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Gravity Road – Three As someone with two parents, both of whom have birthdays in the week before Christmas Day, this is one ad I can really relate to. This week, Three launched its festive campaign “Merry Birthday,” to celebrate everyone in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
BBH London - KFC Nothing says Christmas quite like fried chicken. OK, maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but if there's one time of year where it's socially acceptable to stuff our faces with fast food, then it's surely the November/December Christmas...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It's that time of year again when brands start milking our emotional connection to Christmas, so here I'll be looking at a few of the more interesting Christmas-themed ads to debut in recent weeks. I won't be featuring the annual John Lewis spot from...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Gogglebox is a show that sounds like torture on paper, but against all odds, a non-scripted show starring members of the general public watching and casting a critical eye over the week's televisual highlights, has proven a critical and commercial...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst the United Biscuits-owned McVitie's brand hasn't attempted to compete in the highly competitive Christmas ad race for over three decades, the recent launch of its £12 million master brand strategy, which saw the biscuit makers claim 30%...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When I blogged about the John Lewis Christmas ad a few weeks ago - the one featuring the hare and the bear…and the despair of the rather wet Lily Allen cover of Keane’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ - a lot of people balked at the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
We’re all accustomed to Christmas being the busiest time in our industry, and this year is no exception. With the slew of Christmas ads in full force the many months of painstaking meetings, edits and pressure to spread holiday joy in a...
Posted by: Collective London
There was a time when the televisual Christmas beacon was lit whenever we first heard the “holidays are coming” Coca-Cola jingle, but for the past decade (at least) that torch has been passed to John Lewis and their annual festive weepy....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Christmas exists, in my opinion, to soften the blow of winter. The nights seem endless, the days are barely given time to breathe, and the weather is reliably dour for most of us, so we need it really. Even as someone that doesn’t really care...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
An Post, Ireland’s national postal service, launched a magical new creative campaign this year to demonstrates the importance of sending love to your nearest and dearest this Christmas. Taking inspiration from ‘The Wonderful Wizard of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Heathrow Airport’s Christmas brand ad for 2022 is a typically heart-warming story about that special feeling of being with your loved ones over the festive season. The first work with St. Luke’s as lead strategic creative agency, the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’s been the most competitive Christmas ad season ever. People want a reason to smile, and brands have pulled out all the stops to provide it with a series of feelgood festive ads. Advertising effectiveness company System1 have unveiled their...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As the holiday season creeps up on us once more, the country braces itself for another round of Christmas adverts, from the humorous to the heart-wrenching. But which brands have got the festive formula down and have helped cement themselves as...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The John Lewis Christmas ad has become something of a national institution but there is also the pervasive sense that it might all have been getting a little predictable. Take a sparse, downcast cover of a classic song, add a cuddly mascot, mix in a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Nearly two thirds (64%) of women aged 18-35 years old are not checking their chests regularly every month but 1 in 7 women are affected by breast cancer in their lifetime. Superdrug has taken matters into its own hands and launched a new unique...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There’s been an ever increasing sense of unease around the industry in the past few weeks, as a number of retailers announced that supplies have been slow to come, and there is a labour and stock shortage in the UK expected to last until...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Last month, Penguin Random House collaborated with London-based studio Anyways Creative to create the ‘Books Make Us Better’ campaign to promote the joy of reading by gifting books at Christmas. The campaign aims to appeal to readers of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Christmas is wonderful and everything, but if there’s one thing about it that becomes more and more tedious as the years drag on - it’s the presents. As a child, there’s something undeniably magical about waking up at the crack of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Every year, the highly anticipated Christmas advertisements mark the start of the festive season. As in previous years, the Christmas ads in 2019 follow the same generic theme of an emotionally-driven story where the public falls in love with the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Coca-Cola has built some iconic and memorable advertising campaigns over the years and has certainly spread the festive cheer in regards to Christmas. From now until the end of the year, Coca-Cola UK has reintroduced its zero sugar Cinnamon limited...
Posted by: Steve Wignall
John Lewis has finally launched its Christmas ad for 2019, which tells the story of a little girl and her excitable dragon, Edgar, and unites the brand with partner company Waitrose. The spot, created by adam&eveDDB and directed by Dougal Wilson, is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
UK grime act D Double E provides the soundtrack to IKEA’s first ever Christmas ad launching today, as he waxes lyrical about being house proud and silencing the critics. The spot, created by Mother, features a couple who become racked with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's the start of November, which means it's time to put the kettle on, sit back and watch the barrage of Christmas ads already launched by brands this year. In the mix at this point are many of the big supermarkets with celebs such as Mariah Carey...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This November - just like every November in recent years - the nation waited in anticipation for their favourite Christmas ad to officially usher in the beginning of the festive season. Below, Greg Clark, MD of Sheffield-based creative agency,...
Posted by: Über Agency
J. Walter Thompson London - HSBC This wonderful new advert for HSBC from J. Walter Thompson London is exactly what we all need in the lead up to Brexit. The narrative, starring British actor-director Richard Ayoade, celebrates the positive benefits...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The new year is just around the corner. There’ll be moments you’ve planned, and moments you’ll experience out of the blue. The anticipation of what’s to come is incredibly exciting. It’s a whole new year to fill, so give the gift of a story...
Posted by: VCCP
McCann Manchester - Smyths McCann Manchester has launched a major integrated campaign for Smyths Toys Superstores with the aim of getting every child in the UK & Ireland into a Smyths Toys store in the run-up to Christmas. The campaign, “Snot,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Every trolley tells one hundred stories, which is why Chemistry is turning the lens on the public and getting up close and personal for Lidl’s new full shop campaign, TrolleyCam. Drawing inspiration from the soaring popularity of reality TV,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Today sees the launch of an initiative that seeks to draw attention to the under-representation of the BAME (British Black Asian and Ethnic minorities) community in advertising and marketing, with particular focus on Easter. #EasterSoWhite is the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Wunderman has announced the “Give A Sock” seasonal campaign, which will provide much-needed new socks to those sleeping rough in Camden. “Give a Sock” launched last week in partnership with the C4WS Homeless Project, and aims to collect...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Extending the beloved campaign beyond the seasonal TV epic, MPC Creative developed a groundbreaking interactive VR experience in collaboration with adam&eveDDB and John Lewis. Launching exclusively in the flagship Oxford Street store, this is the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Celebrating the beauty and loud/quiet wonder (depending on your preference) of the festive season is something all agencies are essentially required to do, otherwise they'd undoubtedly be labelled as scowling humbug merchants. Still, some agencies...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As consumers stroll calmly into November, retailers are officially hitting the Christmas period. They're reaching the last leg of an 11-month long process that has involved passion, hope and money (on top of the blood, sweat and tears) to get...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Besides John Lewis, Sainsbury's is probably the UK retailer with perhaps the most enviable track record when it comes to memorable recent Christmas TV spots. Their latest is a three and a half minute masterclass in animated whimsy called “The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Boys and Girls are continuing the Three mobile network's Christmas story with a beautifully illustrated children’s book, and and an animated film adaptation that further brings the story to life, with all proceeds of the book going to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I'll be honest, I never really got Keith Lemon. It's a shtick that never sat right with me, based, as it is, more on bravado than genuine wit. I will admit, however, that he is the perfect character to front an advertising campaign. That same...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns