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2018

31 DecemberNike’s ‘Londoner’ is one of the ads of 2018 – and Nike deserves to be top advertiser too
31 DecemberAdscam correspondent reveals truth about agency pitches
28 DecemberPenny borrows ‘Your Song’ for hard-pressed Xmas cheer
28 DecemberRobbie Williams comes out punching for WW as Anomaly readies global campaign
28 DecemberJimmy Nelson and JWT set out to save a disappearing world
27 DecemberChannel 4’s ad spat with Publicis shows difficulties facing traditional media in a digital world
27 DecemberSorrell prepares to storm 2019 digital marketplace
26 DecemberEverybody’s looking for the agency of the future in 2019 – but are they looking in the right place?
26 DecemberVCCP rediscovers Comparethemarket’s creative mojo with tech titan AutoSergei
24 DecemberHappy Christmas and an empowering New Year
21 DecemberNow Rang-tan enlists army of schoolchildren against palm oil
21 DecemberVirgin Media speeds into the new year with more Bolt
21 DecemberMcCann tipped to land Just Eat
21 DecemberInitiative global boss Baxter calls for Facebook boycott – but will his agency masters back him?
20 DecemberVodafone drops the ball in hapless Steve Smith cricket ad
20 December‘Marcel you suck.’ Publicis Groupe mocks its own AI helper in annual Christmas film
20 DecemberAldi’s Christmas spirit is at home in the outback
20 DecemberGoogle Assistant re-runs Home Alone with Macauley Culkin
19 DecemberNow Ford targets dogs with ‘noise-cancelling kennel’
19 DecemberIs Mourinho’s messy departure writing on the wall for brand Manchester United?
19 DecemberWPP wins Newell with horizontal-sounding group offer
18 DecemberCarnival cruises into WPP’s Wunderman
18 DecemberMad Men knew how to Christmas party – or did they?
18 DecemberSaatchi China spearheads global Siemens creative win
17 DecemberWhat’s behind the energetic Stef Calcraft’s sudden exit from Dentsu Aegis Network?
17 DecemberBBD Perfect Storm tunes up for an EU People’s Vote
17 DecemberNike enters the UK lists against racism with Sterling ad
17 DecemberSorrell’s S4C wants a lawyer, closes in on Braun digital
17 DecemberYouTube unveils its top ads of 2018 (Xmas excepted)
17 DecemberNo merci for UM as Fiat US moves to Starcom, Hearts & Science snaps up GoCompare.com from Carat
14 DecemberMullenLowe’s Mark Elwood: my creative highlights of 2018
14 DecemberAll change at Now as founders Robertson and Waters leave
14 DecemberGeorge Parker: what good is a new name or logo?
14 DecemberLenah Ueltzen Gabell of Wasserman picks her Desert Island Sport and Culture Ads
13 DecemberAnd our Agencies of the Year for 2018 are…
13 DecemberGrey aims to up its game with new creative chairman Rossi
13 DecemberTalon Outdoor: Exciting times for Out of Home as transformation mixes with uncertain times in 2019
12 DecemberAccenture’s Karmarama wins £70m Lidl
12 DecemberIs Audi’s slimmed down Santa from M/H VCCP the best Christmas ad of the year?
12 DecemberWPP has lost its magic toolbox so new broom CEO Read has to join the fight for clients
12 DecemberMindshare survey shows growing use of tech – with humans fighting back
12 DecemberRead bans the word ‘digital’ and ditches nostalgia for new look WPP
11 DecemberWPP’s Read outlines process of ‘radical evolution’
11 DecemberMcCann unveils the Latin perspective on Christmas
11 DecemberDiageo hunts for agency to recapture Johnnie Walker glories
10 DecemberA big week in adland: Brexit (inevitably), Read’s vision for WPP and MAA picks its Agencies of the Year
10 DecemberRed Brick Road wins AG Barr’s Rubicon drinks
10 DecemberRichard Williams: why the big Brexit issue is a dodgy brief
7 DecemberUber Eats and Coca-Cola save Christmas, really
7 DecemberLucky Generals caps strong year with Co-op win
7 DecemberWhat’s next for Unilever as long-serving CMO Weed departs?
6 DecemberDecision time for Accenture as it weighs bid for MDC
6 DecemberIPA appoints its first BAME president, as Publicis Groupe’s Nigel Vaz brings global and digital expertise to the role
6 DecemberYet another purge at WPP as Wunderman’s ECD Abie Ellis falls under the miscroscope
6 DecemberSaatchi finds the right tune for Pampers’ hymn to midwives
6 DecemberOgilvy springs a surprise with new global CCO Piyush Pandey
6 DecemberGrey loses trophy NFL account to 72andSunny
6 DecemberNew crisis for VMLY&R London as CEO Sharpe exits
5 DecemberMercedes dives into heavy emotion for GLE launch
5 DecemberMistletoe alert warns ever-so-serious timeTo
5 DecemberHudson Rouge for Lincoln and Folk for Aldi try different ways to mine Christmas
5 DecemberSainsbury’s ad furore masks advertisers’ real problem – the growing opposition to corporate mendacity
5 DecemberT&P’s Dave Bedwood: how artificial intelligence took over from me for Lexus’ ES launch
4 DecemberLidl takes Christmas store wars to the enemy
4 DecemberAdam&eveDDB’s Murphy and Golding to roll the dice again
4 DecemberHegarty explains what makes a classic ad for Thinkbox
4 DecemberSorrell seals MightyHive deal to move into digital media
4 DecemberPublicis Conseil shows the true misery of Xmas for Orange
3 DecemberPaul Simons: is data grail driving WPP’s shotgun marriages?
3 DecemberWas Ridley Scott’s RSA the secret sauce in WPP’s VW win?
3 DecemberHerezie’s Baptiste Clinet: my creative highlights of 2018
3 DecemberIPG’s Magna hails record $552bn global adspend in 2018
2 DecemberBBC One Christmas ad shows the joy to be found in turning off your screen
30 NovemberGoodby Silverstein drives the right line for BMW
30 NovemberApple sticks to its product ad guns with a gaggle of Elvises
30 NovemberWe’re growing Karmarama tells agency rivals as it embarks on hiring spree
30 NovemberBest ads of 2018: adam&eveDDB leads a notable Christmas pack – in November
29 NovemberDroga5 London wins controversial Canada Goose
29 NovemberBranding expert Jope succeeds Polman as Unilever CEO
29 NovemberNike courts China controversy with Dribble&
29 NovemberThe changing nature of big pitches: Playstation and VW
28 NovemberMelanie Sykes returns for Boddingtons – but have we moved on or moved back?
28 NovemberH&M books into the Hotel Mauritz for A&E Xmas campaign
28 NovemberWho’s to blame for demise of famous creative agencies?
28 NovemberGive us our ball back says GambleAware to greedy bookies
27 NovemberChildhood Trust and International Red Cross show real spirit of Christmas
27 NovemberAMV BBDO hymns ‘Viva La Vulva’ for Libresse
27 NovemberWill WPP’s next shotgun marriage be Ogilvy and Grey?
26 NovemberRIP JWT: digital on top again as Wunderman trumps JWT in latest WPP merger
26 NovemberDDB wins most of VW creative worldwide but WPP triumphs against the odds in North America
26 November‘Love is a Gift’ is surprise Xmas winner from independent film maker Beastall
26 NovemberGoCompare media review should be an opportunity for a UK media independent
26 NovemberCharity CALM encourages men to reach out to their friends, with help from Dave TV
26 NovemberHeimat explores the philosophy of toilets for Hornbach
23 November$4bn US Army win boosts Clark’s Omnicom chances
23 NovemberNow Wieden+Kennedy enlists A1 for new computer game
23 NovemberMatt and Ben’s weekly Christmas ad pick
23 November‘Sometimes we should just shut up.’ John Hegarty warns industry not to get too carried away with technology
22 NovemberHonorary Mad Mad Jane Maas dies at 86
22 NovemberNow Apple raids AMV BBDO for top creatives

2017

29 DecemberBest ads of December and best two of 2017 (maybe)
28 DecemberTesco’s rotten turkeys are a harbinger of retail gloom
28 DecemberTBWA’s Backslash unveils 2018’s “pre-trends”
28 DecemberAscential in buying mode as it faces showdown with agencies over Cannes Lions
27 DecemberLeo Burnett relaunches Kellogg’s Special K as fitness boost
27 DecemberRange Rover’s Evoque bumps up its street cred
22 DecemberHappy Christmas everybody
22 DecemberHere’s what happened when two Mad Ladies met McCanns
22 DecemberWe Are Social skips a generation or two for Audi
22 DecemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: who were the heroes of 2017?
21 DecemberCaroline Foster Kenny of IPG Mediabrands: why we should celebrate boldness in 2017
21 DecemberMarriott lights up London – or so your eyeballs tell you
21 DecemberAdidas on creation – the shoes have it
21 DecemberMother unveils Christmas tearjerker for Nokia
20 DecemberAndy Vogel of NewBase: US net neutrality repeal will cost UK advertisers too
20 DecemberDebenhams discovers tweeters have a heart – at Christmas
20 DecemberBusy buyer Merkle lands San Francisco’s DWA
20 DecemberWFA outlines six key factors that will change client/agency relationships in 2018
20 DecemberVW T-Roc’s Bam rams his way into other people’s ads
19 DecemberPaddy Power departs Lucky Generals for Chime outfit
19 DecemberGoodby Silverstein launches augmented reality Instagram
19 DecemberHigh pay witch hunt is a client issue for WPP and Sorrell
19 DecemberIs Deloitte eyeing a bid for WCRS owner Engine Group?
18 DecemberIt’s old Arthur and young Maurice for Publicis Xmas
18 DecemberIs Esso’s ‘reindeer princess’ from A&E a snowy waste?
18 December72andSunny lauds the good bits of Google
18 DecemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: the top Christmas ads of 2017
18 DecemberNow Accenture wins Vatican media communications
18 DecemberEmotional Samsung tale is top YouTube ad of 2017
15 DecemberMerkle picks Crawley-Boevey to spearhead ambitious Europe expansion plans
15 DecemberPublicis groups all US creative agencies together
15 DecemberSan Francisco start-up TBD lands Nokia digital health
15 DecemberJonathan Sant of Cubo: why Graham Fink is my ad hero
15 DecemberKelly’s of Cornwall celebrates Xmas in 17 seconds
14 DecemberWhat’s next for Murdoch as he offloads entertainment businesses to Disney?
14 DecemberNow Accenture buys Irish agency Rothco
14 DecemberGoodby Silverstein hasn’t got milk anymore – sadly
14 DecemberAnomaly explores the dark side this Christmas
14 DecemberMPC’s Bill McNamara: the best international Christmas ads
13 DecemberAnd the MAA Agencies of the Year for 2017 are…..
13 DecemberDeliveroo for the7stars, Formula E for Iris
12 DecemberMediaCom continues winning streak with Uber
12 DecemberSnow is no problem for TK Maxx snow globe Xmas
12 DecemberDentsu Aegis tops Recma’s 2017 new business list
12 DecemberSaatchi breaks the Christmas mould for Pampers
11 DecemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: What should Media put in Room 101?
11 DecemberAdam&eveDDB breaks new ground for Red Cross
11 DecemberPete Brown of Zambezi: a (premature) requiem for the embattled account manager
11 DecemberCoca-Cola unwraps a Christmas social media mystery
8 DecemberAlexander’s surprise departure result of staff complaint
8 DecemberBMW lines up creative stars for US ad review
8 DecemberBrothers and Sisters enlists “most popular” Schofield for WeBuyAnyCar debut
7 DecemberHornby makes triumphant reappearance at own bash
7 DecemberCoca-Cola in Greenpeace sights for allegedly wasting Xmas
7 DecemberBain Capital seals ADK victory
7 DecemberSt John finds the Recipe for cardiac arrest campaign
7 DecemberWieden+Kennedy sets out to win the World Cup for England
6 DecemberFord is the question WPP needs to answer to justify Sorrell’s ‘horizontality’ strategy
6 DecemberBudweiser celebrates Repeal Day with booze ban
6 DecemberHeather Andrew of Neuro-Insight: the John Lewis effect is good for John Lewis but bad for copycats
5 DecemberStaples joins to spearhead Mother’s west coast ambitions
5 DecemberBBC goes off-piste for Christmas film
5 DecemberYouTube reveals its UK Christmas winners
5 DecemberPaul Simons: has John Lewis been rumbled by other Christmas advertisers in the “Ah” war?
4 DecemberVolvo plays Thor for lightning-activated poster
4 DecemberChris Slough of Havas: why ad tech isn’t the answer to us all liking all the Christmas ads
4 DecemberJoe Alexander quits The Martin Agency
4 DecemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: what will happen in 2018?
4 DecemberShare CCO Stephen Para picks his Desert Island Ads
1 DecemberCeltic summons the faithful in Christmas ad effort
1 DecemberReed Smith: how gender stereotyping is changing ad industry
1 DecemberFord says no deal with WPP inked yet
30 NovemberIs W+K’s new F1 logo the pits or the cat’s whiskers?
30 NovemberYoti campaign shows perils of online dating
30 NovemberAudi drivers long on acceleration, short on Christmas spirit
30 NovemberNow Air New Zealand shows its seasonal funny side
30 NovemberSpotify shows old way to use posters in new campaign
29 NovemberEdeka celebrates Christmas in what’s left of the planet
29 NovemberHave YouTube’s algorithms gone bananas?
29 NovemberDoes H&M lose itself in fantasy Christmas land?
29 NovemberOnline marketing for casinos 101: player acquisition and retention
29 NovemberFord jitters strike WPP
28 NovemberBigdog wins Vax cleaners account
28 NovemberAMV still going strong after 40 years at the top
28 NovemberMaserati picks Accenture as global “experience” agency
28 NovemberLego chooses on-the-up Initiative for global media
27 NovemberAdam&eve debuts for Samsung with a retro Christmas
27 NovemberNZ Police play recruiting for laughs in Ogilvy campaign
27 NovemberYouTube walks from one safety issue into another
27 NovemberIris launches new Adidas Predator boots in style
27 NovemberWieden+Kennedy in new-style Formula 1 driving seat
27 NovemberTom Denford and David Indo at ID Comms: is media ruining advertising?
27 NovemberDDB UK and Germany agencies combine for VW T-Roc debut
24 NovemberNow MediaCom adds Vauxhall/Opel to PSA win
24 NovemberThe eyes say Coca-Cola is top Christmas ad
24 NovemberGiles Keeble: copying for ads is plagiarism – why not steal?
23 NovemberEveryone’s having a go at Christmas ads this year
23 NovemberDentsu’s Merkle expands in Europe with planned Oxyma buy
23 NovemberApple sends the world its Christmas greetings
23 NovemberMother’s Broody incubator takes stake in Crowdfunder

2016

30 DecemberWhat’s on the minds of the holding company bosses as 2017 hoves into view?
30 DecemberRoyal Caribbean tries new bearing on cruise ads
30 DecemberMark Andrews of M8 Content: best ads of 2016
23 DecemberTom Denford and Stef White from ID Comms: the power of media to do good
23 DecemberStarcom raids Maxus for €600m Fiat media
23 DecemberBBH springs Christmas surprises for Tesco
23 DecemberJane Austin: why this slick bank ad from Russia is industry’s worst of 2016
22 DecemberPublicis wins out in £400m Mars media review
22 DecemberBrothers and Sisters unleashes Center Parcs forest fun
21 December180 Amsterdam’s Tony Bartolucci and Hannah Smit: best ads of 2016
20 DecemberGrey’s Townhouse deal with P&G shows importance of production for holding companies
20 DecemberIt’s cold turkey for phone lovers this Xmas says Three
20 DecemberNick Baughan of Maxus: best ads of 2016
19 DecemberFacebook owns up to yet another data cock-up
19 DecemberOmnicom and Publicis dragged into US Justice Department production-rigging probe
16 DecemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: will it be jail time for production crime?
16 DecemberIs this horse opera from Martin tearjerker of the season?
16 DecemberBuzzman for Meetic shows it’s not just BETC in Paris
16 DecemberCritical Mass invests in mobile agency Prolific
16 DecemberRick Chant of We Are Pi: best ads of 2016
15 DecemberMAA Advertiser of the Year is IKEA…and some awards we won’t be giving
15 DecemberMatt Williams of Partners: best ads of 2016
15 DecemberA memory of great CDP art director Alan Waldie
14 DecemberHey Human’s Shnoosee Bailey: best ads of 2016
14 DecemberAdam&eveDDB to make Super Bowl debut with Skittles
14 DecemberDDB’s Wendy Clark aims to recapture creative glory days with new CCO Ari Weiss
13 DecemberStephen Joss of DDB and Tribal: best ads of 2016
13 DecemberLevy stays on strategy as his office disappears
13 DecemberM&C and Found turn on the style for Peroni
13 DecemberCan Nike overturn mobile phone mania?
13 DecemberNow MD Hurrell quits MullenLowe for Mcgarrybowen
13 DecemberStella McCartney’s Christmas box: sinister clowns
13 DecemberPornhub livens up lonely Christmas nights
12 DecemberMurdoch closes on Sky but he may have missed the best
12 DecemberAnomaly and Isobel go extra mile at Christmas
12 DecemberGiles Keeble: the truth isn’t the truth any more it’s Google – what about ads?
12 DecemberGeorge Parker: where’s Luther when you need him?
9 DecemberDavid Indo from ID Comms: why we need to talk about programmatic
9 DecemberWas Nick Studzinski key to Accenture/Karmarama deal?
9 DecemberVinomofo uncorks a grubbier Bear Grylls
9 DecemberApple edits down Romeo and Juliet to 30 seconds
9 DecemberJeremy Bullmore reveals the flaw in agency/client marriage vows
8 DecemberAnd the MAA Agency of the Year is…..
7 DecemberWunderman Amsterdam wins Grolsch global digital
7 DecemberNow agencies are under the cosh for allegedly rigging production bids
7 DecemberTwo alternative Christmases: Carphone’s Lemon and Brexit from KFC and BBH
7 DecemberJames Murphy of adam&eveDDB: best ads of 2016
6 DecemberYouTube names its big UK and global Xmas winners
6 DecemberNew list of adland’s top earners show striking absence of advertising people
6 DecemberAna and Hermeti Balarin of Mother: best ads of 2016
6 DecemberCan Microsoft beat Apple in the Christmas sweetness and light stakes?
5 DecemberSnapfax: UK’s most hated hit the shredder
5 DecemberCoke’s global Christmas ad lacks truck appeal
5 DecemberGeneral Mills boost for US agency newcomers
5 DecemberConor Brady of Critical Mass: best ads of 2016
2 DecemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: Facebook’s growing pains
2 DecemberTom Denford of ID Comms picks his Desert Island Ads
2 DecemberPaula Coral: what I’m going to do about it
2 DecemberCHI’s Sarah Golding to be IPA’s second woman president
1 DecemberForsman unveils another Volvo Trucks blockbuster
1 DecemberDavid Billing of Above+Beyond: best ads of 2016
1 DecemberWho wants to buy some adam&eve founders?
30 NovemberNobody made better ads than CDP did for Hamlet – have we found out everything and learned nothing?
30 NovemberBETC Paris uncorks carnage in the kitchen for Canal+
30 NovemberWhat does GroupM’s spanking new [m]Platform tell us about changes at WPP?
30 NovemberDanone lines up creative heavyweights for yogurt pitch
30 NovemberLucky Generals wins C&C’s Tennents, Bulmers Irish
29 NovemberAccenture takes first big step into creative with Karmarama acquisition
29 NovemberMomentum’s Mike Kettles picks his Desert Island Ads
28 NovemberRadio 4 comedy tests the sound barrier with ‘Women talking about cars’
28 NovemberBulldog Skincare Christmas debut courtesy of adam&eve elves
28 NovemberIs H&M’s new Wes Anderson Christmas epic stuck in a tunnel?
28 NovemberCode d’Azur’s Kim Nieuwenhuijs-Griffioen: best ads of 2016
25 NovemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: who are the world’s best CMOs?
25 NovemberLatest from Snapfax: Boris loses sparkle, Wayne’s wedding and challenged mannequins..
25 NovemberNow Samsung’s Galaxy bursts into Christmas
25 NovemberMike Nicholson of Brave: best ads of 2016
25 NovemberGiles Keeble: in a divided world are ads striving to be politically correct?
24 NovemberAgeism debate: the intent is good but can adland actually afford to be less ageist?
24 NovemberGrey Canada shows the other side of Christmas in a print cracker for The Salvation Army
24 NovemberBig advertisers wake up to perils of digital and data – well, some of them do
23 NovemberCHI wins McVitie’s global and Godiva – we think
23 NovemberMad Man Don Draper buys the world a Coke
23 NovemberASA cans Heinz ‘Can Song’ campaign
23 NovemberGiles Keeble: how advertising discovered ‘post-truth’ before the OED – and the trouble with Big Data
23 NovemberAdscam’s George Parker: best (and worst) ads of 2016
22 NovemberJWT finds a roar for new WWF save tigers campaign
22 NovemberApple and Spanish Lottery: two ways to tear ducts
22 NovemberCan new agency Krow cut it for Labour?
22 NovemberFormer BBH star Emma Cookson joins You & Mr Jones
22 NovemberMike Nicholson of Brave picks his Desert Island Ads
22 NovemberLucky Generals’ Premier Inn campaign: bang on strategy or plain boring?
21 NovemberMatt Williams: all style and no substance – the dire state of modern-day car marketing
21 NovemberIs Prada perplexing on purpose in new online epic?
21 NovemberNow it’s McDonald’s’ turn to tug the Xmas heartstrings
21 NovemberEngine rolls out new customer engagement platform
18 NovemberTom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: GroupM conflates awards and transparency
18 NovemberMulberry serves up fascinating Christmas oddment
18 NovemberSnapfax top shreds: Toblerone trumps Trump!
18 NovemberOmnicom’s new McDonald’s agency is..We Are Unlimited

2015

31 DecemberBest ads of 2015: IKEA by Buzzman
30 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Wieden+Kennedy’s ‘Jackson’ for Three
30 DecemberAdam&eveDDB debuts ‘Good Thinking’ for Aviva
29 DecemberThree big questions that will engage adland in 2016
28 DecemberJames Corden orchestrates a special ‘carpool karaoke’ for McDonald’s
28 DecemberBrothers and Sisters strips down Center Parcs to the ‘bear necessities’ of modern life
28 DecemberGeorge Parker: Scotts headline Super Bowl build-up
24 DecemberSainsbury’s wins Christmas battle of YouTube views
23 DecemberWill 2016 see pressure from investors to break up the giant marcoms holding companies?
23 DecemberOffice party rules from Davidson Pearce and Mad Men
23 DecemberVW drops ‘Das Auto’ and motors back to Volkswagen
22 DecemberWill Saatchi’s ‘Stoner Sloth’ drive teenies to drugs?
22 DecemberWas Dick Whittington the first Shoreditch hipster?
22 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Droga5 for Under Armor, JWT New York for Wilkinson Sword
22 DecemberJohn Billett: how agencies ended up owning the media
22 DecemberCancer Research UK launches documentary epic in debut campaign from Anomaly
21 DecemberHeineken buys Red Stripe from Diageo as merger mania takes over the beer market
21 DecemberWill Comcast/NBC spark a bidding war for ITV?
21 DecemberBank of America moves to IPG’s Hill Holliday
18 DecemberSupermarket pitch wars, GroupM’s Connect, all change at UK Mediabrands – and other stories
18 DecemberMatt Charlton: why the best Christmas ads of 2015 (and any other year) are the ones that get people talking
18 DecemberHostelworld shows travel giants BA and Thomas Cook how to make holidays interesting
18 DecemberBlow for Grey as global CCO Myhren heads for Apple
18 DecemberCreative Belgium sets out to make ‘ad babies’
17 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Leagas Delaney for Penfolds, adam&eveDDB for Lloyds
17 DecemberBBC’s ‘Pure Drama’ shows best of RKCR/Y&R
17 DecemberMaurice Levy becomes the star of his own ads in (un)traditional Publicis Christmas video
17 DecemberAudi Quattro takes to the unseasonal slopes
16 DecemberIt’s that man Jude Law again – this time for Lexus
16 DecemberBBC poaches adam&eve creative stars for another effort at in-house agency
16 DecemberMatt Williams: introducing the MAA great (and not so great) Global Content Awards
16 DecemberCineplex unveils an everlasting snowman for Xmas
15 DecemberHarvey Nichols and a surprise from Kwik Fit top Realeyes ‘most engaging’ Xmas ad poll
15 DecemberRKCR/Y&R makes print debut for Baxters
15 DecemberLacoste unleashes a ‘winter croc’ for Xmas gifts
15 DecemberMatt Williams: parental lessons in content marketing from a three week old
14 DecemberWPP takes control of Australia’s STW with 61 per cent
14 DecemberBest ads of 2015: ‘France is in the air’ from BETC Paris and FCB Inferno’s teacher recruitment
14 DecemberRobert Dyas produces gay and straight Xmas howler
14 DecemberPorsche 911 competes with itself in US launch campaign
11 DecemberMore pain on the US media front for IPG and Publicis as $870m L’Oreal moves to WPP’s MEC
11 DecemberLola scores with ‘Anagram Christmas’ for Scrabble
11 DecemberEvan Wray: digital advertising – moving the conversation beyond emoji in 2016
11 DecemberAldi launches surprise creative review out of McCann
11 DecemberExclusive: MullenLowe CEO Alex Leikikh on his plans for Interpublic’s new network
10 DecemberAll change at RKCR/Y&R as Sharpe takes CEO reins
10 DecemberHavas lures Forristal from BBH for top people job
10 DecemberGravity Road pulls a Christmas cracker for Three
9 DecemberHere’s how 2015 was for Facebook
9 DecemberM&C Saatchi begins renewal process with choice of Burnett’s Justin Tindall as creative chief
9 DecemberMcDonald’s denies its own ‘secret recipe challenge’
9 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Joint for Amazon Prime, Grey Germany and ‘Lovely Skirt’ for Lenor
