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Tesco, one of the world's leading supermarkets, is launching a major test of its food Safety Bags that could lead to their introduction in stores around the world, following a push in China to help consumers eat pesticide-free fruit and vegetables....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This week, Tesco has launched “Food Love Stories brought to you by Tesco,” a new campaign from BBH London, which aims to set out the retailer’s food quality credentials and celebrate the passion and care that goes into the meals we...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the latest phase of and Rothco's Christmas campaign for Tesco Ireland, “Here’s to the Hosts,” the brand broadcasted the biggest surprise yet from Dubliner, Suzin. On Monday this week (November 21), young mum, Suzin, broke the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Halloween has now been and gone, which means it's officially time for adland to unleash the Christmas campaigns. First out to bat are supermarket giants Tesco, who have launched the first phase of an innovative new campaign in Ireland called...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Considering that most of the music ever released is now available for our listening pleasure at little more than the click of a button (as long as you have a stable broadband connection of course), it might seem a little regressive to think that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Tesco has marked its return to TV advertising this weekend with major new campaigns in the UK and Ireland. The UK campaign comes courtesy of BBH London (the first major Tesco TV campaign from the agency), and focuses on helping customers, whilst also...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the latest is a series of significant culls for the supermarket chain since Dave Lewis took over as CEO last September, it was announced yesterday that Tesco's Blinkbox Books e-book service would be closing, following a failed sale to Waterstones....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The CEO of Tesco, Philip Clarke, is now the ex-CEO of Tesco. He left the job last week, having failed to turn the retailer's fortunes around. Indeed, some would argue that he was actually the catalyst for the decline in the store's success. These...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Say what you like about Tesco, but they know how to create a fuss. A couple of days ago, the digital, broadcast and print media fell on a story about the retail giant and its latest advertising wheeze. As a plethora of reports rushed to tell us,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
by Magnus Shaw. If you're going to be rumbled loading beefburgers with something other than beef, try to ensure it's not horse. Oats would be better. Or sweets. But, not cat or hamster - and definitely not horse. As Tesco has discovered, people...
Posted by: Creativepool
DDB Worldwide Omnicom Group President and CEO John Wren has announced the appointment of Wendy Clark as President and CEO of DDB Worldwide. Clark succeeds Chuck Brymer who will assume the title of Chairman. Both roles are effective immediately....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In case you haven’t noticed, Valentine’s Day drops in just two more sleeps. As ever, brands are busy capitalising on all the love in the air to match people to their products. So far we’ve seen a mixed bag of tongue-in-cheek...
Posted by: Michelle Collier
BBH London – Tesco When I was a wee lad (in the heady days of the mid-90's), Halloween wasn't a particularly big deal. Sure we got together to watch movies we probably shouldn't have been watching and hit up our neighbours houses for Dime bars and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Mussel meat A leading discount frozen food company is selling bags of 'mussel meat'. I may be wrong, but I suspect these are the unfortunate shellfish deemed too manky to be sold whole, and are therefore mushed up and flogged in a heaving mass. Good...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
BBH - Tesco In yet another big move under new CEO Dave Lewis, Tesco has replaced Wieden + Kennedy as its advertising agency of record with BBH. The appointment, which is worth £110 million, means that BBH will be severing ties with rival...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
WPP certainly appear to be stepping into 2015 with both feet forward! Firstly, it's been suggested that WPP might be considering a £2 billion purchase of Tesco's Dunnhumby data division. This would mark yet another major technology purchase for...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Supermarket wars have been with us for as long as there have been supermarkets. But the intensity of the competition has never been so keenly felt as it is today. Tesco has had a thoroughly miserable year, which cost them one Chief Executive, a mass...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
10. Travelators You know travelators, those flattened escalators that serve as moving pavements. Well, it’s not unusual to find static print ads along their route, but I’m suggesting the actual moving steps would be ideal ambient media....
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
So, tell me honestly, does that title offend you? It's a serious question - I put it there deliberately. The reason being that, last week, Asda paid £25,000 to mental health charity Mind for advertising what was deemed to be a completely...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
It has been suggested that working in the media is a fool's errand. Usually by people who would like to work in the media but believed those 'Traffic Warden - a lifetime of adventure' recruitment ads. However, once a year, their derogatory snipe has...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw. It doesn't matter if Sky TV project their logo onto the moon for three months. If Tesco book Al Pacino to front their 2013 campaign, it will make no difference. Should Galaxy build a scale model of the Hoover Dam from solid milk...
Posted by: Creativepool
Kitcatt Nohr & Lazar Dzamic Since December 2007, Lazar Dzamic has lead the digital planning offering at Integrated agency, Kitcatt Nohr. Along with Planning Director, Richard Madden, Lazar leads digital strategy as Digital Planning Director, for...
Posted by: Creativepool
Coley Porter Bell has embarked on a major packaging rebrand, telling the stories behind the food, and bringing consistency and clear navigation to over 1000 products for Tesco’s “Finest” range. This incredibly ambitious rebrand has...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
British supermarket Tesco has continued the trend of taking viewers back to past times with its Christmas ad for 2019, while continuing to celebrate its 100-year anniversary. In the ad, created by BBH London and Stink, one of the retailer's delivery...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tesco Ireland and creative agency, ROTHCO, launch the first commercial in part of a new three-year campaign that will form an ambitious new repositioning for Tesco Ireland. Following on from the successful Christmas campaign Here’s to the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I love Guinness and I have grown rather fond of VR over the last few months (though I personally feel it has yet to hit its stride), so this was always going to be a bit of a home run for me. I'm referring, of course, to the latest collaboration...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Tesco hasn't had an easy time of it lately. First the horse meat scandal, then the bad news that last quarter saw a 3% drop in sales. Since then, Tesco’s been doing some serious soul searching, questioning everything from its ethics and health...
Posted by: bluemarlin
Will my work get seen by the "right" people is a key question when deciding on whether or not to enter any award. As a part of our commitment to making The Annual the "Most Award" we make sure that your entries are delivered to, and downloaded by,...
Posted by: Creativepool
In an era where environmental consciousness is not just a trend but a necessity, packaging strategies are increasingly being scrutinized for their sustainability and innovation. It’s no longer enough for packaging to look good it must do good...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I would never pretend to be the most enthusiastic Halloween fan. I mean, I love a good horror movie and enjoy a good tooth-rotting bar of chocolate as much as the next person but the whole concept has always felt a little contrived to me. However,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Comedians Stevie Martin and Lola-Rose Maxwell discuss how their experience of writing, performing, directing and editing their hit viral sketches influenced their recent success in creating authentic and genuinely funny comedy ads. Stevie (left)...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
McKinsey Health Institute’s ‘Adding years to life and life to years’ report estimates that over the next decade humanity could add as many as 45 billion extra years of higher-quality life - roughly six years per person on average -...
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For the first time this century, Eurovision is being celebrated on home turf. Of course, it’s a bittersweet experience as it should really be Kyiv that’s experiencing all the joy right now but these are dark times and in dark times we...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Regardless of your opinions on the British Monarchy, it’s undeniable that the coronation of King Charles III was something of a historic event and something that deserved chronicling and (of course) parodying. With that in mind, I’ve...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Only a fool would state that they know with absolute certainty what the landscape in adland will look like in six months’ time. We are living through a time of almost unparalleled unpredictability but one overarching and undeniable trend that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Choosing the best ads of the year was once a straightforward process but in the information era, where advertising is so much more than just 30-second TV spots, it’s not quite as simple as taking your ten wittiest short films and putting them...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns