Timeline
2023
2022
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30 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: AKQA Group CEO Ajaz Ahmed
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30 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Andy Nairn of Lucky Generals
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30 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Khalid Latif of VMLY&R Health
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29 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Aidan McClure of Wonderhood Studios
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29 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Richard Brim of adam&eveDDB
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29 DecemberHappy holiday – and a generous New Year
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28 DecemberTotallyMoney breaks the mould for credit score ads
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28 DecemberAviva hacks its way through the financial undergrowth
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28 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Chris Birch ECD of VCCP London
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22 DecemberQuilmes beer ad foresaw a Messi future
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22 DecemberGousto recipes ‘steals the show’ as Mother serves up movie-themed ads
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21 DecemberAMV BBDO shows what it’s made of with WhatsApp winner
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20 DecemberWho is the Elon Musk of adland? Wonderhood “bursts the adland bauble” on Twitter
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20 DecemberFearsome kids take over in Warner Hotels brand refresh
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20 DecemberSamsung and Mother ‘get lucky’ with Nile Rodgers & TikTok
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20 DecemberDentsu Creative raids McCann again, this time for UK CSO
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19 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Rodolphe Pinta of Herezie
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19 DecemberNow Twitter users vote to boot out Musk
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19 DecemberUncommon and Miriam Margolyes lead appeal for LGBTQ+ friendly World Cup
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19 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Sue Higgs of Dentsu Creative
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19 DecemberMAA’s Agency of the Year 2022 is… VCCP London
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19 DecemberWFA: more clients satisfied with agencies – media agencies questioned and digital going up
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16 DecemberMAA Ad of the Week: Taco Bell by The Or
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16 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Jasmine Loignon of Publicis Luxe
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16 DecemberGeorge Parker: the best and worst of 2022
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15 DecemberSlimFast for Mother, the Guardian to Lucky Generals, Nestle pitches European media
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15 DecemberMediaSense launches DEI audit programme for advertisers
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14 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Jerome Galinha of BETC Paris
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13 DecemberNew UK CEO for Dentsu Creative: Jessica Tamsedge joins from McCann Worldgroup
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13 DecemberGoogle’s ‘Year in Search’ is an idealised version of 2022
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13 DecemberMy Ad of the Year: Ian Heartfield of New Commercial Arts
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13 DecemberOgilvy tastes a bit more Sainsbury’s
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13 DecemberTinka escapes troll in 3D live action DOOH spot from Denmark’s TV2
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12 DecemberWoolmark fights back against man-made fabrics in Mother’s hyper-real campaign for Japan
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12 DecemberTaco Bell plumps for just one lonely The Or ad in giveaway UK debut
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12 DecemberHFSS ad ban is postponed, gambling ads are much bigger problem no-one’s prepared to tackle
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9 DecemberReed Smith: World Cup advertising – planning an ambush
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9 DecemberMAA Ad of the Week: Ray Parlour for Arsenal Retro
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9 DecemberSamsung’s spider wins Epica film award
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8 DecemberNils Leonard is working with Radiohead’s drummer. Has he outgrown advertising?
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8 DecemberCoca-Cola goes for content over commercials this Christmas, streaming now on Amazon Prime
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8 DecemberFive agencies make the MAA UK Agency of the Year shortlist
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7 DecemberWonderhood shines spotlight on loneliness in annual Christmas film
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7 DecemberCrayola and dentsuMB scoop top global Effie
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6 DecemberEssenceMediacom’s Krichefski to be next IPA president
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6 DecemberPublicis Groupe’s Sadoun gets a new sidekick for 2023, and Levy is starstruck
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6 DecemberSaatchi and British Heart Foundation make powerful appeal for Xmas charity pound
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6 DecemberAdam&eveDDB’s giant ‘Alex’ dramatises homeless plight for charity Crisis
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6 December‘Long Live the Prince’ creative leaves House337 and takes his Grand Prix to VCCP
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5 DecemberH&M unwraps Christmas with giant advent calendar
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5 DecemberRay Parlour dons creative director mantle for Arsenal
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5 DecemberPublicis Groupe launches social agency Boomerang in the UK
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5 DecemberWFA says client/agency relationships improving (a bit)
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2 DecemberBETC highlights Kremlin’s mendacious propaganda war
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2 DecemberMAA Ad of the Week: Posten by Pol
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1 DecemberUK agencies blast Keurig Dr Pepper’s 360 day PR payment terms
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1 DecemberApple makes its disability pitch in impeccable new film
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1 DecemberMother opens Berlin office and goes back to Droga5 New York for another CCO
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30 NovemberWPP study goes ‘Beyond the Rainbow’ and brings queer into the mainstream
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30 NovemberLeading OOH media agency Talon rebrands to major on global scale and ambitions
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30 NovemberBurger King takes the fast food fight to all its enemies
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30 NovemberAbove+Beyond joins indie global group by The Network
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29 NovemberBullish Moneysupermarket moves media to UM
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29 NovemberDuolingo launches Japan’s Museum of Wonky English
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29 NovemberMusk’s latest Twitter spat with advertisers shines a harsh light on Apple’s dominance
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28 NovemberMorrisons for Leo Burnett, Brooklyn Brothers lines up redundancies
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28 NovemberThe Or hires Droga5 star creative duo as its new ECDs
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28 NovemberAsda, Amazon, Aldi and M&S top System1’s latest Christmas ad winners
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28 NovemberAn alternative view of Declan Rice’s CALM performance
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25 NovemberMother Earth blasts Santa Claus for climate crimes in Posten’s epic Christmas ad
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25 NovemberMAA Christmas Ads of the Month (so far): John Lewis, Apple and Fondation Abbé Pierre
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24 NovemberChevrolet attacks the tear ducts with Mrs Hayes’ 1957 Chevy
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24 NovemberFred & Farid explores plight of homeless in this Christmas’ most moving tale
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24 NovemberVCCP study shows hard-up Brits still clinging on to those little luxuries
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23 NovemberMondelez urges passionate Italian fans to support Canada in the World Cup
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23 NovemberBattle for Manchester United may put football’s marketing appeal under yet more pressure
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23 NovemberGerman supermarket Rewe drops FA sponsorship over ‘One Love’ armband row
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23 NovemberBrands need to clean up their financial act says new Mindshare report
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23 NovemberGeoge Parker on art director legend George Lois
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22 NovemberDroga5 London wins global Philips
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22 NovemberHouse 337 launches Native Social & Content practice
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22 NovemberWPP launches archive celebrating Jeremy Bullmore
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22 NovemberAdverity’s Mark Debenham: beyond the bargains – the search for real Christmas value
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21 NovemberJust add snow: Apple AirPods shares the joy with Christmas in Buenos Aires
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21 NovemberAdam&eveDDB pulls out all the stops for National Lottery
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21 NovemberLouis Vuitton scores with World Cup dream team
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21 NovemberITVX and Uncommon recruit upmarket stars for launch of new streaming service
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18 NovemberMAA Ad of the Week: World Cup Nike scores once again
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18 NovemberKFC shows the World Cup doesn’t have to be toxic for brands
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18 NovemberMorrisons announces four-strong shortlist as pitch gets underway
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17 NovemberDirect Line media shifts from EssenceMediacom to Carat
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17 NovemberAnd us turns spotlight on delivery disasters for Deliveroo
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17 NovemberNike’s ‘footballverse’ goes back to the future with all-star team
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17 NovemberLouis Vuitton goes full bonkers luxury for Christmas 2022
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16 NovemberThe Gate tipped to win AA account
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16 NovemberIPG Mediabrands teams with Scope3 in new emissions drive
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16 NovemberForget Qatar: Frito-Lay stokes controversy around 2026 World Cup with help from David Beckham
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16 NovemberMcDonald’s goes for World Cup without the football
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16 NovemberBMB tries to align football and charity for FairShare
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15 NovemberGatorade and Adidas: whatever you say about the World Cup it’s certainly Messi
2021
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31 DecemberOgilvy Italia hits right end of year note for NGO Emergency
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31 DecemberFrom the MAA Archive: Publicis Groupe and Omnicom in $35bn merger
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30 DecemberCrypto.com sign-up shows changing nature of Super Bowl
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30 DecemberWatching the detectives: Apple’s iPhone in Hollywood mode
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30 DecemberFrom the MAA Archive: Sorrell out as he quits WPP ahead of investigation findings
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30 DecemberIsobel essays a new twist on romance for Savills
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29 DecemberJoint rewrites history for Amazon Prime
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29 DecemberFrom the MAA Archive: BBH’s John Bartle, Nigel Bogle and John Hegarty – our blasts from the past
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28 DecemberAbove+beyond makes flying debut for Proper Chips
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28 DecemberFrom the MAA archive: Direct Line’s Piers Newson-Smith picks his Desert Island Ads
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27 DecemberPublicis ends 2021 on high note as Starcom scoops McDonald’s US media from Omnicom
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27 DecemberGraham Fink: creativity in 2021 – don’t make ads, make TikToks
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27 DecemberMAA Ad of the Week: BETC’s Emily in Paris
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24 DecemberHappy Christmas and holidays from MAA
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24 DecemberAnd the MAA UK Creative Agency of 2021 is….
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24 December2021’s stand-out performers: MAA agencies, advertiser and ad holding company of the year
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23 DecemberMother’s ‘global voice’ Gaby Scardaccione leaves the agency
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22 DecemberJoint London founder Damon Collins: Ads of the Year 2021
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22 DecemberBETC’s Emily in Paris – even better than the original
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22 DecemberMicrosoft to buy AT&T’s Xandr to boost ad tech offer
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21 DecemberThe Network unleashes Netflix ‘The Witchers’ monster in giant Out of Home campaign
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21 DecemberFingers crossed for Dark Horses Shelter homeless promotion
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21 DecemberThe Brooklyn Brothers ECD Simon Poett: Ads of the Year ’21
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20 DecemberM&S Romford shows how to do it at Christmas
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20 DecemberFiona Foy: trust, yes, but verify too in media agency deals
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20 DecemberDentsuMB joint ECD Sue Higgs: Ads of the Year 2021
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20 DecemberOn the Beach: tongue in cheek or just naff?
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20 DecemberR/GA CEO Sean Lyons: Christmas parties and the metaverse
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17 DecemberTalon Outdoor helps commuters find quietest journey slots with new data tool Plan It
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17 DecemberMAA Ad of the Week: Levy and Sadoun for Publicis
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16 DecemberTalon CEO Barry Cupples: how technology has created a new world of Out of Home
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16 DecemberWavemaker wins Merlin Entertainments media
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16 DecemberNow Impero wins Christian Aid in three-way pitch
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16 DecemberAKQA beats the odds with new ID for Kingsman film producer Matthew Vaughan
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15 DecemberDisney tops Unruly’s “emotionally engaging” Christmas ads – good from Tesco too
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14 DecemberTop Publicis duo Levy and Sadoun work their world – from King Kong to Easy Rider
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14 DecemberID Comms: digital is number one media transparency worry
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14 DecemberChris Hogg of Lotame: less is more – why minimising data is the way to stay ahead
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14 DecemberClear Channel Europe in the OOH shop window
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14 DecemberPablo debuts for DFS with radical makeover
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13 DecemberImpero wins global brief for EO Charging
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13 DecemberDoes Google need a new approach to ‘goodvertising?’
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13 DecemberEpica announces 2021 winners – four grand prix for WPP
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13 DecemberPeloton plays catch up with Mr Big comeback
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10 DecemberMAA Ad of Week: Wonderhood Studios – ‘stuck in a call’
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10 DecemberNew CSO Sophie Lewis aims to “tackle big issues with creativity” at M&C Saatchi
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10 DecemberNew Commercial Arts’ Ian Heartfield picks his Ad of the Year
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10 DecemberGuinness’ bid to keep pubs full at Christmas: light displays and 30-strong choir
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10 DecemberTesco and Mediacom put ‘I’m a Celebrity’ escapees through one last trial
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9 DecemberOgilvy UK chief ECD Jules Chalkley: Ads of the Year 2021
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9 DecemberAMV BBDO explores hidden depths in Ford debut
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9 DecemberManning Gottlieb set to retain £200m UK government media
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9 DecemberSome funny Christmas business in the Comcast empire
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8 DecemberWPP’s GroupM strikes voice deal with Say It Now
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8 DecemberAKQA Group CEO Ajaz Ahmed picks his Ad of the Year
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8 DecemberPost lockdown/Christmas ads from Albert Heijn, McDonalds Australia and Stella
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8 DecemberPublicis invites staff to work their world – anywhere
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7 DecemberHavas creatives from London, Sydney and Paris pick their 2021 Ads of the Year
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7 DecemberWonderhood Studios’ Christmas nightmare – stuck on a zoom call forever
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7 December40 over Forty list uveiled to combat ageism
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6 DecemberAd revenues grow at a ‘surprising’ rate as ‘digital is eating the world,’ says GroupM
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6 DecemberWPP buy creates new AKQA design combo The New Standard
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6 DecemberAdam&eveDDB wins Dr Oetker, On the Beach to Quiet Storm
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6 DecemberWonderhood co-founder Aidan McClure: Ads of the Year ’21
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6 DecemberBBC’s Christmas film subtly shows just how much it matters
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6 DecemberLaurence Green: and then there were three – John Lewis ads this Christmas
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3 DecemberNeil Heymann takes top creative role at David Droga’s Accenture Interactive
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3 DecemberVaynerMedia’s Becky McOwen-Banks: Ads of the Year 2021
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3 DecemberFrench retailer PicWicToys gives Santa leathers and tattoos
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3 DecemberMAA Ad of the Week: IKEA’s Swedish shark hits Tokyo
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2 DecemberVirgin Media – from bad to unbelievably bad with 02
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2 DecemberWonderhood rises to challenge of Alzheimer’s Research in a Covid world
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2 DecemberWPP’s Ogilvy tops WARC’s “most creative network” ranks
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2 DecemberVCCP’s controversial TfL road safety ad pinpoints an important issue
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2 DecemberWunderman Thompson ECD Tom Drew: my Ads of the Year
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1 DecemberITV celebs admit ‘It’s been a year’ in Uncommon’s Christmas bid to get Britain talking
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1 DecemberDDB’s Alex Hesz joins Dentsu in global chief strategy role
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1 December“Tis the season to slay it” says Asda’s George
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1 DecemberMSQ adds Elmwood to Holmes & Marchant to create global design contender
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30 NovemberDigital media wizard Essence digs down with RHS
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30 NovemberWPP dives deeper into ecommerce with Cloud Commerce
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30 NovemberCo-op goes live for Christmas – in a community fridge
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29 NovemberTrapped: Waitrose ‘Snowed In’ Christmas ad takes a real life twist
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29 NovemberVCCP’s first work for Honda brings us wheelies in the desert
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29 NovemberErste’s Christmas message: ‘believe in tomorrow’
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29 NovemberHow come Vodafone Ireland gets this advertising lark?
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29 NovemberAlbert Bartlett gives potatoes star appeal
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29 NovemberTaco Bell picks rebranded TheOr for UK ad debut
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26 NovemberMAA Ad of the Week: Apple’s ‘Saving Simon’
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26 NovemberThe&Partnership wins Ineos Hygiene, Publicis.Poke wins Tork
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25 NovemberUnesco launches confuse-a-cookie kit with DDB Paris
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25 NovemberMAA blast from the past: The Appliance of Science
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25 NovemberApple’s ‘Saving Simon’ star tries to hold on to the Christmas spirit all year round
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25 NovemberMaybe adland needs a miracle or two: MediaCom claims creative breakthrough
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24 NovemberM&S appoints Happy Finish for hi-tech push on homewares
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24 NovemberNorway’s Posten unveils a gay Santa Claus
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24 NovemberVW embarks on marathon global media pitch
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24 NovemberIt’s wall-to-wall glamour in Louis Vuitton’s ‘holiday house’
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23 NovemberTPS Engage brings crypto-currencies to digital Out of Home
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23 NovemberServiceplan charges De las Pozas with top ten task in Spain
2020
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31 DecemberBarclaycard reveals 2020 consumer spending winners and losers – florists bloom
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31 DecemberAd agencies will change in 2021 – but then they always do
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31 DecemberPaul Simons: why are so many newbie London agencies struggling so hard to win proper accounts?
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30 DecemberMAA blast from the past: Ameriquest’s medics
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30 DecemberKia Sorento: now it’s a “storytelling machine”
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30 December2021 is on its way and the auguries aren’t that good..
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29 DecemberMAA blast from the past: Axe from 2015
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29 DecemberDavid Schwimmer swims against British tide for TSB
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28 DecemberWhat’s David Beckham’s best position for Haig?
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28 DecemberPaul Simons: the ad industry is in danger of sinking under a mountain of meaningless jargon
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28 DecemberWho are the candidates for our 2020 Person of the Year?
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24 DecemberHappy Christmas to all our readers – with the odd exception
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23 DecemberNetflix rounds up the year with a winner from AKQA
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23 DecemberMercedes’ new executive chariot aims for cool
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23 DecemberFerrero launches ‘Golden Experience’ multi-market airport campaign across Europe.
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22 DecemberDroga5 wins rapper Sean Combs’ global business
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21 DecemberMoney app Yolt appoints Uncommon to ‘drive brand fame’
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21 DecemberMother turns KFC’s red-and-white buckets into snow-topped apartment buildings
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21 DecemberFord turns to Chevy Chase, Edeka is somewhat cheerless
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21 DecemberTranslated’s Lara brings some creative sunshine
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21 DecemberThree Christmas ads that don’t give you indigestion
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21 DecemberUncommon and Iggy Pop remind us that everything is better On The Beach
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18 DecemberMAA blast from the past: wholesome(ish) Heinz Ketchup
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18 DecemberMichael Scantlebury at Impero: Mouldy whatter? Survey demonstrates how quickly consumers forget
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18 DecemberP&G ‘leads with love’ in bold charter for 2021
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18 DecemberUncommon wins ‘The Week’ strategy and creative assignment in the US and UK
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18 DecemberThe growth of online casino platforms
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17 DecemberGood old Coke is System1’s top Christmas ad – again
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17 December‘I’ll get to you.’ Médecins du Monde’s promise is dramatised by agency Marcel
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17 DecemberWPP sets out ambitious plans as it emerges in one piece from bad old 2020
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17 DecemberChristianne Wahl of VidMob: why creatives and media planners need to work better together
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16 DecemberAgencies may find they’re eating from a restricted menu as they venture into 2021
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16 DecemberPintarget targets needy lockdown drinkers for Silent Pool
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16 DecemberNick Mawditt of Talon Outdoor: ten themes which will change Out of Home in 2021
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16 DecemberMAA’s 2020 holding company of the year, advertiser and – UK creative agency
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15 DecemberInnocent drinks and BMB rescue PPE-clad Santa
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14 DecemberGoogle meltdown: Arthur Sadoun is ‘desolé’ as he is forced to postpone Michelle Obama’s star turn
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14 DecemberMAA Agencies of the Year 2020: US, international, media, production and a new category for an awful year
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14 DecemberApple, Google underline power with end-of-year ad blitz
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14 DecemberBraun relaunches audio with The Wild’s ‘Sound, designed.’
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11 DecemberDroga5 wins Nasdaq darling $100bn airbnb
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11 DecemberSea Shepherd fishes for an end to industrial fishing
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11 DecemberM&C Saatchi back on the road with South Africa digital buy
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11 December#Merry Different: it’s Channel 4’s first ever Christmas ad
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11 DecemberJason Romeyko of Serviceplan picks his Desert Island Ads
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11 DecemberRemember me? Empty streets inspire Big Issue’s first appeal
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10 DecemberCoca-Cola launches giant $4.2bn creative and media reviews
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10 DecemberKaplan is new global boss of Out of Home agency Kinetic
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10 DecemberPaul Simons: heroes of adland stalk Soho’s Star & Garter
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10 DecemberNo going back: #TimeTo avoids a return to the “old normal”
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9 DecemberMother London returns all furlough money to the government
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9 DecemberWunderman Thompson says it’s cracked the code of brand “inspiration”
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9 DecemberBurger King rebrands to ‘Burger Queen’ for Stevenage FC
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9 DecemberA boy’s tribute to Maradona soars high in the Argentinian sky
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8 DecemberXmas wizards McCann Manchester score for Smyths
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8 DecemberLacta’s Easter Bunny rides to Christmas rescue
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8 DecemberDentsu International is first ad holding company to announce across-the-board job losses
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8 DecemberWhy Instagram is a great tool for effective sports marketing
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7 DecemberPublicis Groupe’s 2020 Christmas message is delivered by Michelle Obama, while Arthur & Maurice take it easy
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7 DecemberThe Glenlivet aims for best-use-of-Scotsman gong
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7 DecemberMagna and Zenith chart global digital transformation – good news for cybercriminals anyway
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7 DecemberSamsung from Sid Lee Paris: speedy, secure and humorous
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7 DecemberPaul Simons: here’s advertising’s future in the new model era
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4 DecemberArif Miah of mud orange: why are multi-cultural moments always an afterthought?
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4 DecemberVisa appoints Wieden+Kennedy and Publicis Groupe to ‘creative oversight’ of its $200m global business
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3 DecemberVCCP’s Julian Douglas to succeed Nigel Vaz as IPA president
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3 DecemberBBH wins back £5 million Alpen after Weetabix holds pitch
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3 DecemberAnd here’s Doc Morris’ contender for Xmas tear jerker
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3 DecemberPress Gazette survey shows massive transformation in the global news media business
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3 DecemberIs there anything Ryan Reynolds can’t do? Including the best Christmas ad…
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3 DecemberSupport our journalism with a contribution that suits you
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2 DecemberLonely this Christmas? Don’t let Piers Morgan be your only friend, say Uncommon and ITV
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2 DecemberGoddard steps down at Ocean after decade of OOH expansion
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2 DecemberCo-op and Lucky Generals raise community spirits with mini Oasis tribute band
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2 DecemberNomads wins global Hoya Vision Care
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2 DecemberAldi challenges French with Xmas taste test challenge
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1 DecemberMAA blast from the past: Kia Niro takes a ‘hero’s journey’
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1 DecemberDole Packaged Foods adds St Luke’s to agency roster
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1 DecemberPaul Simons: the ad that restored my faith in advertising
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30 NovemberFootasylum makes Xmas debut at home with the Redknapps
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30 NovemberIntermarché tackles big one with Covid-19 Christmas tale
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30 NovemberIs Bude post office’s Christmas ad better than John Lewis?
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30 NovemberWPP bids for remaining shares in loss-making WPP AUNZ
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27 NovemberHas Wonderhood proved its Christmas creds for Branston?
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27 NovemberChristmas on a Hollywood budget, with a Hollywood star, and a ‘togetherness’ message, from Comcast
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27 NovemberIt’s a ten second Christmas from Pringles and Tyrrells
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27 NovemberPaul Simons: is data grail driving WPP’s shotgun marriages?
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26 NovemberPicRights is persecuting websites and bloggers over alleged rights issues – who are they and their agents acting for?
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26 NovemberWill WPP’s AKQA and Grey blend together or separate?
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26 NovemberMAA blast from the past: Twiggy for seemingly unsinkable retailer M&S
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26 NovemberHome alone at Christmas: Apple and Solace
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26 NovemberCan a lottery ticket lighten the Christmas gloom?
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25 NovemberMullenLowe lures first group CCO Patterson from BBH
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25 NovemberSnoop Dogg and SodaStream show us the freshest way to save the planet with ‘small bubbles, big impact’
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25 NovemberJohannes Leonardo’s Kraft win is a (smallish) slice of the cake for WPP too
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25 NovemberPaul Simons: Lee Clow taught me ‘less is more’ at TBWA
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25 NovemberGeorge Parker: Paul Simons was right about some clients
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24 NovemberMondelez International appoints Publicis Groupe and S4 Capital to run its global production operations
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24 NovemberAB InBev launches in-house campaign for new Victoria through Hamlet
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24 NovemberMSQ launches Sustain with United Nations and World Economic Forum as clients
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31 DecemberJacob’s Creek rests case on ‘Made by Australia’
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31 DecemberXaxis boss Brian Lesser on the future of digital video and WPP’s role in a brave new media world
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30 DecemberMatthew McConaughey goes in to bat for Lincoln again – this time with some Strand-style solitary gloom
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29 DecemberDoes JWT’s new HSBC Advance campaign bridge the gap between big company image and reality?
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29 DecemberWeight Watchers and W+K launch personal coaches
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24 DecemberChristmas greetings to Forsman & Bodenfors, King James and, of course, all our readers
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24 DecemberGordon’s takes on designer gins with Gordon The Boar
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24 DecemberCommunisis buys integrated agency Life for £23m
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23 December2014 – the year global adland’s dogs didn’t bark
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23 DecemberRuth Peters: have yourself a data-driven Christmas
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22 DecemberMaurice Levy looks back on his ‘annus horribilis”
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22 DecemberOgilvy Frankfurt tries art to add magic to Coke’s Dorna
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19 DecemberJen Smith of Maxus: life beyond the Beacon – what’s next in store for retail tech?
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19 DecemberHyundai unleashes online ‘Exobaby’
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19 DecemberIan Styles of DesignStudio: why YouTube is still a missed opportunity for brands
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19 DecemberAnatomised creative partner Mike Everett picks his Desert Island Ads
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19 DecemberJohnnie Walker walks out of BBH into Anomaly
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18 DecemberBBH New York sends a timely reminder to Diageo
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18 DecemberGlobal adland presents its very own Game of Thrones
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18 DecemberSamsung launches do-it-yourself ‘Holiday Dreams’ extravaganza through R/GA
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18 DecemberGiles Keeble: that was the year that was – print ads, creative directing, digital and, er, Xmas
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18 DecemberAdvertisers look for in-house solution to problem of digital media transparency
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17 DecemberBBDO Toronto’s creepy ‘documentary’ for Skittles
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17 DecemberSteve Sponder: what Facebook’s tough new brand post rules mean for content creators
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17 DecemberAlbion ECD Andy Cutbill picks his Desert Island Ads
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17 DecemberWPP CEO Martin Sorrell has a new boss – private equity man Roberto Quarta
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17 DecemberJesus comes to London – courtesy of Mother
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16 DecemberDare, Elvis and Identica up for sale as China’s BlueFocus buys Cossette agencies in North America
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16 DecemberAshley Madison plumbs the depths down under
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16 DecemberKeith Hunt: why 2015 will be the year of yet more marcoms disruption
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15 DecemberApple hits the right note with TBWA’s ‘The Song’
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15 DecemberInvestec win takes in-house agency Oliver to Cape Town
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15 DecemberIan Maynard: advertising may have its A List but the rest of the media world doesn’t care
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15 DecemberFocus groups can Christmas at Ogilvy Paris
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15 DecemberGeorge Parker: MAA’s 2014 Titanium Dildo Awards
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12 DecemberPlan B agency says clients are like an ‘Elf on the Shelf’
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12 DecemberNew agency FCB Inferno gives BMW a Stone Age retread
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12 DecemberWorld exclusive! Ebenezer Scrooge on the Christmas ads
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12 DecemberW+K Delhi’s ‘Warrior Princess’ and the flip side of Xmas from BETC and Partners Andrews
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11 DecemberAMV and Caviar Digital team to light the night for Proviz
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11 DecemberWhy Tesco’s listing deals with suppliers may hold the key to its wider price problems
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11 DecemberSaatchi Tokyo’s muscle magic for Shark Steam Cleaner
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11 DecemberThe MAA US Agency of the Year is…Droga5
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10 DecemberBorn again Co-op plugs convenience asset in new Christmas campaign from Leo Burnett
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10 DecemberShaun Moran of Soul: the best ads of 2014
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10 DecemberGrey Toronto’s timely plea for gun sense in America
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9 DecemberAnd the MAA UK Agency of the Year is…adam&eveDDB
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9 DecemberDroga5 sprinkles its magic on Under Armour
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9 DecemberPaul Vallois: the Christmas digital naughty and nice list
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9 DecemberMoney cascades out of Tesco but new CEO Dave Lewis is still wearing his happy Christmas hat
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8 DecemberBrothers and Sisters founder and ECD Andy Fowler: the best ads of 2014
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8 DecemberCrispin Porter tells the Fruit of the Loom Christmas story with admirable economy
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8 DecemberCanon and JWT offer Glazer-style view of urban deer
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8 DecemberW+K Amsterdam tipped for Netflix in Europe
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8 DecemberPremier Foods tried its ‘invest for growth’ delisting threats on agencies first
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8 DecemberGeorge Parker: Winston Fletcher, gnarly clients and me
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5 DecemberAMV and Pepsi Max try to light up dingy Southwark
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5 DecemberWho’d want to be Cadillac’s creative agency?
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5 DecemberBBH unveils caring, sharing KFC kid
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4 DecemberW+K Amsterdam shows off the ‘Dunkman’ for Nike and Foot Locker – or should that be ‘Jumpman?’
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4 DecemberQCM debuts online/social campaign for Hendrick’s Gin
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4 DecemberDentsu Aegis snaps up social media agency Tempero
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4 DecemberMatt Williams: the great ad conundrum – great in a minute, gone in thirty seconds
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4 DecemberGrey offers up more animal magic for McVitie’s
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3 DecemberUS fund giant Blackrock picks Tag and Mindshare for $400m global ad account
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3 December‘Write for yourself not for a client’ says DLKW as it launches second Winston Fletcher Fiction Prize
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3 DecemberMaxus hires Oliver Cassel as ‘biddable media’ head
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3 DecemberDroga5 makes compelling film for Kids Company charity
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3 DecemberCara Delevingne makes musical debut in Lagerfeld’s Christmas epic for Chanel
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3 DecemberYouTube names top UK Christmas ads – so far
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2 DecemberHarvey Nichols and adam&eve subvert Christmas once again with ‘Could I Be Any Clearer?’ guide to presents
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2 DecemberContagious London spoofs ‘Whatever’s Comfortable’ for Save The Children Christmas Jumper fund-raiser
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2 DecemberH&M noses ahead in Christmas glitter stakes thanks to Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett
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2 DecemberPaul Marsden of Syzygy: the future is already here – but today’s digital innovators are in China
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2 December72andSunny’s Carlo Cavallone: the best ads of 2014
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1 DecemberIs the UK’s ad of the year Mother’s ‘Beds’ epic for IKEA?
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1 DecemberPrince Harry invites world to #FeelNoShame about Aids
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1 DecemberMobiles.co.uk scores online with ‘The Phone Drop’
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1 DecemberFearless Group’s Peter Gibb: the best ads of 2014
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1 DecemberToby Shaw of Celebrity Cruises: the inside story of a (£5m) media pitch
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28 NovemberNoelle McElhatton: what we can learn about agency marketing from Saatchi, Iris, Sapient Nitro and W+K
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28 NovemberJames Murphy of adam&eveDDB: the best ads of 2014
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28 NovemberHow can out of home recapture the great age of posters in a new and more complex media era?
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27 NovemberAdam&eve makes toe-curling debut for Unilever’s Maille
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27 NovemberJohn Hegarty sets up The Garage for start-up companies
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27 November18 Feet’s Jonathan Trimble: the best ads of 2014
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27 NovemberThe&Partnership hires Conor McNicholas from Redwood to launch new content agency
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27 NovemberDurex puts some tech into condoms and ‘pleasure gels’
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27 NovemberOystercatchers awards show how new business pitches have become an industry inside an industry
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26 NovemberThe Red Brick Road’s David Miller: the best ads of 2014
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26 NovemberMatt Williams: tweeters track world’s most terrible ad
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25 NovemberScottish Power is up to its old call-calling tricks – and so are UK cancer charities
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25 NovemberEpica Grand Prix goes to BBDO’s Beeps
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25 NovemberNeil Dawson of Dawson Pickering: the best ads of 2014
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25 NovemberSeven likes the taste of Monty The Penguin
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25 NovemberCheil Worldwide snaps up integrated agency Iris
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24 NovemberOld Spice and Wieden+Kennedy try ‘mad moms’ to lay the ghost of Isaiah Mustafa
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24 NovemberNew cinema research from DCM is over-rich mixture
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24 NovemberMarion Cotillard walks on water for Dior
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24 NovemberWieden+Kennedy’s Neil Christie: the best ads of 2014
2013
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31 DecemberFold7 ad debut for Gocompare offers a rosy view of the green green grass of Wales
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30 DecemberHas Sky missed a trick with Michael Caine ad debut?
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30 DecemberTragic death of Mita Diran blamed on agency overwork
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30 DecemberPiers Morgan – from chat show host to cricket punchbag
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24 DecemberNow Samsung says Galaxy Gear holds key to romance
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23 DecemberChina grapples with security pants marketing
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23 DecemberWhat does the fox say about YouTube ad success?
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23 DecemberMaurice Levy turns himself into a variety turn for Xmas
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23 DecemberAre these the best integrated campaigns of 2013?
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22 DecemberWill the real Charles Saatchi please stand up?
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20 DecemberRupert Staines of RadiumOne: programmatic targeting is online advertising’s version of ‘Big Bang’
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20 DecemberApple says a traditional Christmas needs an iPhone
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19 DecemberVolvo tops Visible Measures’ 2013 hit spoof ads
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19 DecemberAction man Carter Murray speeds through London merger of DraftFCB and Inferno
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19 DecemberDroga5 partner WME buys sports outfit IMG for $2.3bn – but the really interesting player in this is Silver Lake
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19 DecemberSamsung unveils star-studded Galaxy football team
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19 DecemberMAA’s Agency of the Year is…actually there are two
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18 DecemberA memoir of Peter O’Toole from George Parker, Heston’s crap mince pies and various Chinese whispers
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18 DecemberMark Andrews: my agency, ads and person of the year
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18 DecemberChina’s BlueFocus takes another big step on world stage with We Are Social social media agency buy
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18 DecemberJerry Judge: my campaign, agency and person of the year
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17 DecemberWPP strikes deal with ‘global influencer’ Richard Attias
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17 DecemberSanto produces brilliant fatherhood tale for Coke
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17 DecemberLeo Burnett hops on Isaiah’s Old Spice bandwagon
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16 DecemberManchester’s Love takes Johnnie Walker Black to China
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16 DecemberMarilyn Monroe blockbuster from Chanel focuses attention on bespoke WPP agency Plus
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16 DecemberCumminsRoss lures top creative duo from BBDO
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16 DecemberWhy a connected world means it’s time for shopper marketing to escape the curse of shelf wobblers
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13 DecemberDirect Line and EE line up Christmas reviews
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13 DecemberEcotricity bashes UK energy gang with windmills spin
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13 DecemberStephen Foster’s agency, ads and person of the year – plus some thoughts from Giles Keeble
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12 DecemberBETC’s Evian ad tops YouTube poll, Puma for JWT, VCCP scoops London agency gong, more phone hacking tales
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12 DecemberWithings strips off in a good cause – but which one?
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12 DecemberWho scored highest in our UK Christmas ads round-up?
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12 DecemberHamlin in, LePlae out as Arnold digests Volvo loss
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11 DecemberPaul Simons: my person, agency and ad of the year
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11 DecemberRobert Jenkins: where would I work now?
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11 DecemberMcgarrybowen’s Droid Maxx campaign shows you can film the brief – and still make a good ad
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10 DecemberWhy the undercover Economist is entitled to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s long walk to freedom
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10 DecemberBeware the appointment of a new marketing director – as CHI is finding out with ‘successful’ client Argos
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10 DecemberOgilvy’s Graham Fink picks his Desert Island Ads
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9 DecemberFord’s Mustang muscles into Europe with Sienna Milller
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9 DecemberNow WPP snaps up digital policeman Crystal Semantics
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9 DecemberLaura Wade of Maxus: why branded content needs to change to fit a hyper-connected media world
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9 DecemberGeorge Parker: my agency, ads and person of the year
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6 DecemberUnilever cuts, debunking Millenials, the ‘Nutcracker’ ad with Spob and Freddie and more Ron Burgundy
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6 DecemberKatarina Nielsen of Flock Associates: hotels show us why a Big Idea doesn’t have to be an advertising idea
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6 DecemberMichael Lee: my agency, ads and person of the year
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5 DecemberIs this Japanese ad the scariest commercial ever?
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5 DecemberMemo to UK politicians: don’t get hung up about gender-specific ads to girls and boys – they’re different
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5 DecemberIs Barclays tip-toeing down the agency-bashing route?
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5 DecemberKBH rolls out mobile-enabled interactive traincards
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4 DecemberHavas London poaches Somers from Burnett as new MD
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4 DecemberKate at 40 scores PR triumph for Playboy at 60
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4 DecemberInnocean’s Nick Flora launches Kenya orphans appeal
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4 DecemberNike drives Rooney and McIlroy straight down the middle to launch Ordem football for Brazil world cup
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3 DecemberWieden+Kennedy’s Three pony gets the CGI treatment for surprise Christmas comeback
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3 DecemberWPP merges 24/7 into Xaxis to try to steal a march in the online media marketplace
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3 DecemberTesco walks the talk at Xmas with food donations
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3 DecemberDeutsch NY goes 3-D for PNC’s Xmas Price Index
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2 DecemberNew blow for Havas as Volvo switches to Grey London
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2 DecemberNow drugs giant GSK joins the agency rebate gang
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2 DecemberForgiato wheels tries to make metalwork sexy
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2 DecemberHarvey Nichols and DDB summon up spirit of Scooge
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2 DecemberEric Cantona scores for Ogilvy and Kronenbourg
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29 NovemberPublic/private parts, sing along with KFC and BBH, Boots and Mother get real for Christmas
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29 NovemberDroga5 Europe wins global Radox assignment
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29 NovemberUK agencies muddle through (and Sir Martin Sorrell earns eight times more than anyone else)
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28 NovemberHas BBH produced the great ad we’ve been waiting for?
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28 NovemberSprint’s decision to appoint Figliulo start-up shows the marcoms giants don’t have things all their own way
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28 NovemberPaul Vallois: is it time to view procurement people as partners rather than obstacles?
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28 NovemberGeorge Parker: how Thanksgiving became ‘Black Friday’
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27 NovemberSarah Lund sweaters up for Save The Children Xmas ad
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27 NovemberD&AD shows what it’s made of in W+K call for entries
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27 NovemberMichael Lee: what clients and agencies are missing with the demise of the Three-Martini Lunch
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26 NovemberGiles Keeble: where would I work now?
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26 NovemberNew film celebrates BMP creative genius John Webster
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26 NovemberOslo agency Futatsu Industries tries the healthy approach to sex shop advertising
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26 November&Co’s ‘Made From Cool’ Christopher Walken campaign for Jack & Jones wins Epica film Grand Prix
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25 NovemberKmart scores 13m YouTube hits for Joe Boxer
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25 NovemberWPP’s Sorrell forecasts an Omnicom/Publicis Groupe brain drain when merger closes
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25 NovemberKerry Lee of Flock Associates: how outdoor can win a share of the social media experience
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25 NovemberJeremy Garner of Weapon7 picks his Desert Island Ads
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22 NovemberMcDonald’s boss blames DDB and Burnett for sales flop
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22 NovemberWorld exclusive! Ebenezer Scrooge on why he hates Christmas ads even more than Christmas
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22 NovemberGiant posters work best says new blowUP research
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22 NovemberWhat’s so special about WPP media agency Maxus?
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21 NovemberEven the great Martin Scorsese stumbles on Dolce & Gabbana’s ‘Street of Dreams’
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21 NovemberHavas pays price for Santander sport celebs car crash
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21 NovemberNow Walker Media joins the POG media collection
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20 NovemberDel Campo Saatchi produces art for gum classic
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20 NovemberCheil UK sheds Samsung image with new Coke brief
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20 NovemberLeagas Delaney launches new London eating app
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20 NovemberNew online research claims a third of ads are going to porn sites and other undesirables
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20 NovemberTalon’s Eric Newnham wins ‘serial entrepreneur’ crown
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20 NovemberSurely it’s time to curb the TV gambling bonanza?
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19 NovemberThe clock is ticking on a bid by WPP for Interpublic
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18 NovemberWes Anderson Prada car crash disappears
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18 NovemberBacardi shows its ‘untameable’ family values in new global campaign from BETC
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18 NovemberMoray MacLennan: how M&C Saatchi International is building a new kind of marcoms empire
2012
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31 DecemberAviva offers consumers a sticky embrace in new cradle-to-grave campaign by AMV/BBDO
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30 DecemberVirgin Atlantic puts on its best scarlet-hued challenger brand kit in new TV spectacular
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30 DecemberVCCP’s Meerkats for comparethemarket.com tops Nielsen’s poll of most-liked British TV ads
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26 DecemberThe Guardian, The Times and Trinity Mirror all face a fight for survival in 2013
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23 DecemberWPP’s GroupM will still advertise on the UK’s Channel 4 – whether they agree a new deal or not
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21 DecemberWhere are we as we go into the (pre-Christmas) weekend? PG/IPG, Sorrell, Wieden and Murdoch
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20 DecemberWPP’s GroupM will do a deal with Channel 4 – but what they’re arguing about is position not price
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20 DecemberBurnett scores with naff number plates for Car One
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20 DecemberW+K London’s Honda ‘Cog’ voted best car ad ever by Auto Express readers
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20 DecemberBlow for new GM Commonwealth agency as Silverado truck account moves to Leo Burnett
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20 DecemberOut of home China screens business Focus Media is worth $3.7bn
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19 DecemberBBH starts to spend Publicis Groupe dividend with purchase of Swedish mobile outfit Monterosa
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19 DecemberHaymarket invents a new job category as PR Week’s Danny Rogers becomes ‘brand editor’ of Campaign
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19 DecemberThe big winners of 2012: Wieden+Kennedy London, Samsung/72andSunny and the Guardian/BBH
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19 DecemberP&G’s Tide Pods – don’t eat these at home
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18 DecemberHere’s Wallace and Grommit, pressed into Christmas service for Google+
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18 DecemberNew McCann boss Harris Diamond recalls old guard – Joyce King Thomas rejoins to mind Mastercard
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18 DecemberDiesel hypnotises models for Christmas
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18 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Audi’s ‘Ahab’, Wieden+Kennedy London and Ajaz Ahmed
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17 DecemberTurkish Airlines scores YouTube wonder hit with retro ad featuring Leo Messi and Kobe Bryant
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17 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Follow the Frog, Wieden+Kennedy and Jerry Buhlmann
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17 DecemberDraftFCB claims ‘life is great in advertising land’
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17 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Wieden+Kennedy London, Tesco (sort of) and Neil Christie
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14 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Dollar Shave Club, Grey New York and Michael Dubin
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14 DecemberDoes Bessie Lee’s promotion to CEO WPP China signal important changes at the marcoms giant?
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14 December2012’s big trend: giant companies like Levi’s and Starbucks running scared of consumer boycotts
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13 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Guardian, Samsung, Directv, Carlton…. and Grey!
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13 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Samsung Galaxy, 18 Feet & Rising and Johnny Hornby
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13 DecemberWinter temperature digital poster is a cool wheeze from Audi and Outdoor Plus
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13 DecemberMurdoch’s newspaper cultural revolution speeds up – now Times editor Harding is chucked overboard
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12 DecemberMcCann tries ‘Carry on up Christmas’ for Paxo
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12 DecemberGroupM spat with Channel 4 could backfire on WPP as well as hurt publicly-owned broadcaster
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12 DecemberAssorted loonies (including the ASA) take aim at the (rather good) Morrisons Christmas campaign
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12 DecemberDo the Epica award-winning epic commercials signal the death of the 30-second spot?
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12 DecemberCossette unveils anti-fruitcake Christmas campaign
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11 DecemberBeyonce, and us, are better off without Pepsi
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11 DecemberThis agency of the year stuff is a poser – Marketing chooses BBH (and PHD for media, as usual)
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11 DecemberBon Noel from Publicis Groupe’s Maurice Levy
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11 DecemberNew Ponce ad for Axe shows perils of ‘The Look’
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11 DecemberFiat’s scorpion invades the US car market
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10 DecemberReturning ‘revenue’ boss Peter Huijboom may be a contender for the top job at Dentsu-owned Aegis
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10 DecemberWhy do clients want proper advertising for the Super Bowl but not the rest of the time?
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10 DecemberW+K New York offers its spin on British football supporters (or should that be hooligans?) for ESPN
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10 DecemberDoritos wishes us a merry online Christmas – Mexican mariachi style
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10 DecemberTopshop underlines new posh position with Kate Bosworth Winter Wonderland film
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7 DecemberWhere are we as we go into the weekend? Honda, ClarkHuot, Fetch and We Are Social
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7 DecemberSorrell joins gloomsters as Europe grinds to a halt
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7 DecemberNew Nestle USA boss Paul Grimwood reviews $800m account
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7 DecemberAre the John Lewis snowmen actually white British consumers in disguise?
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7 DecemberTesco’s US marketing scapegoat Tim Mason was actually needed to solve problems at home
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6 DecemberNew WPP Lincoln agency Hudson Rouge invites customers to write its ads – crazy or what?
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6 DecemberPublicis Groupe snaps up fashionable AR New York
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6 DecemberArena Media lands UK TV blitz for Ricola chocs
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6 DecemberNew Branson-backed documentary on UN drug war breaks the distribution mould with YouTube launch
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6 DecemberAgencies roll their sleeves up for some extra Christmas homework as $700m Honda reviews
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5 DecemberDDB’s Christmas ad for Harvey Nichols is non-vintage but still shows an agency on the up
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5 DecemberCome on Clearcast, you’re wrong to ban Sodastream ad – how can you denigrate a glass bottle?
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5 DecemberTesco to dump failed US venture Fresh & Easy
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4 DecemberSir Martin Sorrell reveals what he’s like – a bit
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4 DecemberUK ad copy body Clearcast sticks by baffling decision to ban Bogusky SodaStream ad
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4 DecemberNew LA agency Arcana Academy debuts with two cheeky ads for Sealy Beds
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4 DecemberMcCann takes on production specialists with Craft
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4 DecemberHats on to Christmas ‘reality’ from W+K for Tesco
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4 DecemberBBH squeezes a hoodie for KFC’s Krushems
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4 DecemberWPP closes in on mystery Chinese company Huawei
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3 DecemberWPP unveils first Lincoln ad from newly-minted bespoke agency Hudson Rouge
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3 DecemberMurdoch closes iPad paper The Daily – Rupert doesn’t really get new media does he?
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3 DecemberHammer the tax avoiders like Starbucks and Amazon by all means – but don’t forget UK jobs
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3 DecemberKesselKramer strikes up the band for Red Stripe
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3 DecemberAn online campaign isn’t just for Christmas, it should work for everyone every day says ais London
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1 DecemberThose damned zombies are everywhere in adland – they’re even taking over the Epica Awards
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