9 DecemberOmnicom to set up new P&G media agency to fend off client conflict problems.
9 DecemberGiles Keeble: why agency house styles, names and keeping the best of the old with the new all matter
8 DecemberMercedes’ new fashion campaign flounders in latex
8 DecemberWhy former boss Michael Grade is wrong to switch sides on Channel 4 privatisation
8 DecemberBest ads of 2015: eis.de from Jung von Matt, Angry Birds from Wieden+Kennedy
8 DecemberP&G moves $2.6bn North America media to Omnicom
7 DecemberWhat does WPP’s Sorrell think of the Publicis revamp?
7 DecemberJWT offers ‘absolutely nothing’ for Kit Kat’s Christmas
7 DecemberIs the UK really set for a 2016 ad boom?
7 DecemberClemenger BBDO ups Twitter’s Periscope in new campaign for Tourism Victoria
7 DecemberGrey New York celebrates Canon’s ‘Rebel With A Cause’
4 DecemberBest ads of 2015: Ogilvy’s #LeBigSwim for Kronenbourg, DawsonPickering for Collect+
4 DecemberIs ‘Ice’ Xmas campaign too Leo Burnett for the Co-op?
4 DecemberW+K Portland heaps further indignities on KFC
4 DecemberW+K’s new Jazz campaign does what it says on the tin
3 DecemberCoke shoots itself in the foot down Mexico way
3 DecemberT&P launches social media ‘influencers’ agency
3 DecemberVolvo Trucks and F&B follow Jean-Claude Van Damme with four-year-old test driver Sophie
3 DecemberAgency networks sidelined as Publicis reorganises itself into client-centric ‘hubs’
3 December101 founder Laurence Green picks his Desert Island Ads
2 DecemberDiageo offers up a 45-minute silent epic for Lavagulin
2 DecemberZulu Alpha Kilo gets the holiday spirit with ‘Jingle Butts.’
2 DecemberBeeb sprouts a morale booster with RKCR/Y&R Xmas ad
2 DecemberAMV BBDO turns to humour for Drink Driving campaign’s Xmas TV comeback
2 DecemberWho’s the winner of our 2015 UK Agency of the Year?
1 DecemberWieden+Kennedy makes Xmas ad debut for Tyrrells
1 DecemberDuracell gets the Lucasfilm treatment for Star Wars
1 DecemberJung von Matt bids for heartstrings at Xmas number one
1 DecemberMobil 1 salutes McLaren tie-up with not-so-speedy Jenson
1 DecemberPaul Simons: why agency cultures only work if everyone starts from the same place
30 NovemberWhy Agency of the Year gongs matter to agencies – but what about clients?
30 NovemberKate Robinson of Hogarth: how to scupper an international campaign with one simple mistake
30 NovemberBest ads of 2015: would-be lifesavers from Ogilvy Paris and Grey UK
30 NovemberF&B readies another ‘Live Test’ epic for Volvo trucks
27 NovemberMatt Pye quits Cheil UK in Hammersley reshuffle
27 NovemberMore best ads of 2015: F&B for Volvo, WCRS’ Muppets
27 NovemberIt’s the battle of the John Lewis Xmas ad spoofs
27 NovemberChambord from W+K shows why the best digital campaigns are really ads by another name
26 NovemberDLKW Lowe bumps up Post Office Christmas
26 NovemberAre these the best two ads of 2015?
26 NovemberOld Spice unites Mustafa and Crews in Xmas love-in
26 NovemberFCB Inferno signs ex-M&C creative chief Elspeth Lynn
25 NovemberLucky Generals rises to the occasion for Paddy Power’s new IPhone app
25 NovemberHP bets on 180 LA for crucial rebranding campaign
25 NovemberOmnicom buys Brazil’s Grupo ABC as it ramps up acquisition plans
25 NovemberGiles Keeble: were these the ideas behind the UK’s Christmas ad show stoppers?
25 NovemberPaul Simons: why agencies are in the shape they’re in – and my Agency of the Year nominee..
24 NovemberM&C Saatchi faces a battle to regain departed glories

2014

