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PayPal and eBay become separate entities from 2015

eBay announced yesterday that it plans to cease trading eBay and PayPal, the online auction site's electronic payment system, as separate entities, and will be operating them as independent publicly traded companies. The surprise move follows Apple's...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Publicis acquires yet another digital agency, this time in Italy

The Publicis Groupe recently announced they had acquired another digital agency, following hot on the heels of their acquisitions in Germany (Zweimaleins), South Africa (Synergize), Poland (Interactive Solutions) and the UK (Outside Line). As with...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Addison Lee pulls into pole position with new hire

Addison Lee, the largest private hire minicab company in London, recently appointed Nick Constantinou as its new head of marketing and product innovation. Constantinou, who has previously held roles at McCann Erickson, AKQA overseeing product...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Marriott announce the launch of global content marketing studio

Following a growing trend of marketers becoming publishers, Marriott, the international hotel chain, recently announced the formation of a new global content studio dedicated to publishing, distributing and sharing digital and filmed story-driven...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Grey London help Volvo 'Swell' its brand in new ad

In a bid to move into a more premium market space, Volvo has launched a new TV campaign for its XC60 model called “Swell.” The campaign is centred around a film which introduces some of the basic principals that represent the brand's positioning...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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AOL and Publicis expand their partnership

AOL and the Publicis Groupe announced yesterday that they would be expanding their comprehensive six-year partnership into programmatic video and linear TV in a move that will provide all agencies within the Publicis Groupe with greater access to...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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472 entries recognised at the 2014 Spike Asia awards ceremony

There was plentiful grounds for celebration at this year's Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, which climaxed with an awards ceremony last Friday night at the Grand Theatre, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, where 1000 delegates were in attendance. An...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Seymourpowell design striking new whisky bottle for Korean brand

Seymourpowell, the global design company based in London, has created a bold new design for a new whisky brand called “The Class.” Produced by the Korean company HiteJinro, The Class is a new brand aimed at the country's emerging younger...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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FaceCake Gives You The NFL Look And Feel In A 53-Foot Long Truck

The interactive marketing company, FaceCake, has teamed up with the National Football League (NFL) to bring real-time Try-On to the travelling "NFL Fan Style Tour," a mobile interactive experience that offers the fans a firsthand look at this year's...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Will Coconut Water Beat Coca-Cola?

First, Vita Coco spend £1.5m on their summer advertising campaign to build “maximum visibility” around the brand and drive sales over the summer period. Last month Vita Coco Kids, the children’s variant of the coconut water...

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Get Ready For The New Service On Instagram

Yesterday Instagram officially launched its advertising service in the UK through a partnership with Omnicom Media Group. Users will now see sponsored photos and videos on their Instragram feeds, identified with a sponsored label - but otherwise...

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A New Name to 80-Year History Of Financial Stability

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...

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Will The New Creative Agency Hub In Argentina Become A Success?

The leading global marketing services company, McCann Worldwide is partnering with Argentine creative Martin Mercado to start the new global creative agency hub in Buenos Aires with its name, Mercado McCann. With the strong talent capability behind...

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Mika Hakkinen Encourages Golf Fans To Join The Pact

The global company Diageo is the leader in beverage alcohol with an wide collection of brands across spirits, beer and wine categories; brands such as Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Baileys and Guinness. Johnnie Walker, the...

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Chairman Retires After Rugby World Cup Campaign

Friday 19th September 2014 it was announced that Simon Sherwood, the Group Chairman of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), is to retire at the end of the year. Simon Sherwood began his advertising career in 1979 as a graduate trainee at DDB. At the beginning...

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Evening Hosted by CNN's Don Lemon in Beverly Hills

A big celebration of achievements of those working to champion diversity in the advertising, marketing, PR, media and entertainment industries took on place Friday 20th September in Beverly Hills, California 90210. In a night of celebration, the...

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Google+ Hangouts and Car Shopping

Toyota has launched a campaign which allows users to customize their 2014 Toyota Corolla car while chatting with their friends in a Google+ Hangout. They are looking to drive engagement and appeal to young first-time buyers by letting the users take...

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Microsoft dig deep and spend $2.5 billion on Minecraft!

In a deal that has been rumoured for a while now, Microsoft has bought Mojang, the Swedish creators of the phenomenally successful Minecraft, for a reported $2.5 billion. Officially announced on Monday afternoon, both Microsoft and Mojang spokesman...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Martial arts meet football in Jonathan Glazer's new TV spot for Canon

Jonathan Glazer, the acclaimed director of cult classic films such as Sexy Beasts and Under the Skin, has directed a new ad for Canon, which tells the story of Calcio Storico (“Historic Football”), an ancient and brutal Italian sport. Glazer, who...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Apple CEO hints at a future in TV

Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, has recently hinted that, whilst the company has recently made its first big reveals of the year in the shape of last week's unveiling of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch, there might still be a few tricks left up...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Warc 100 database name 2014's top agencies and brands

The Warc 100 database, which tracks international winners of effectiveness and strategy awards, recently named Ogilvy & Mather New York as the Americas top creative agency, PepsiCo as the top advertiser and Samsung Galaxy as the top brand, according...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Memac Ogilvy named AOR for Pearl-Qatar developers

After an extensive review, the Qatar-based United Development Company has selected Memac Ogilvy as its advertising agency of record, with the team chosen to lead all strategic branding and creative efforts for the Qatari shareholding company. The...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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First-half profits looking good for M&C Saatchi

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
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Time for new Apple products. But is all the fuss justified?

Of all the things Apple do well, creating a hullabaloo is one of the best. Despite ongoing wars and Scotland's bid for independence, the launch of a new product still performed well in the news agenda on Tuesday. Live from Cupertino, the world's...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Brazilian legend helps Shell open new player powered football pitch

The unquestioned king of Brazilian football has partnered with the global energy behemoth Shell in order to help open the world's first completely player-powered community football pitch in the centre of Rio Di Janeiro's impoverished favela in an...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Publicis join forces with Adobe

The Publicis Groupe and Adobe recently announced a strategic partnership in order to deliver the group's end-to-end marketing platform 'Always-On'. The bespoke platform automates and connects all components of their client's marketing efforts through...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Win tickets to Wembley for the England v. San Marino Qualifier

Win tickets to Wembley for the England v. San Marino Qualifier at Pool Party 2014 We are all excited for the Creativepool end of summer party happening this Wednesday, but we have some more news! We have a PAIR OF GOLD LEVEL TICKETS up for grabs...

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Braintree join the Bitcoin bandwagon

Braintree, a subsidiary of eBay (eBay acquired Braintree in an all-cash £800 million deal almost a year ago) that deals with the payment processing for a number of popular mobile apps, recently announced that it would be accepting Bitcoin...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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IPG kill off Rouge and find new home for Cadillac

The Interpublic Group (IPG) recently announced that it will be retiring the “Rogue” brand it created to serve Cadillac and will be giving all Cadillac work to Lowe and Partners Worldwide in an effort to “Deliver a comprehensive...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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TBWA partner with Airbnb as new Global AOR

TBWA, the Omnicom owned global advertising agency, has been named the global agency of record for Airbnb, the San Francisco-based hospitality website, which effectively acts as a social networking site for lodgers and landlords looking for short-term...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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TBWA eyeing up a potential six new South African acquisitions

According to TBWA\South Africa CEO Derek Bouwer, TBWA is looking to acquire as many as six new agencies over the next year within the region. The group, which is owned by the Omnicom holding company recently acquired 80% of HDI Youth Marketers, the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Publicis scoop Coca-Cola design agency for Leo Burnett

It was announced yesterday that the Publicis Groupe is to acquire the design agency Turner Duckworth on behalf of the Leo Burnett network, which it owns. Turner Duckworth is most known for its designs for Coca-Cola, particularly its 2012 redesign of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Last week, Private Eye tried to satirise advertising - and failed.

You're probably familiar with the magazine Private Eye. If not, you just need to know it's the longest running satirical publication in the UK (maybe the world), is edited by Ian Hislop from 'Have I Got News For You', and is still remarkably fresh,...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw

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