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Ryan Fisher takes over from Helen Andrews at Wieden+Kennedy London

Wieden+Kennedy is ringing the changes in London with Ryan Fisher succeeding Helen Andrews as managing director. MD remains an important post in the W+K empire. Andrews, taking a break from adland, has been in post since 2017. Her successes include ...

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Wieden+Kennedy wins global financial “superapp” Revolut

Revolut, described as the world’s first global financial “superapp,” has appointed Wieden+Kennedy London as its global ad agency. Revolut launched in the UK in 2015 offering money transfer and exchange. It now has more than 18 million customers around the ...

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Why Nike’s ‘land of new football’ could be an own goal

Sport used to be called ‘war by other means.’ These days, we’re continually told, it’s a way of making the world more open, accessible, less prejudiced…well you get the drift. Nike is a mega-corporation, intent on improving the world. Selling ...

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Former W+K strategy chief Ben Armistead joins 72andSunny Amsterdam

72andSunny Amsterdam has hired Ben Armistead as its new executive strategy director. Armistead (left) was latterly W+K’s global head of effectiveness. He left last year. Armistead joins 72andSunny’s leadership team of Lauren Portelli (managing director), Stephanie Oakley (director of production), ...

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More planet-saving: this time it’s new look Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s is showing somer welcome signs of life under new CEO Simon Roberts. Predecessor Mike Coupe, like so many CFOs who get the top job, was more into deals than marketing. Roberts arrived from Boots, a private equity-driven operation these ...

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Is P&G boxing clever with new Olympics Lead with Love?

P&G is one of many Olympics sponsors hoping their $100m actually has a Games to sponsor but it’s giving them its best shot with a slew of ads, incorporating its current ‘Lead with Love’ good works initiative. This one, from ...

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Wieden+Kennedy gives F1 (un)comfortable lift-off

The 2021 Formula One season kicks off in Bahrain on Sunday and Wieden+Kennedy is back in the cockpit promoting it, focussing on the reactions of fans, drivers and pit crew rather than the motorised advertising hoardings – sorry, cars. Inviting ...

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W+K creative standard bearer Tony Davidson steps down after 20 years

ECD Tony Davidson, one of the pillars of Wieden+Kennedy London along with, first, Kim Papworth and then Iain Tait is leaving this summer after 20 award-packed years. Tait is also leaving this year which leaves W+K looking for new creative ...

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W+K goes for maximum impact in Quickbooks debut

When you hire Wieden+Kennedy London you expect fireworks, even in online bookkeeping and accountancy. And the agency doesn’t disappoint with its first work for Intuit Quickbooks – won in the summer from TBWA – introducing a team of “hard-nosed” advisers ...

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