31 DecemberJacob’s Creek rests case on ‘Made by Australia’
31 DecemberXaxis boss Brian Lesser on the future of digital video and WPP’s role in a brave new media world
30 DecemberMatthew McConaughey goes in to bat for Lincoln again – this time with some Strand-style solitary gloom
29 DecemberDoes JWT’s new HSBC Advance campaign bridge the gap between big company image and reality?
29 DecemberWeight Watchers and W+K launch personal coaches
24 DecemberChristmas greetings to Forsman & Bodenfors, King James and, of course, all our readers
24 DecemberGordon’s takes on designer gins with Gordon The Boar
24 DecemberCommunisis buys integrated agency Life for £23m
23 December2014 – the year global adland’s dogs didn’t bark
23 DecemberRuth Peters: have yourself a data-driven Christmas
22 DecemberMaurice Levy looks back on his ‘annus horribilis”
22 DecemberOgilvy Frankfurt tries art to add magic to Coke’s Dorna
19 DecemberJen Smith of Maxus: life beyond the Beacon – what’s next in store for retail tech?
19 DecemberHyundai unleashes online ‘Exobaby’
19 DecemberIan Styles of DesignStudio: why YouTube is still a missed opportunity for brands
19 DecemberAnatomised creative partner Mike Everett picks his Desert Island Ads
19 DecemberJohnnie Walker walks out of BBH into Anomaly
18 DecemberBBH New York sends a timely reminder to Diageo
18 DecemberGlobal adland presents its very own Game of Thrones
18 DecemberSamsung launches do-it-yourself ‘Holiday Dreams’ extravaganza through R/GA
18 DecemberGiles Keeble: that was the year that was – print ads, creative directing, digital and, er, Xmas
18 DecemberAdvertisers look for in-house solution to problem of digital media transparency
17 DecemberBBDO Toronto’s creepy ‘documentary’ for Skittles
17 DecemberSteve Sponder: what Facebook’s tough new brand post rules mean for content creators
17 DecemberAlbion ECD Andy Cutbill picks his Desert Island Ads
17 DecemberWPP CEO Martin Sorrell has a new boss – private equity man Roberto Quarta
17 DecemberJesus comes to London – courtesy of Mother
16 DecemberDare, Elvis and Identica up for sale as China’s BlueFocus buys Cossette agencies in North America
16 DecemberAshley Madison plumbs the depths down under
16 DecemberKeith Hunt: why 2015 will be the year of yet more marcoms disruption
15 DecemberApple hits the right note with TBWA’s ‘The Song’
15 DecemberInvestec win takes in-house agency Oliver to Cape Town
15 DecemberIan Maynard: advertising may have its A List but the rest of the media world doesn’t care
15 DecemberFocus groups can Christmas at Ogilvy Paris
15 DecemberGeorge Parker: MAA’s 2014 Titanium Dildo Awards
12 DecemberPlan B agency says clients are like an ‘Elf on the Shelf’
12 DecemberNew agency FCB Inferno gives BMW a Stone Age retread
12 DecemberWorld exclusive! Ebenezer Scrooge on the Christmas ads
12 DecemberW+K Delhi’s ‘Warrior Princess’ and the flip side of Xmas from BETC and Partners Andrews
11 DecemberAMV and Caviar Digital team to light the night for Proviz
11 DecemberWhy Tesco’s listing deals with suppliers may hold the key to its wider price problems
11 DecemberSaatchi Tokyo’s muscle magic for Shark Steam Cleaner
11 DecemberThe MAA US Agency of the Year is…Droga5
10 DecemberBorn again Co-op plugs convenience asset in new Christmas campaign from Leo Burnett
10 DecemberShaun Moran of Soul: the best ads of 2014
10 DecemberGrey Toronto’s timely plea for gun sense in America
9 DecemberAnd the MAA UK Agency of the Year is…adam&eveDDB
9 DecemberDroga5 sprinkles its magic on Under Armour
9 DecemberPaul Vallois: the Christmas digital naughty and nice list
9 DecemberMoney cascades out of Tesco but new CEO Dave Lewis is still wearing his happy Christmas hat
8 DecemberBrothers and Sisters founder and ECD Andy Fowler: the best ads of 2014
8 DecemberCrispin Porter tells the Fruit of the Loom Christmas story with admirable economy
8 DecemberCanon and JWT offer Glazer-style view of urban deer
8 DecemberW+K Amsterdam tipped for Netflix in Europe
8 DecemberPremier Foods tried its ‘invest for growth’ delisting threats on agencies first
8 DecemberGeorge Parker: Winston Fletcher, gnarly clients and me
5 DecemberAMV and Pepsi Max try to light up dingy Southwark
5 DecemberWho’d want to be Cadillac’s creative agency?
5 DecemberBBH unveils caring, sharing KFC kid
4 DecemberW+K Amsterdam shows off the ‘Dunkman’ for Nike and Foot Locker – or should that be ‘Jumpman?’
4 DecemberQCM debuts online/social campaign for Hendrick’s Gin
4 DecemberDentsu Aegis snaps up social media agency Tempero
4 DecemberMatt Williams: the great ad conundrum – great in a minute, gone in thirty seconds
4 DecemberGrey offers up more animal magic for McVitie’s
3 DecemberUS fund giant Blackrock picks Tag and Mindshare for $400m global ad account
3 December‘Write for yourself not for a client’ says DLKW as it launches second Winston Fletcher Fiction Prize
3 DecemberMaxus hires Oliver Cassel as ‘biddable media’ head
3 DecemberDroga5 makes compelling film for Kids Company charity
3 DecemberCara Delevingne makes musical debut in Lagerfeld’s Christmas epic for Chanel
3 DecemberYouTube names top UK Christmas ads – so far
2 DecemberHarvey Nichols and adam&eve subvert Christmas once again with ‘Could I Be Any Clearer?’ guide to presents
2 DecemberContagious London spoofs ‘Whatever’s Comfortable’ for Save The Children Christmas Jumper fund-raiser
2 DecemberH&M noses ahead in Christmas glitter stakes thanks to Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett
2 DecemberPaul Marsden of Syzygy: the future is already here – but today’s digital innovators are in China
2 December72andSunny’s Carlo Cavallone: the best ads of 2014
1 DecemberIs the UK’s ad of the year Mother’s ‘Beds’ epic for IKEA?
1 DecemberPrince Harry invites world to #FeelNoShame about Aids
1 DecemberMobiles.co.uk scores online with ‘The Phone Drop’
1 DecemberFearless Group’s Peter Gibb: the best ads of 2014
1 DecemberToby Shaw of Celebrity Cruises: the inside story of a (£5m) media pitch
28 NovemberNoelle McElhatton: what we can learn about agency marketing from Saatchi, Iris, Sapient Nitro and W+K
28 NovemberJames Murphy of adam&eveDDB: the best ads of 2014
28 NovemberHow can out of home recapture the great age of posters in a new and more complex media era?
27 NovemberAdam&eve makes toe-curling debut for Unilever’s Maille
27 NovemberJohn Hegarty sets up The Garage for start-up companies
27 November18 Feet’s Jonathan Trimble: the best ads of 2014
27 NovemberThe&Partnership hires Conor McNicholas from Redwood to launch new content agency
27 NovemberDurex puts some tech into condoms and ‘pleasure gels’
27 NovemberOystercatchers awards show how new business pitches have become an industry inside an industry
26 NovemberThe Red Brick Road’s David Miller: the best ads of 2014
26 NovemberMatt Williams: tweeters track world’s most terrible ad
25 NovemberScottish Power is up to its old call-calling tricks – and so are UK cancer charities
25 NovemberEpica Grand Prix goes to BBDO’s Beeps
25 NovemberNeil Dawson of Dawson Pickering: the best ads of 2014
25 NovemberSeven likes the taste of Monty The Penguin
25 NovemberCheil Worldwide snaps up integrated agency Iris
24 NovemberOld Spice and Wieden+Kennedy try ‘mad moms’ to lay the ghost of Isaiah Mustafa
24 NovemberNew cinema research from DCM is over-rich mixture
24 NovemberMarion Cotillard walks on water for Dior
24 NovemberWieden+Kennedy’s Neil Christie: the best ads of 2014

2013

31 DecemberFold7 ad debut for Gocompare offers a rosy view of the green green grass of Wales
30 DecemberHas Sky missed a trick with Michael Caine ad debut?
30 DecemberTragic death of Mita Diran blamed on agency overwork
30 DecemberPiers Morgan – from chat show host to cricket punchbag
24 DecemberNow Samsung says Galaxy Gear holds key to romance
23 DecemberChina grapples with security pants marketing
23 DecemberWhat does the fox say about YouTube ad success?
23 DecemberMaurice Levy turns himself into a variety turn for Xmas
23 DecemberAre these the best integrated campaigns of 2013?
22 DecemberWill the real Charles Saatchi please stand up?
20 DecemberRupert Staines of RadiumOne: programmatic targeting is online advertising’s version of ‘Big Bang’
20 DecemberApple says a traditional Christmas needs an iPhone
19 DecemberVolvo tops Visible Measures’ 2013 hit spoof ads
19 DecemberAction man Carter Murray speeds through London merger of DraftFCB and Inferno
19 DecemberDroga5 partner WME buys sports outfit IMG for $2.3bn – but the really interesting player in this is Silver Lake
19 DecemberSamsung unveils star-studded Galaxy football team
19 DecemberMAA’s Agency of the Year is…actually there are two
18 DecemberA memoir of Peter O’Toole from George Parker, Heston’s crap mince pies and various Chinese whispers
18 DecemberMark Andrews: my agency, ads and person of the year
18 DecemberChina’s BlueFocus takes another big step on world stage with We Are Social social media agency buy
18 DecemberJerry Judge: my campaign, agency and person of the year
17 DecemberWPP strikes deal with ‘global influencer’ Richard Attias
17 DecemberSanto produces brilliant fatherhood tale for Coke
17 DecemberLeo Burnett hops on Isaiah’s Old Spice bandwagon
16 DecemberManchester’s Love takes Johnnie Walker Black to China
16 DecemberMarilyn Monroe blockbuster from Chanel focuses attention on bespoke WPP agency Plus
16 DecemberCumminsRoss lures top creative duo from BBDO
16 DecemberWhy a connected world means it’s time for shopper marketing to escape the curse of shelf wobblers
13 DecemberDirect Line and EE line up Christmas reviews
13 DecemberEcotricity bashes UK energy gang with windmills spin
13 DecemberStephen Foster’s agency, ads and person of the year – plus some thoughts from Giles Keeble
12 DecemberBETC’s Evian ad tops YouTube poll, Puma for JWT, VCCP scoops London agency gong, more phone hacking tales
12 DecemberWithings strips off in a good cause – but which one?
12 DecemberWho scored highest in our UK Christmas ads round-up?
12 DecemberHamlin in, LePlae out as Arnold digests Volvo loss
11 DecemberPaul Simons: my person, agency and ad of the year
11 DecemberRobert Jenkins: where would I work now?
11 DecemberMcgarrybowen’s Droid Maxx campaign shows you can film the brief – and still make a good ad
10 DecemberWhy the undercover Economist is entitled to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom
10 DecemberBeware the appointment of a new marketing director – as CHI is finding out with ‘successful’ client Argos
10 DecemberOgilvy’s Graham Fink picks his Desert Island Ads
9 DecemberFord’s Mustang muscles into Europe with Sienna Milller
9 DecemberNow WPP snaps up digital policeman Crystal Semantics
9 DecemberLaura Wade of Maxus: why branded content needs to change to fit a hyper-connected media world
9 DecemberGeorge Parker: my agency, ads and person of the year
6 DecemberUnilever cuts, debunking Millenials, the ‘Nutcracker’ ad with Spob and Freddie and more Ron Burgundy
6 DecemberKatarina Nielsen of Flock Associates: hotels show us why a Big Idea doesn’t have to be an advertising idea
6 DecemberMichael Lee: my agency, ads and person of the year
5 DecemberIs this Japanese ad the scariest commercial ever?
5 DecemberMemo to UK politicians: don’t get hung up about gender-specific ads to girls and boys – they’re different
5 DecemberIs Barclays tip-toeing down the agency-bashing route?
5 DecemberKBH rolls out mobile-enabled interactive traincards
4 DecemberHavas London poaches Somers from Burnett as new MD
4 DecemberKate at 40 scores PR triumph for Playboy at 60
4 DecemberInnocean’s Nick Flora launches Kenya orphans appeal
4 DecemberNike drives Rooney and McIlroy straight down the middle to launch Ordem football for Brazil world cup
3 DecemberWieden+Kennedy’s Three pony gets the CGI treatment for surprise Christmas comeback
3 DecemberWPP merges 24/7 into Xaxis to try to steal a march in the online media marketplace
3 DecemberTesco walks the talk at Xmas with food donations
3 DecemberDeutsch NY goes 3-D for PNC’s Xmas Price Index
2 DecemberNew blow for Havas as Volvo switches to Grey London
2 DecemberNow drugs giant GSK joins the agency rebate gang
2 DecemberForgiato wheels tries to make metalwork sexy
2 DecemberHarvey Nichols and DDB summon up spirit of Scooge
2 DecemberEric Cantona scores for Ogilvy and Kronenbourg
29 NovemberPublic/private parts, sing along with KFC and BBH, Boots and Mother get real for Christmas
29 NovemberDroga5 Europe wins global Radox assignment
29 NovemberUK agencies muddle through (and Sir Martin Sorrell earns eight times more than anyone else)
28 NovemberHas BBH produced the great ad we’ve been waiting for?
28 NovemberSprint’s decision to appoint Figliulo start-up shows the marcoms giants don’t have things all their own way
28 NovemberPaul Vallois: is it time to view procurement people as partners rather than obstacles?
28 NovemberGeorge Parker: how Thanksgiving became ‘Black Friday’
27 NovemberSarah Lund sweaters up for Save The Children Xmas ad
27 NovemberD&AD shows what it’s made of in W+K call for entries
27 NovemberMichael Lee: what clients and agencies are missing with the demise of the Three-Martini Lunch
26 NovemberGiles Keeble: where would I work now?
26 NovemberNew film celebrates BMP creative genius John Webster
26 NovemberOslo agency Futatsu Industries tries the healthy approach to sex shop advertising
26 November&Co’s ‘Made From Cool’ Christopher Walken campaign for Jack & Jones wins Epica film Grand Prix
25 NovemberKmart scores 13m YouTube hits for Joe Boxer
25 NovemberWPP’s Sorrell forecasts an Omnicom/Publicis Groupe brain drain when merger closes
25 NovemberKerry Lee of Flock Associates: how outdoor can win a share of the social media experience
25 NovemberJeremy Garner of Weapon7 picks his Desert Island Ads
22 NovemberMcDonald’s boss blames DDB and Burnett for sales flop
22 NovemberWorld exclusive! Ebenezer Scrooge on why he hates Christmas ads even more than Christmas
22 NovemberGiant posters work best says new blowUP research
22 NovemberWhat’s so special about WPP media agency Maxus?
21 NovemberEven the great Martin Scorsese stumbles on Dolce & Gabbana’s ‘Street of Dreams’
21 NovemberHavas pays price for Santander sport celebs car crash
21 NovemberNow Walker Media joins the POG media collection
20 NovemberDel Campo Saatchi produces art for gum classic
20 NovemberCheil UK sheds Samsung image with new Coke brief
20 NovemberLeagas Delaney launches new London eating app
20 NovemberNew online research claims a third of ads are going to porn sites and other undesirables
20 NovemberTalon’s Eric Newnham wins ‘serial entrepreneur’ crown
20 NovemberSurely it’s time to curb the TV gambling bonanza?
19 NovemberThe clock is ticking on a bid by WPP for Interpublic
18 NovemberWes Anderson Prada car crash disappears
18 NovemberBacardi shows its ‘untameable’ family values in new global campaign from BETC
18 NovemberMoray MacLennan: how M&C Saatchi International is building a new kind of marcoms empire

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