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The team at in-game advertising platform Bidstack spent last week in Cologne for Europe’s biggest gaming event - Gamescom. Here, its CMO, Simon Gosling, offers a comprehensive look at some of the key things they took away from this year’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) retailers are fast gaining ground in an overcrowded market at a time when high street retail’s woes are only deepening. As iconic brands like Barney’s and Victoria’s Secret struggle in the US and Mothercare...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Taking location marketing as the process of delivering visitors to a specific location or set of locations, one of the simplest solutions is to be visible to people who are looking for the service you offer. As a prime driver of discovery and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Today marks the start of national Neighbours’ Week in the UK, an awareness week set up to encourage more interaction in local communities. To support the cause, beer brand Amstel opened a pop-up pub overlooking London’s Tower Bridge last...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There are almost 1.7 billion sites on the open web, providing internet users with endless browsing options on virtually any topic. Spoilt for choice, users often find themselves searching randomly with no clear idea what they are looking for. Even...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2019 is less than a month away and while that may seem like plenty of time to get your calendar in order, it’ll be here before you know it. Planning your rosé sessions in the sun can...
Posted by: Creativepool
If you spend a bit too much time sitting in back-to-back meetings, planning rollout dates, looking at demographics and campaign performance analytics you can sometimes be in danger of forgetting what ‘it’ feels like. What is it exactly?...
Posted by: Crush
Google makes commuting easier Google has added a commute tab to its Google Maps app with the aim of saving time and simplifying work trips. The new addition helps people to prepare for potential disruption on their journeys and maybe even avoid...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Amazon's Alexa microwave Global tech giant Amazon launched 15 new products at its Amazon Hardware Event in Seattle last week. Perhaps the pick of the bunch was an Alexa-enabled microwave allowing users to command their cooking through voice...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Elon Musk announces Yusaku Maezawa as the first ever commercial astronaut for SpaceX Elon Musk announced last night at an event held at the LA headquarters of SpaceX, that Yusaku Maezawa, founder of the online Japanese clothing company Zozo, will be...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
me&dave - Royal Mint Court me&dave, in collaboration with real estate developer Delancey, has brought London institution Royal Mint Court back to life with a refreshing and unique branding strategy. Since Barclays’ departure in 2000, the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
VCCP - Cadbury Twirl Cadbury has unveiled a new £3million marketing campaign around its number one singles bar, Cadbury Twirl. The campaign by VCCP, represents a completely new direction for the brand, it aims to build a more emotional...
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BrandCooke - London North Eastern Railway Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) has been rebranded as London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), following the collapse of the private franchise. VTEC, now LNER, is a trainline which runs from London to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Curious Films - The Wilderness Society Zoë Bell’s latest spot, “Save Ugly” for The Wilderness Society, boasts an A-list cast with the likes of Rosario Dawson, Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton. A three-minute musical comedy,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With the 2018 FIFA World Cup kicking off this very afternoon, we've scoured the internet to bring you the best ads, campaigns, brand activations and more that have sprung up in the last few weeks in honour of the tournament known to those who...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
MSQ Partners/Hyperactive - blu blu, the original e-vapour brand, has announced the appointment of MSQ Partners and Hyperactive to launch its myblu electronic vaping product in the UK following a competitive pitch. The agencies have been tasked by...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
VCCP - Britvic J2O J2O, the iconic adult soft drink made by Britvic, is on a mission to help people make the most of any social occasion in its latest, multi-million-pound campaign by VCCP, with the help of a colourful cockney alpaca named Mojo. As...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Dentsu Aegis Network Dentsu Aegis Network has hired Victoria Milligan as Marketing & Communications Director for Media Brands, UK & Ireland. In the new role, Victoria will co-ordinate the marketing and communications of Dentsu Aegis Network media...
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The LEGO Roomba sweeps your LEGO up for you The Brick Wall has created an automatic vacuum cleaner to tidy up all of those stray LEGO pieces with swift ease. The hackers have called the robot the “LEGO Roomba.” The Brick Wall built the...
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Jones Knowles Ritchie - Miller Harris The pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender Is The Night” contain many things. Love and loss. Vibrancy and darkness. Beauty and violence. And for London perfume house Miller Harris, a brief....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
VML VML has rebranded its channel activation team to connections to reflect the department’s role as experts in connecting brands to consumers in a contemporary and relevant way. VML’s retail team will become a connections channel,...
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Strichpunkt/KMS Team - Audi Audi has made the brand guidelines for its new visual identity, which was launched last year, freely available to the public in a bid to be “open and accessible to everyone.” The German car company was given a...
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The alcoholic drinking space is changing and changing rapidly. Key cultural shifts that are influencing many 18-35 year-olds today are having a great impact on the social drinking scene. This poses the question, “Should, and can alcohol...
Posted by: ECHO
The GIF turned 30 last year and yet this simplistic medium continues to evolve and amaze. At first GIF's, relegated to flashy, pixelated pop-up ads that made your eyes bleed, were shunned by any sophisticated designer. Now, advancements in mobile,...
Posted by: Caleb (Phillip) Powdrill
The Full Service/Jelly London - The Climate Coalition Actress Anna Friel has lent her voice to a new animated film, produced by renowned photographer Rankin, that tells a story of how climate change is impacting on our everyday lives - and how...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When examining the major tech trends that will potentially bloom and blossom in 2018, I felt it necessary to first take a step back and evaluate roughly where 2017 ended and 2018 began. Not literally, of course, but purely in terms of where one trend...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Robot Food - Harewood The Harewood Estate, situated between Leeds and Harrogate, is known for its rich history and the expansive grounds around Harewood House. Now, the Harewood Food and Drink Project has launched a new collaborative initiative that...
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Amsterdam Worldwide - Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has selected Amsterdam Worldwide as their lead global brand agency. The Amsterdam-based agency, with additional offices in Berlin and Paris, was engaged last spring in a...
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New VR horror film draws awareness to the hell of homelessness Just in time for Halloween, comes a new terrifying experiential advocacy short called “The Killer,” in support of Spitalfields Crypt Trust. Released on YouTube and live...
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Paula Scher (Pentagram) - Poster House The humble poster is set to become the subject of a new museum and gallery due to open in New York next Autumn. Poster House will be home to a permanent collection of posters from all over the world that span...
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Uber CEO apologises for mistakes in wake of London ban Uber’s CEO has swallowed his pride and apologised in the wake of the controversial decision by Transport for London to not renew the ride-sharing app's licence when it expires this...
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Opinion by Sol Rogers, CEO & Founder of REWIND A common criticism of VR is that it is isolating. While VR will always separate you from the real world, it can and will bring people together to communicate, experience, and play in a truly memorable...
Posted by: Magnopus
Carrot - Netflix Streaming giant Netflix has partnered with creative agency Carrot and a California cannabis dispensary, to produce weed themed around several of its TV series. The marijuana, which was produced in limited-edition packaging and went...
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The Full Service - Macmillan Brave The Shave The striking black and white images featured in the clip above show the parents, partners and loved ones of people with cancer seconds after having all their hair shaved off in a bid to help others with...
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Last week, there was a great deal of smoke being blown surrounding the memo released by Google employee James Damore, which inferred that women were biologically inferior to their male counterparts when it came to computer science and coding. These...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Our first problem; The Earth’s population will reach almost 10 billion by 2050 and, if that prediction proves true, it means that we’ll need to double the amount of crops grown in order to feed the mouths of the many. Astonishingly, we...
Posted by: Sophie Summers