Timeline

2020

• 7 AugustWPP’s GroupM rings the changes – are its days of independence coming to an end?
• 7 AugustApple re-imagines cinema as a vertical experience
• 7 AugustNike turns its anarchic talents to Liverpool FC
• 7 AugustYou & Mr Jones snaps up influencer rival Collectively
• 6 AugustPublicis futures wizard Goodwin out over Covid tweet row
• 6 AugustMore trouble at Grey London as CEO in limbo – is a WPP merger with Ogilvy coming nearer?
• 6 AugustDallas agency Team One launches inspiring medical cannabis crusade ‘Chasing Hope’
• 6 AugustLaundrapp head of marketing Angela Freeth picks her Desert Island Ads
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• 5 AugustSnapchat aims at Instagram with client-loaded ad campaign
• 5 AugustMAA blast from the past: Alan Parker’s Dr Jekyll
• 5 AugustBBH shares Hegarty wisdom via high tech face-to-face
• 5 AugustDeepak Gupta: why cybersecurity should be a priority for data-driven ad agencies
• 4 AugustPublic Health England spends £43m in just three months to combat Covid-19
• 4 AugustBowman takes top role at Ebiquity’s FirmDecisions
• 4 AugustBarilla tops the post-lockdown feel-good stakes with rooftop Roger Federer
• 4 AugustDigital marketing is the future
• 4 AugustMark Andrews: how Alan Parker changed advertising
• 3 AugustR3: global new business down ten per cent in H1 2020 – WPP tops, Droga5 scores for Accenture
• 3 AugustShark Awards’ Eugene Ruane : my MAA blast from the past – Cockburns Special Reserve
• 3 AugustPaul Domenet: is car giant Toyota right to drop its wordmark in Europe?
• 3 AugustMediaCom enters the creative lists for Lloyds Bank
• 3 AugustGreat British director Sir Alan Parker dies at 76
• 3 AugustIs UK PM Boris Johnson now a prisoner of “the science” again? – the case for and against
• 31 JulyNike’s ‘You Can’t Stop Us’ raises the Covid ad bar — again
• 31 JulyDreaming of a holiday? Ikea’s ‘Vacations in a Box’ can help
• 31 JulyWPP reveals shocking US diversity numbers
• 31 JulyYonder Media grabs its creative chance for Vita Coco
• 31 JulyWomen on the up: Shelley Smoler at Droga5, Margaret Jobling at NatWest Group
• 31 JulyCharles Gadsdon: how Coke taught the world sonic branding
• 30 JulyCoca-Cola exits self-imposed marketing lockdown with a manifesto for change by George The Poet and 72andSunny
• 30 JulyPost-lockdown creativity: Ocean names Crucial Creative media space prizewinners
• 30 JulyPost-lockdown creativity: Publicis Italia shows typically deft touch for Heineken
• 30 JulyInterpublic navigates Covid quarter with organic growth down less than ten per cent (just)
• 30 JulyMullenLowe’s Lovisa Silburn: my blast from the past — Visa ‘Running Man’
• 29 JulyPublicis and Tag team up to handle GSK production
• 29 JulyDroga5 London is one of these five nominees for an “Oustanding Commercial” Emmy 2020
• 29 JulyM&C Saatchi launches Open house as veteran agency begins to recover its mojo
• 29 JulyCan Apple deliver its 2030 climate promise to baby Idan?
• 29 JulyKerrygold launches global ad review
• 29 JulyDisastrous Q2 hits recent high flyer Omnicom
• 28 JulySweet and salty ad ban would end chapter in UK adland
• 28 JulyBen Harwood of Feed and So Far So Good picks his Desert Island Ads
• 28 JulyCovid-19 isn’t the only threat for the ad holding companies – layoffs and home working will chip away
• 28 JulyBrands join Extinction Rebellion activist in sustainability call at Droga5 London’s Green Pivot
• 27 JulyMAA blast from the past: Spotify updates Out of Home
• 27 JulyDigital media the only winner from Covid says Zenith
• 27 JulyThais add punch to public health message with crazy campaign by Leo Burnett
• 24 JulyISBA fights back against govt’s anti-obesity ad clampdown
• 24 JulyJustSo debuts Toyota and IOC Olympic Channel
• 24 JulyAardman does ‘Creature Discomforts: Life in Lockdown’ for Engine and the Born Free Foundation
• 23 JulyThese ads from Heinz, Tesco, Aldi and Guinness are the consumers’ lockdown favourites
• 23 JulyLet 2020 be over. Burger King fast-forwards to Christmas
• 23 JulyPost-lockdown creativity: Honda and Sid Lee Paris want us to “Be Moved Again”
• 23 JulyThe most inspiring new influencer marketing campaigns
• 23 JulyAncient & Modern wins property giant Knight Frank
• 23 JulyDDB appoints NZ-based Marty O’Halloran to replace Wendy Clarke as new global CEO
• 23 JulyNew Commercial Arts makes creative debut with massive #OurSecondChance global OOH campaign
• 23 JulyPublicis weathers first half 2020 Covid storm – US is a second half worry
• 22 JulyVirgin Hotels offers to save your marriage, post lockdown
• 22 JulyMusic scores for Mercedes-Benz’s online showroom
• 22 JulyMAA blast from the past: GGT for Holsten Pils
• 22 JulyOnce mighty music mag Q joins Covid casualties
• 22 JulyWieden+Kennedy lays off 11 per cent – does this put the agency into play?
• 21 JulyKia shows off attributes in getaway driver ‘Features Film’
• 21 JulyLong-running Premier Inn review ends at Leo Burnett
• 21 JulyTV still most effective ad medium says Adzooma
• 21 JulyS4’s Sorrell opens up to Guardian on Facebook ad boycott and navigating the recession
• 20 JulyWonderhood Studios breaks through with Three win
• 20 JulyPre-lockdown creativity: Elvis in a Fiat Strada
• 20 JulyWhat’s in a logo? Toyota’s new visual identity by The&Partnership
• 20 JulyPeter Brady: in 2020’s Year of Cancellation, why the Shark Awards?
