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At the glittering 2014 World Branding Awards ceremony, which took place over the weekend at One Whitehall Place in London, and were hosted by Sky Sports presenter David “Crofty” Croft, 69 brands from 25 countries were honoured, with...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Over the weekend, popular picture messaging service Snapchat (which has been in the news of late due to the recent server hacks dubbed “The Snappening” by opportunistic perverts everywhere) revealed its first ads for US users, a move that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Lewis Road Creamery, the small dairy company based in New Zealand, recently struck into a culinary goldmine when they started combining the country's most beloved chocolate brand with their own organic milk. This artisan chocolate milk, created with...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The WPP shop MediaCom has been selected to take care of US media planning and buying duties for Anheuser Busch InBev, the brewing giant whose brands include globally recognised beers such as Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois and Beck's. The company...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
General Mills, whose shopper-marketing was until now handled by a handful of independent shops, recently announced that it had consolidated its duties within a team of 5 WPP owned agencies. According to Brian Kittelson, company's director of shopper...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
WPP announced yesterday that they have agreed to acquire Element Marketing Group (EMG) on behalf of Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide (OCHWW). EMG is a leading market access agency in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries and will rebranded as Ogilvy...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a new short film created by Ogilvy London and Ogilvy Paris for skincare specialists Dove, body image is discussed in a frank and illuminating manner in an effort to promote positive body image to the younger generation of women....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Today I’m on a bit of a high. And not just because I have a rare day off. No, it’s because yesterday I completed my second marathon this year - the 41st BMW Berlin Marathon. For a while there, I didn’t fancy my chances. About six...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Heineken unveiled their premium, design-focused lounge bar at London Design Festival last week, the latest chapter of its open innovation journey. The ‘Pop-up City Lounge’ is the second edition in the brand’s ‘Open Design...
Posted by: Creativepool
The French luxury house Hermès anounced yesterday their new pop-up e-store, La Maison des Carrés, which is dedicated to the world of Hermès silk. Choosing from the myriad of prints, fabrics, colors, and designs is a difficult task, but...
Posted by: Creativepool
Formerly GE Capital Retail Finance, Synchrony Financial, is one of the premier consumer financial services companies in the United States and is the largest provider of private label credit cards since its begining in 1932. Yesterday, Synchrony...
Posted by: Creativepool
Last week, I talked about what a moany lot we are, taking to Twitter to complain about U2's Song Of Innocence landing unrequested in our global iTunes accounts - because really, there's nothing we like more than having a good whinge. As if by magic,...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Yesterday (Sunday 21st September 2014) Ogilvy & Mather, one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world, got involved in spreading the word of amity through their new campaign, “Shoot Goals, Not Guns” for the...
Posted by: Creativepool
Illustrator Jaka Vukotič spent much of his time doing different drawings, illustrations, and cartoons, whilst growing up in a land transforming from socialist Yugoslavia to capitalist Slovenia. The radical socio-political shift from egalitarianism...
Posted by: Fotolia
WPP recently announced that Kantar Health, its wholly-owned global healthcare consulting firm, has acquired Evidências, a healthcare research company based in Brazil. Evidências is an industry leader in “Evidence-based, health...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
M&C Saatchi has posted strong profit and revenue growth for the first half of 2014, with the advertising and marketing company declaring a 15% increase in its dividend to 1.40 pence, up from the 1.21 pence it declared last year. The profits have been...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We recently spoke to Christope Huet, the digital artist behind the fourth PSD, in series 3, of the TEN Collection (a collaboration project with 5 photographers, and 5 designers, from 10 different countries). Fotolia: Christophe, we’ve been...
Posted by: Fotolia
Nationwide Mutual Insurance has decided to dig into its vaults as part of a complete corporate branding overhaul. The insurer will be debuting a redesign of its logo, which puts the soaring eagle back where it belongs, alongside a new campaign...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Publicis Groupe has announced yet another new acquisition, this time in the shape of Nurun, the global technology consultancy based in Montreal, Canada. Publicis acquired the company for 125 million Canadian dollars from Quebecor, who said they...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Embrace constant change, keep it new and tell dramatic stories. Freddie Baveystock, our Strategy Director, explains how brands can remain fresh as featured in The Guardian. The ever-changing competition between which brands are hot and which are not...
Posted by: Rufus Leonard
If you have a Facebook account, which most of you probably do, you can't have failed to notice your friends and family lobbing buckets of ice water over their heads for the past few weeks. Maybe you've taken part in the stunt yourself, much to the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The leading marketing consulting, analytics and research firm, Optimal Strategix Group (OSG), announced last week that they have been included on the Inc. 500|5000 list for the fifth consecutive year. The annual Inc. 500|5000 list is an exclusive...
Posted by: Creativepool
Earlier this year, Jeremy Paxman suggested some editions of Newsnight should simply inform the viewing audience there was nothing much to talk about, before rolling the closing credits. Knowing Paxo, he was probably just being provocative, or even...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In an effort to further expand its efforts to target small businesses, the UPS Store plans to introduce a new integrated campaign next month, created by UPS Store agency of record, Doner, from Detroit, and the UPS agency of record, Ogilvy & Mather,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Gourmet chocolate makers Scharffen Berger recently launched a unique new out-of-home advertising campaign in San Francisco, which ties into social media by featuring everyday consumers as its stars at 50 digital boards located throughout the city....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The full-service, Floridian marketing agency BMI Elite, recently decided to arrange a company-wide Ice Bucket Challenge earlier this week, raising over $3000 for the ALS Association in the process. The Ice Bucket Challenge is the latest 'nomination'...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As the first American brand to bring modular, computerised steam shower systems to the US, Ariel Bath is looking to set Ariel at the standard in luxury for in-home steam showers with its 2014-2015 brand campaign. The "Healthy Living at Home" campaign...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Rosetta, the Publicis Groupe's customer engagement agency, announced yesterday that it had promoted five associate partners to partner, elevating the total number of partners at the agency to 47, with 14 managing partners. Tom Adamski, who took over...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A survey recently conducted by, GlynnDevins, North America's premier marketing and advertising agency serving senior living communities, has found that most over 70's find that they are being portrayed in an unrealistic or stereotypical manner by...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Microsoft recently announced a new low cost mobile phone a month after a leaked memo revealed that the technology giants were considering culling their more affordable phones in favour of their more expensive, “Windows Phones”. The Nokia...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Advertising might be only one aspect of the great social media boom, but it's a pretty large one and it's only going to get larger. In fact, by 2017, Mintel, the leading global supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence, has predicted that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Strategy Analytics, Inc, the company which provides advisory services, consulting and actionable market intelligence for emerging technology, mobile and wireless, digital consumer and automotive electronics companies, have predicted that by 2018,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Eventbrite and 99designs have joined forces, announcing an integration that will seamlessly connect graphic designers with event organisers, in order to provide them with access to professional, unique banner designs for their event pages. The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We had the chance to speak to Italian Fotolia Contributor Danilo Sanino to ask him about his signature of illustration which is extremely popular, having found the target market for his work as well as his equation for success whilst still enjoying...
Posted by: Fotolia
It was announced yesterday that Phil Buehler has been named as the new executive vice president/ global director of strategic planning at Porter Novelli. In this role he will be leading the public relations agency's award-winning analytical team, who...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Diu & Daman is looking to promote itself as a viable tourist destination with the help of Ogilvy & Mather, who will be leading the branding blitz for the Indian Union territory, which is located near Gujaret's coastline. Diu is an island situated a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns