigger and, some say, better than the iPhone, it sells more tablets ...

Samsung launched its new iPhone-killer S4 phone in the US yesterday and may be slightly miffed that rival (well, not that serious a rival) LG tried to steal its thunder with a classic piece of ambush marketing. Marketers and the ...

The UK outdoor industry has launched a new research study into viewing levels of posters in the UK called Route which purports to show which posters work best, how and with whom. The research has taken about 12 years to ...

Interpublic (IPG) is believed to be launching Rapport, its successful UK out of home specialist, in America as soon as its current contract with WPP’s Kinetic expires. The move follows hard on the heels on revelations (here) that Eric Newnham’s ...

Flush with its successful Olympics campaign hailing ‘Moms’ Procter & Gamble is back on the corporate advertising road with a new ‘The Power of the Everyday Effect’ epic, essentially claiming that it’s the little things in everyday life that matter ...

OK, here we go: after a not very scientific analysis of the ruminations of Paul Simons, Giles Keeble, Jerry Judge, George Parker, Stuart Smith and myself we come to: Agency of the Year Wieden+Kennedy London. For lots of good stuff, ...

“I wish I’d done it” is the subjective test for a great ad. Which of this year’s crop of TV ads makes my list? Chipotle? Not really. The Guardian’s ‘Three Little Pigs’? Maybe, but I still prefer Webster’s ‘Points of ...

Here’s an interesting one: Ad Age reports that WPP has ‘edged out’ Omnicom in what seems to have been a two-horse race for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei (‘Hway-hay’ is what you say apparently). Huawei is a global business-to-business supplier (worth ...