• 17 JulyEngine creative, The Royal Navy, and the thrill of secrecy
• 17 JulyReturn of the Mac: burger lovers dance for joy in new TV ad
• 17 JulyMAA blast from the past – Tony Kaye for Dunlop and AMV
• 17 JulyRoger Federer muses on retirement for Mercedes
• 17 JulyCovid-19 shake-out starts to hit senior agency staff – an opportunity for the newbies?
• 16 JulyVisa launches post-lockdown global creative review
• 16 JulyMartin Sorrell’s S4 Capital on the £100m takeover trail again – crisis or no crisis
• 16 JulyBurger King, Michel Gondry, and a yodelling teen work to make cow farts less lethal
• 16 JulyPost-lockdown creativity: Ubisoft and DDB Paris’ vision of London under siege
• 15 JulyMAA blast from the past: in-house but star-studded Wix
• 15 JulyBullish Daily Mail picks St Luke’s for £5m ad account
• 15 JulyPost-lockdown creativity: M&C Saatchi makes lively debut for Promote Iceland
• 15 JulyDentsu wins Generali, world’s third largest insurance group
• 15 JulyIPA’s Q2 Bellwether compounds ONS doom and gloom in UK adland – lost ground regained in 2024
• 15 JulyIt’s a ‘miserable day’: Tess Alps retires as chair of Thinkbox
• 14 JulyApple captures the chaos and tedium of working from home
• 14 JulyCreative mavens combine to raise funds for Canada ADCC
• 14 JulyLincoln Project aims for jugular (again), MullenLowe soft sells no more EU to business
• 14 JulyIntroducing The Media and Marketing podcast on MAA – Black Lives Matter
• 13 JulyThe Specialist Works buys hyper-local agency Pintarget
• 13 JulyPost-lockdown creativity: AA and adam&eve take the yellow open road with Tukker
• 13 JulyMan City football ruling creates a financial free-for-all for regimes playing the global PR game
• 10 JulyDoes Mercedes really need business transformation?
• 10 JulyPost-lockdown creativity: Audible, Carlsberg, London Zoo
• 10 JulyCoronavirus creativity: The Mill saves the day for EA Sports
• 9 JulyFarfetch appoints Anomaly and Mediacom for global drive
• 9 JulyCovid-19 fallout hits Wieden+Kennedy London
• 9 JulyVirtue makes a virtue of recycled straws for sustainable McDonald’s ‘swimwear’

2019

• 31 DecemberLet’s bid a not-very-fond farewell to the decade when nearly everything changed
• 31 DecemberIs Idris Elba’s new all-electric Ford really a sheep in Mustang clothing?
• 30 DecemberBrand building isn’t dead but beautiful ads seem to be
• 27 DecemberGoogle hits a YouTube winner – but does it mean anything?
• 27 DecemberKylie’s ‘matesong’ for Tourism Australia flops
• 26 DecemberBA Holidays targets sensible bargain hunters
• 24 DecemberHappy Christmas – as a mean-minded 2019 nears its end
• 24 DecemberBurger King makes Big Macs disappear
• 23 DecemberPublicis Groupe is surprise leader of JP Morgan’s 2019 global new business rankings
• 23 DecemberLucky Generals makes sure-footed debut for Zoopla
• 23 DecemberIs Guinness Clear the drinks launch of 2019?
• 23 DecemberM&C Saatchi in spotlight again over South Africa claims
• 20 DecemberAccenture Interactive guiding light Anatoly Roytman steps down after ten years
• 20 DecemberAdland’s search for equality misses the target in Brexit Britain
• 20 DecemberSadoun admits he is ‘fatigué’ after a year of fighting for fees in Publicis Groupe Christmas message
• 20 DecemberFiona Foy: why advertiser-agency dialogue is the key to transparent media trading
• 19 DecemberLiz Richardson: experiential activations in the festive season – three tips for avoiding the naughty step
• 19 DecemberHavas makes its third acquisition in India this year, now the focus is on the work
• 19 DecemberNow M&C Saatchi agency leaders quit
• 18 DecemberGrey Europe lands Carlsberg alcohol free account
• 18 DecemberTalon Outdoor: the Out of Home year in pictures
• 18 DecemberASA deals with adland outbreak of Tourette’s
• 18 DecemberDan Thwaites: how to make your Christmas ad connect
• 18 DecemberRed Brick Road lands Canderel and 1800 tequila
• 17 DecemberUnilever marketing changes fail to deliver sales growth
• 17 DecemberNow US boss Brien quits ever-changing Dentsu Aegis, global jobs cut
• 17 DecemberW+K’s sure touch with Londoners takes footballer Raheem Sterling back to Brent
• 17 DecemberUncommon enlists Iggy Pop for On The Beach
• 16 DecemberSkoda goes slapstick with police chase from Rosa Park
• 16 DecemberMindshare wins KFC UK media from Blue449
• 16 DecemberAlbert Bartlett takes to the dance floor for Christmas
• 16 DecemberOrlando Wood of System1: what the big Christmas ads tell us about ad effectiveness
• 13 DecemberM&C Saatchi under FCA spotlight, curtain falls on Maurice’s adland career
• 13 DecemberBoris’ Tories bask in the success of a bizarre non-campaign
• 13 DecemberJon Goulding of Atomic: the IAB Gold Standard is a good start – but where do we go from here?
• 12 DecemberAnd our Agency of the Year for 2019 is…
• 12 DecemberWPP’s radical tidy up continues with part sale of contentious retail business Triad
• 12 DecemberByteDance (TikTok) is building a new social media empire – how is the the Chinese advertising landscape changing?
• 11 DecemberIt’s time for our US agency of 2019, advertiser and best campaign of the year
• 11 DecemberUncommon brings a warm Christmas feel to Chilly’s
• 11 DecemberYou & Mr Jones limbers up for battle against Sorrell’s S4C with new $250m war chest
• 10 DecemberSaatchi isn’t working: Maurice quits the M&C board along with all three non-executive directors
• 10 DecemberAccenture Interactive tipped to bid for M&C Saatchi
• 10 DecemberCogent wins integrated Bacofoil account
• 10 DecemberLong-serving Kantar boss Eric Salama steps down following WPP sale to Bain
• 9 DecemberAB InBev readies “punishing” global media review
• 9 DecemberCoca-Cola adds Santa to Christmas truck fest
• 9 DecemberGroupM: global adspend has become a tech giant playground – but there’s hope for internet-connected TV
• 6 DecemberLet’s crown Peloton the world’s most annoying advertiser
• 6 DecemberDoes H&M’s ‘moments in between’ fall between two stools?
• 6 DecemberCompletion of Kantar sale marks a good(ish) year for WPP
• 6 DecemberPaul Bainsfair: how to safeguard advertising’s future
• 5 DecemberM&C Saatchi directors launch rescue attempt as financial picture darkens
• 5 DecemberPosten Norge’s Christmas postman certainly delivers
• 4 DecemberCeline Dion goes shopping 90s-style in Instagram festive ad
• 4 DecemberA Whopper on the side of a bus? It has to be Burger King
• 4 DecemberRead at WPP and Sadoun at Publicis chart diverging courses
• 4 DecemberVirtual agency Pimento sighs 200th member FX Digital
• 4 DecemberNew Unilever CMO Conny Braams needs to recapture some of its ad glory days
• 4 DecemberCluck off. Now ASA tells KFC swearing isn’t funny or clever
• 3 DecemberNew entity TLNT hails “world’s largest creative community”
• 3 DecemberNeil Dawson’s new agency wins Nested property account
• 3 DecemberMcDonald’s essays Euro angst and Aussie feelgood at Christmas – and is all the better for it
• 3 DecemberM&C cuts its cloth after NatWest loss, BBH keeps Audi
• 2 DecemberVCCP turns up the temperature for Easyjet Holidays
• 2 DecemberWorld’s super-rich digital companies are driving surprising ad growth – GroupM
• 2 DecemberBest ads of 2019 – November’s now the arena for a Super Bowl-style Christmas
• 1 DecemberBBC One says ‘enough’ to 2019: go live your best #XmasLife
• 29 NovemberSixty years of the same old dad joke: Carrefour piles on the Christmas nostalgia
• 29 NovemberSky enlists Comcast power for blockbuster Christmas ET ad
• 29 NovemberLorie-Jo Trainer Buckingham of MOFILM picks her Desert Island Ads
• 28 NovemberMore strife at ever-changing Grey London as creative chairman Adrian Rossi quits
• 28 NovemberB&Q and Dreams looks for creative uplift – but have they the ad firepower?
• 28 NovemberFormer Google heavyweights join marketing platform Ad-Lib
• 28 NovemberIs it or isn’t it? ASA changes its mind about yet another dodgy influencer post that fails to declare it’s an #ad
• 28 NovemberIG brings market news direct to London commuters with new DOOH branding drive
• 28 NovemberVirgin Trains and boss Branson proffer a fond farewell
• 28 NovemberAnti-semitism and the Labour Party: how a moral crisis became an election issue too
• 27 NovemberApple unleashes a veritable armoured division of sentiment
• 27 NovemberTimeTo lays down the Christmas party rules
• 27 NovemberWPP re-affirms commitment to Ford and Detroit with new 1,000 strong campus
• 27 NovemberThe&Partnership confirms NatWest win from M&C Saatchi
• 26 NovemberSuper Bowl 2020 sells out at $5.2m a pop
• 26 NovemberMcCann chooses a winner for the New York Lottery
• 26 NovemberUsain Bolt crams and scans for Sam’s Club
• 26 NovemberVirtue’s Hollywood trio put the best face on Dubai
• 25 NovemberNew Gartner survey says UK marketers still optimistic – martech remains a muddle
• 25 NovemberBloomberg launches presidency bid with $37m ad blitz
• 25 NovemberCan Maurice Levy ride to the rescue of WeWork?
• 25 NovemberGoogle gets egg on its face with Stadia gaming launch
• 25 NovemberGreenpeace roasts turkeys – and us – for Christmas
• 22 NovemberTalon boosts Ada’s capabilities through Tamoco partnership
• 22 NovemberDoes more equal less as advertisers – like Pepsico – try to cram everything into their ads?
• 22 NovemberAdland’s philosopher king Jeremy Bullmore is 90
• 22 NovemberM&S and ODD are back for a second helping at Christmas
• 21 NovemberContrapunto BBDO scores with change of tack for Spain’s Christmas Lottery
• 21 NovemberWPP contests cost of $300m Triad data acquisition
• 21 NovemberAnonymous US survey lifts lid on agency salaries
• 21 NovemberNew digital out-of-home busines, Foris, launches in UK
• 20 NovemberUncommon redesigns Kama Sutra for Habito mortgages

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

2012

• 31 DecemberAviva offers consumers a sticky embrace in new cradle-to-grave campaign by AMV/BBDO
• 30 DecemberVirgin Atlantic puts on its best scarlet-hued challenger brand kit in new TV spectacular
• 30 DecemberVCCP’s Meerkats for comparethemarket.com tops Nielsen’s poll of most-liked British TV ads
• 26 DecemberThe Guardian, The Times and Trinity Mirror all face a fight for survival in 2013
• 23 DecemberWPP’s GroupM will still advertise on the UK’s Channel 4 – whether they agree a new deal or not
• 21 DecemberWhere are we as we go into the (pre-Christmas) weekend? PG/IPG, Sorrell, Wieden and Murdoch
• 20 DecemberWPP’s GroupM will do a deal with Channel 4 – but what they’re arguing about is position not price
• 20 DecemberBurnett scores with naff number plates for Car One
• 20 DecemberW+K London’s Honda ‘Cog’ voted best car ad ever by Auto Express readers
• 20 DecemberBlow for new GM Commonwealth agency as Silverado truck account moves to Leo Burnett
• 20 DecemberOut of home China screens business Focus Media is worth $3.7bn
• 19 DecemberBBH starts to spend Publicis Groupe dividend with purchase of Swedish mobile outfit Monterosa
• 19 DecemberHaymarket invents a new job category as PR Week’s Danny Rogers becomes ‘brand editor’ of Campaign
• 19 DecemberThe big winners of 2012: Wieden+Kennedy London, Samsung/72andSunny and the Guardian/BBH
• 19 DecemberP&G’s Tide Pods – don’t eat these at home
• 18 DecemberHere’s Wallace and Grommit, pressed into Christmas service for Google+
• 18 DecemberNew McCann boss Harris Diamond recalls old guard – Joyce King Thomas rejoins to mind Mastercard
• 18 DecemberDiesel hypnotises models for Christmas
• 18 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Audi’s ‘Ahab’, Wieden+Kennedy London and Ajaz Ahmed
• 17 DecemberTurkish Airlines scores YouTube wonder hit with retro ad featuring Leo Messi and Kobe Bryant
• 17 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Follow the Frog, Wieden+Kennedy and Jerry Buhlmann
• 17 DecemberDraftFCB claims ‘life is great in advertising land’
• 17 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Wieden+Kennedy London, Tesco (sort of) and Neil Christie
• 14 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Dollar Shave Club, Grey New York and Michael Dubin
• 14 DecemberDoes Bessie Lee’s promotion to CEO WPP China signal important changes at the marcoms giant?
• 14 December2012’s big trend: giant companies like Levi’s and Starbucks running scared of consumer boycotts
• 13 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Guardian, Samsung, Directv, Carlton…. and Grey!
• 13 DecemberMy pick of 2012: Samsung Galaxy, 18 Feet & Rising and Johnny Hornby
• 13 DecemberWinter temperature digital poster is a cool wheeze from Audi and Outdoor Plus
• 13 DecemberMurdoch’s newspaper cultural revolution speeds up – now Times editor Harding is chucked overboard
• 12 DecemberMcCann tries ‘Carry on up Christmas’ for Paxo
• 12 DecemberGroupM spat with Channel 4 could backfire on WPP as well as hurt publicly-owned broadcaster
• 12 DecemberAssorted loonies (including the ASA) take aim at the (rather good) Morrisons Christmas campaign
• 12 DecemberDo the Epica award-winning epic commercials signal the death of the 30-second spot?
• 12 DecemberCossette unveils anti-fruitcake Christmas campaign
• 11 DecemberBeyonce, and us, are better off without Pepsi
• 11 DecemberThis agency of the year stuff is a poser – Marketing chooses BBH (and PHD for media, as usual)
• 11 DecemberBon Noel from Publicis Groupe’s Maurice Levy
• 11 DecemberNew Ponce ad for Axe shows perils of ‘The Look’
• 11 DecemberFiat’s scorpion invades the US car market
• 10 DecemberReturning ‘revenue’ boss Peter Huijboom may be a contender for the top job at Dentsu-owned Aegis
• 10 DecemberWhy do clients want proper advertising for the Super Bowl but not the rest of the time?
• 10 DecemberW+K New York offers its spin on British football supporters (or should that be hooligans?) for ESPN
• 10 DecemberDoritos wishes us a merry online Christmas – Mexican mariachi style
• 10 DecemberTopshop underlines new posh position with Kate Bosworth Winter Wonderland film
• 7 DecemberWhere are we as we go into the weekend? Honda, ClarkHuot, Fetch and We Are Social
• 7 DecemberSorrell joins gloomsters as Europe grinds to a halt
• 7 DecemberNew Nestle USA boss Paul Grimwood reviews $800m account
• 7 DecemberAre the John Lewis snowmen actually white British consumers in disguise?
• 7 DecemberTesco’s US marketing scapegoat Tim Mason was actually needed to solve problems at home
• 6 DecemberNew WPP Lincoln agency Hudson Rouge invites customers to write its ads – crazy or what?
• 6 DecemberPublicis Groupe snaps up fashionable AR New York
• 6 DecemberArena Media lands UK TV blitz for Ricola chocs
• 6 DecemberNew Branson-backed documentary on UN drug war breaks the distribution mould with YouTube launch
• 6 DecemberAgencies roll their sleeves up for some extra Christmas homework as $700m Honda reviews
• 5 DecemberDDB’s Christmas ad for Harvey Nichols is non-vintage but still shows an agency on the up
• 5 DecemberCome on Clearcast, you’re wrong to ban Sodastream ad – how can you denigrate a glass bottle?
• 5 DecemberTesco to dump failed US venture Fresh & Easy
• 4 DecemberSir Martin Sorrell reveals what he’s like – a bit
• 4 DecemberUK ad copy body Clearcast sticks by baffling decision to ban Bogusky SodaStream ad
• 4 DecemberNew LA agency Arcana Academy debuts with two cheeky ads for Sealy Beds
• 4 DecemberMcCann takes on production specialists with Craft
• 4 DecemberHats on to Christmas ‘reality’ from W+K for Tesco
• 4 DecemberBBH squeezes a hoodie for KFC’s Krushems
• 4 DecemberWPP closes in on mystery Chinese company Huawei
• 3 DecemberWPP unveils first Lincoln ad from newly-minted bespoke agency Hudson Rouge
• 3 DecemberMurdoch closes iPad paper The Daily – Rupert doesn’t really get new media does he?
• 3 DecemberHammer the tax avoiders like Starbucks and Amazon by all means – but don’t forget UK jobs
• 3 DecemberKesselKramer strikes up the band for Red Stripe
• 3 DecemberAn online campaign isn’t just for Christmas, it should work for everyone every day says ais London
• 1 DecemberThose damned zombies are everywhere in adland – they’re even taking over the Epica Awards
• 30 NovemberThat was the week that was: Leveson, Oreo and, best of all, Norway!
• 30 NovemberFutatsu’s OBOS housing campaign in Norway riles Italians with ‘mammones’ joke
• 30 NovemberLeveson solution does the job – but PM Cameron and the Press mafia will kick it into the long grass
• 29 NovemberO2 misses the posts with Chris Robshaw VCCP ad
• 29 NovemberM&C Saatchi opens new office in Stockholm
• 29 NovemberBETC London staffs up in search of a hot 2013
• 29 NovemberXXL’s zombies get the chop from Norwegian TV
• 29 NovemberTaco Bell media planning task outs new Publicis Groupe media contender Spark
• 29 NovemberWhat exactly is going on with Oreo, The Martin Agency, Wieden+Kennedy and Interpublic?
• 29 NovemberResearch drags down Don Elgie’s Creston – the same thorny issue facing big brother WPP
• 28 NovemberOreo picks Wieden+Kennedy for Super Bowl blitz
• 28 NovemberWho’s the winner – attack dog Tory MP Philip Davies or defiant BBC boss Lord Patten?
• 28 NovemberCoca-Cola wins Cannes creative marketer of the year gong after 46 years of trying
• 28 NovemberGE turns to robots to buff up corporate reputation
• 27 NovemberWPP’s Hogarth pre-media company is dragged into row between SodaStream and Clearcast
• 27 NovemberSaintly Adam & Eve hits the right note (a watchable ad) with Christmas fundraiser for Save The Children
• 27 NovemberSamsung UK bets big on posters at Christmas with Cromwell Road digital investment
• 27 NovemberLeo Burnett produces short but sweet Christmas winner for McDonald’s
• 27 NovemberSelena Gomez paints the town green for Adidas Neo – but for which ad agency?
• 27 NovemberW+K’s Neil Christie lifts the lid on ad agency fees
• 27 NovemberAdidas turns Christmas into a ‘Merry Holiday Day’ with animated Snoop Dogg epic from Sid Lee
• 26 NovemberBBH Christmas ad for Matalan is a sign of the times – make the best of a bad job in austerity Britain
• 26 NovemberDumb Ways to Die is monster global viral hit for McCann Melbourne
• 26 NovemberOgilvy Pirate Recruitment sets a thief to reel in a new agency digital wizard
• 26 NovemberMicrosoft plans Apple-style store roll-out in the UK
• 23 NovemberUK TV ad body Clearcast bans SodaStream ad knocking bottled fizzies – to protect who from what?
• 23 NovemberWPP merges Grey and Ogilvy in Sweden – is this the shape of things to come?
• 23 NovemberCURB cleans up at creative out of home awards
• 22 NovemberAre two Lords better than one? Lord (Tony) Hall quits the opera to join Lord Patten at the Beeb

2011

• 30 DecemberRihanna for Armani Jeans is the sexiest commercial – but who said so? Ad Age or the Daily Mail?
• 30 DecemberBest ads of 2011: The final two are Wieden+Kennedy for Chrysler and Adam & Eve for John Lewis
• 30 DecemberWhat ITV’s Ad of the Year poll shows about marketers and consumers (and agencies of course)
• 29 DecemberBest ads of 2011: Another tale of Coke and Pepsi
• 29 DecemberBest ads of 2011: VW Passat’s ‘Darth Vader’ from Deutsch LA
• 29 DecemberWelcome to 2012 Google+ tells Facebook
• 29 December$1.3bn JC Penney and Saatchi go separate ways
• 28 DecemberWieden+Kennedy sweeps ITV viewers’ Ad of the Year poll – although you’d never know it from ITV
• 28 DecemberChurchill bulldog cedes centre stage to in-demand actor Martin Clunes
• 28 DecemberBest ads of 2011: Audi A6 Avant from BBH London
• 27 DecemberMemo to Radio 4’s Today programme: guest editors are supposed to edit, not appear in their own ads
• 27 DecemberBest ads of 2011: VW’s ‘Symphony’ from DDB Tribal Hamburg
• 23 DecemberChevrolet snubs Goodby Silverstein by crowd sourcing 2012 Super Bowl campaign
• 23 DecemberSan Francisco’s Skona hijacks SantaCon for Slinky
• 22 DecemberWhich ad agency was the best in the world in 2011?
• 21 DecemberLufthansa goes to German indie shop Kolle Rebbe – life doesn’t get any better for Nick Brien’s McCann
• 21 DecemberPhones4U’s scary ad confounds complainers while Talk Talk discovers the limits of advertising
• 21 DecemberWarning shot for Publicis Groupe as Big Fuel is first victim of General Motors ad reviews
• 21 DecemberDave Droga chooses Mcgarrybowen as his ad agency!
• 20 DecemberPiers Morgan plays a straight bat at Leveson phone-hacking inquiry – but could someone have a disabling googly up their sleeve?
• 20 DecemberOgilvy & Mather in China sets sail up the Yangtze
• 20 DecemberM&V Valencia plays numbers game for Pepsi
• 20 DecemberBrazil’s Neogama boss Alexandre Gama in ownership challenge to BBH and Publicis Groupe
• 20 DecemberPublicis Groupe piles on media wins as troubled MEC loses $600m Novartis
• 19 DecemberTBWA resigns £25m Muller – a split was surely coming but it’s still a surprise
• 19 DecemberIt’s enough to give branding a bad name – now mercenaries outfit Blackwater becomes Academi
• 19 DecemberMEC’s bad run continues with Toys R Us loss
• 19 DecemberWhy Victoria’s Dirty Secret is a problem for all Fairtrade marketers
• 19 DecemberPublicis Groupe’s Maurice Levy takes a pay cut but he’s still in the money
• 16 DecemberDDB Argentina dramatises VW’s ‘Park Assist’ with supermarket car park showdown
• 16 DecemberChristmas greetings from Maurice Levy – and next year’s going to be tough
• 16 DecemberGrey boosts Latin America creative line-up with Santo’s Lucas Panizza
• 16 DecemberNow WPP invents ’boutique’ agency for Ford’s luxury Lincoln brand
• 16 DecemberMcDonald’s Germany riles Burger King with ‘unauthorised’ ad by Heye and Tribal DDB
• 15 DecemberVideology and Eyeview land customised video ads deal with Alfa Romeo and Maxus
• 15 DecemberBroadcast regulator Ofcom gives UK’s distorted TV airtime market a clean bill of health
• 15 DecemberCampaign awards top UK agency gong to Bartle Bogle Hegarty in long list of 2011 winners
• 15 DecemberThere’s just no respect for tradition these days – now Best Buy makes Santa Claus redundant
• 14 DecemberDutch store group Hema picks male model for its push-up bras – beat that Wonderbra!
• 14 DecemberBlow for DDB as Ogilvy’s creative trio scoop $500m Philips global account
• 14 DecemberBig vote of confidence for W+K London as Portland HQ makes Neil Christie and Ian Tait partners
• 14 DecemberNow there’s no escape – Google Maps will send sponsored carol singers to your doorstep
• 14 DecemberDid he or didn’t he? James Murdoch’s future depends on whether he read ‘for Neville’ email
• 14 DecemberMadison Avenue tries to embed traffic proof in real ads while Harte-Hanks offers new planning tool
• 13 DecemberNow Unilever decides to review $6bn global media
• 13 DecemberSaatchi’s Adam Kerj and Henrik Tvilling on the creative revolution in Scandinavia
• 13 DecemberOgilvy London steps up for WWF 50th anniversary
• 13 DecemberNew broom at Premier Foods Mike Clarke turns to old mate Phil Rumbol and 101 for marketing boost
• 13 DecemberMcgarrybowen wins $300m Bud Light plus Adweek’s agency of the year award
• 13 DecemberWho would like a Jose Mourinho cartoon and cuddly toy? Value £3.75m
• 12 DecemberOgilvy celebrates founder David’s centenary with launch of new Latin American agency
• 12 DecemberGreat communicator Nick Clegg can’t seem to make his mind up about Cameron and his Europe veto.
• 10 DecemberWhy isn’t Procter & Gamble or Unilever brave enough to sponsor Amnesty International’s 50th?
• 9 DecemberCan DDB London’s new ‘Express Yourself’ campaign put some fizz into shavers for Philips?
• 9 DecemberDave Trott, now of MSQ and formerly of Media Square, sends me another missive
• 9 DecemberWhy George Osborne won’t be sending WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell his best wishes this Christmas
• 9 DecemberMore smooch than raunch for Victoria’s Secret this Christmas
• 9 DecemberHas market leader Tesco lost its way in the UK?
• 9 DecemberMSQ rises from the ashes of Media Square in pre-pack MBO deal
• 8 DecemberBank pulls the plug on struggling Media Square
• 8 DecemberCoca-Cola’s WWF white cans Christmas promotion for polar bears bites back
• 8 DecemberPublicis Groupe’s Digitas and Leo Burnett share $1bn Sprint telecoms account
• 7 DecemberWhoops – sponsor crisis as Manchester’s big-spending clubs flop out of the Champion’s League
• 7 DecemberNow Bell Pottinger is dragged into the phone-hacking scandal as it tells News International boss Rebekah Brooks where to be arrested
• 7 DecemberBrooks Brothers takes the lead in Christmas ads ‘Aah’ factor race
• 7 DecemberCarat to scoop $3bn General Motors media account
• 7 DecemberDavid Jones of Havas: Why social media makes business better but life harder for CEOs
• 7 DecemberWhy HSBC £40m fine over mis-selling to older customers gives marketing a bad name
• 6 DecemberLord Bell under pressure as even his Tory mates turn on him over Bell Pottinger’s claims to influence government
• 6 DecemberCasting Sir Martin Sorrell away to a desert island – now there’s an idea!
• 6 DecemberHas ratings agency Standard and Poor’s lost its PR marbles completely?
• 6 DecemberOlympics stadium naming sell-off is bad news for new tenant West Ham United
• 6 DecemberOld Spice’s Isaiah Mustafa (aka MANta Claus) wants to send a gift to everyone on the planet
• 6 DecemberHarvey Nichols and DDB turn the Christmas walk of shame into a ‘stride of pride’
• 5 DecemberIt’s hello Irene as Kraft boss Rosenfeld decides to take over the Cadbury snacks business
• 5 DecemberNew take on austerity doom and gloom from Crossroads Films director Nick Scott
• 5 DecemberBBH sets seal on storming close to 2011 with £36m Virgin Media win
• 5 DecemberFred & Farid launch new monochrome kissing epic for Martini
• 5 DecemberDoomy gloomy old Europe drives down new ZenithOptimedia adspend forecast
• 5 DecemberTUI’s knocking copy assault on Thomas Cook will do the UK travel industry no favours
• 2 DecemberWayne Rooney stars in new ‘devils’ ad for Man U – don’t give up the day job Wayne
• 2 DecemberAKQA and Wieden+Kennedy lead London agency digital boom
• 2 DecemberWPP in surprise rebrand of top PR firm as Hill & Knowlton Strategies
• 2 DecemberMore boys behaving badly for Norte beer and Willy Wonka-style agency Del Campo Saatchi
• 2 DecemberNando’s pulls controversial Mugabe ‘last dictator’ ad
• 1 DecemberIs Diet Coke right to target ‘fashionistas’ as it launches European ad review?
• 1 DecemberIs noisy Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP becoming too attached to his ‘bully pulpit?’
• 1 DecemberSaatchi & Saatchi’s Fan Ng on China’s ad boom, creativity and the New Director’s Showcase tour
• 1 DecemberUK shocked to the core by sexy Marks & Spencer ad
• 30 NovemberOld Spice shows you don’t need Isaiah Mustafa to make a sweet-smelling commercial
• 30 NovemberChina ad ban in TV dramas has advertisers and agencies scratching their heads
• 30 NovemberFormer News of the World man Paul McMullan drags Piers Morgan into the phone-hacking scandal
• 30 NovemberWPP makes its own bet on the US presidential elections with Glover Park lobbying firm buy
• 30 NovemberChevrolet Volt crisis gives General Motors’ recovery plan a nasty electric shock
• 29 NovemberNew agency 101 launches Air Miles replacement Avios with Sony-esque film
• 29 NovemberWorrying times for TBWA London as Muller axes top marketers
• 29 NovemberNow Droga5 wins big new Kraft launch MilkBite
• 29 NovemberBBDO’s Andrew Robertson on why girls are more like boys on Cyber Monday
• 29 NovemberWas Dave Trott right to pick Otto Skorzeny of the SS as an example of a creative thinker?
• 29 NovemberJames Hind: Car ads that push the boundaries – sometimes a little too far

2010

• 31 DecemberProcter & Gamble takes over from UK government as top 2010 ad spender
• 31 DecemberBuckingham Palace isn’t giving up – they still want us to call Kate Middleton (queen-to-be) Catherine
• 30 DecemberITV’s Ad of the Year is its very own ad for Thinkbox – surely some mistake?
• 30 DecemberWPP set to buy Obama digital fundraiser Blue State Digital
• 30 DecemberAre these the worst US ads of 2010?
• 29 DecemberWPP still lags behind Publicis despite record growth figures
• 26 DecemberCan Brit Nick Brien and Swede Linus Karlsson turn round the archetypal American agency McCann?
• 25 DecemberCould Mark Modesto’s sudden exit cost Interpublic’s DraftFCB $1bn in SC Johnson billings?
• 24 DecemberMerry Xmas everybody, especially to those of you who are preparing pitches over the holiday
• 24 DecemberFor Time it’s Mark Zuckerberg, for the FT Steve Jobs. So who’s our Person of the Year?
• 23 DecemberRumbol and Green unveil plans for new agency 101
• 23 DecemberAnother cop-out from the Football Association as they snub David Dein for diplomat David Bernstein
• 23 DecemberGlasses Direct leads UK online traders’ rush to advertise on TV
• 23 DecemberWhy Twitter might become bigger than Facebook
• 22 DecemberIs the Daily Telegraph becoming more like the News of the World than the News of the World?
• 22 DecemberNow BMW transmits its logo on to the inside of your eyelids in campaign aimed at young bikers
• 22 DecemberTweets for dogs help US pets defy the recession
• 21 DecemberSometimes you just have to share these things, here’s Wilkinson Sword’s ladies ‘mowing the lawn’
• 21 DecemberHave you ever read a bigger load of self-justifying rubbish? This is the World Federation of Advertisers on procurement
• 21 DecemberVince Cable gaffe means it’s a clear run for News Corp in bid for BSkyB
• 21 DecemberDel Campo Saatchi Teletransporter duo set to hit gold again with ‘big nose’ campaign
• 21 DecemberMost interesting aspect of UK product placement deal is ability to doctor old programmes
• 20 DecemberMedia shop PHD crashes the big league with $1.4bn GlaxoSmithKline win
• 20 DecemberFrancois Sarkozy joins Publicis Groupe with sale of healthcare consultancy
• 20 DecemberOnly $10m for Pepsi to sponsor US X Factor? Hardly smacks of cola wars
• 20 DecemberVince Cable in another fine pickle as EC says “you decide on Sky bid Vince”
• 20 DecemberYikes! General Motors agencies shiver as Joel Ewanick takes global marketing job
• 19 DecemberWPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell will be worried about UK protests against corporate tax avoiders
• 17 DecemberHavas’ Vincent Bollore launches electric cars hire scheme in Paris
• 17 DecemberGuinness breaks new ‘more life in the dark’ line with ad launch in Ireland
• 17 DecemberBBH pushes the envelope every which way with Johnnie Walker Marc Herremans ad
• 17 DecemberRP& produces an interesting spin on Christmas spending for Honda’s Acura
• 17 DecemberStruggling MySpace loses guaranteed income ad deal with Google
• 16 DecemberDoes all this mean there’ll be two Robson Browns?
• 16 DecemberWhat would the great Leo Burnett have made of today’s ad agencies?
• 16 DecemberNow MDC Partners buys minority in LA agency 72andSunny
• 15 DecemberIsn’t it about time the Premier League took a firm line with these jokers – like the Indian poultry magnates who’ve just bought Blackburn?
• 15 DecemberDid Wayne Rooney rumpus play a part in £35m Coke Zero exit to Ogilvy Paris?
• 15 DecemberMission Marketing Group snaps up Newcastle’s Robson Brown
• 15 DecemberWPP’s US lobbying firm Dewey Square under fire for submitting fake letters
• 14 DecemberDoes former Audi man Peter Duffy’s arrival at Easyjet signal a change of strategy for cheap flights?
• 14 DecemberLocal ad-funded TV in the UK looks like a bit of a Jeremy Hunt
• 14 DecemberAre these the ten worst UK celebrity ads? The winner must be Jamie and Louise Redknapp
• 14 DecemberNow it’s Omnicom’s turn to splash the cash as it lines up bid for Communispace
• 14 DecemberUK supermarket Morrisons threatens to sue FIFA over ‘unfair’ World Cup bid process
• 13 December2010 ends as it started for Bartle Bogle Hegarty with big Ebay loss
• 13 DecemberSouth Africa drinks giants go to jail for Drive Dry campaign
• 13 DecemberPublicis Groupe challenges Interpublic with pitch for McCann stalwart Nescafe
• 11 DecemberMartin Puris explains why he sees a future for Peter Scott’s mighty Engine Group in the US
• 11 DecemberAussie agencies agonise over shortage of women, but it’s not about women it’s about work
• 10 DecemberScotland Yard scuppers Andy Coulson phone tapping investigation
• 10 DecemberFinally Rolls Royce decides it needs some PR help six weeks after the Qantas incident
• 10 DecemberNow Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani tries to muscle in on global football market
• 10 DecemberDon’t fear the TiVo, new research shows that tech-savvy TV viewers still respond to ads
• 10 DecemberAndy Coulson, Howard Stern and Peter Howard-Williams
• 9 DecemberWill Hersheys deal with Asda appeal to UK consumers?
• 9 DecemberBattered Bernie Ecclestone is the new face of Hublot watches
• 9 DecemberWill UK retail sales fall off a cliff when VAT rises to 20 per cent after Christmas?
• 9 DecemberTop Ogilvy creative duo Godici and Ketchum quit for BBDO New York
• 8 DecemberTrojan female vibrator ads get US TV networks in a spin
• 8 DecemberMan U stars take to large puddle of vodka for JWT Sydney Smirnoff ad
• 8 DecemberHershey finally joins global chocolate wars through deal with Asda
• 8 DecemberNow Google challenges Microsoft Windows with Chrome OS
• 7 DecemberIs Starcom’s attempt to measure ad campaigns’ carbon footprint a load of hot air?
• 7 DecemberBBC's Radio 4 adds to Jeremy Hunt gaffe with fake MP slip-up
• 7 DecemberAdam & Eve wins Marketing magazine’s UK agency of the year
• 7 DecemberBusiness as usual from Victoria’s Secret – but where are Santa and his reindeer?
• 7 DecemberEuro RSCG is the biggest ad agency worldwide by number of global clients
• 6 DecemberHoward Stern to join Apple’s iTunes – is it really such a daft idea?
• 6 December‘Be Proud Join In’ says BP as it begins Deepwater Horizon image fightback
• 6 DecemberGio Compario and Aleksander Orlov demonstrate the enduring strength of TV advertising
• 6 DecemberBBC’s Mark Thompson says Panorama FIFA timing was production-driven coincidence
• 6 DecemberRivals Zenith and Magna both predict strong worldwide ad growth in 2011
• 6 DecemberSaatchi Cape Town aims to turn cleft palates into Smiles
• 5 DecemberTiger Woods’ indiscretions cost Nike 105,000 balls – but it could have been worse says US business school
• 4 DecemberChannel Five’s Richard Desmond says he’s turned round the TV station and still wants to buy the Sun
• 3 DecemberOfcom gives green light to product placement on British TV
• 3 DecemberBMW’s return to Super Bowl is big opportunity for Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal
• 3 DecemberPepsico leads race to World Cup winner Russia with $5.4bn Wimm-Bill-Dann purchase
• 3 DecemberDentsu is most valuable agency brand at $1.3bn says Brand Finance
• 2 DecemberDDB’s Polo ad is a return to the great days of saying nothing whatsoever about the product
• 2 DecemberAegis’ Synovate buys Russian research firm Comcon
• 2 DecemberHere’s what Mad Men’s Roger Sterling (aka actor John Slattery) really thinks about advertising
• 1 DecemberInternet guru Mary Meeker asks: where are the iconic online campaigns?
• 1 DecemberMySpace on the block as News Corporation weighs up sale or partnership
• 1 DecemberHot agency Droga5 produces decidedly cool ad for Cascade beer
• 1 DecemberEC launches challenge to Google over overmighty page ranking algorithms
• 30 NovemberHere’s Richard Branson’s iPad only magazine Project
• 30 NovemberHalifax lines up three for intriguing £25m Christmas creative ad pitch
• 30 NovemberApple beats Blackberry and Android in brand loyalty league
• 30 NovemberNow Del Campo Saatchi wins Coke brief in Argentina and wider region
• 30 NovemberBBC fails to make its case for Panorama FIFA bribery programme timing
• 30 NovemberStarbucks blames poor marketing for rift with Kraft
• 29 NovemberEpica awards announces its winners – surely a pointer to Cannes?
• 29 NovemberBrands need good ideas more than ever now YouTube and SeeSaw allow viewers to skip ads
• 29 NovemberRKCR/Y&R challenges the music business with Two Black Cats release for ghd hair client
• 29 NovemberChina’s Tencent launches challenge to Facebook with QZone expansion
• 29 NovemberPublicis Worldwide “completes Balkan expansion” with purchase of three agencies in Romania
• 28 NovemberWorld exclusive! Wikileaks’ wicked leaks about world adland leaders
• 27 NovemberWill William and Kate’s Royal wedding produce a media bonanza?