Agencies line up for Tories’ DM account

LONDON – The Conservative Party has called a review of its direct marketing account.

Ad industry leaders predict deep recession

LONDON – The marketing communications industry has been warned to prepare for a recession that could be deep and long and which could see some of the weakest agencies and clients going to the wall.

GT to handle digital TK Maxx business

LONDON – GT is poised to win the pan-European digital advertising account for the high-street retailer TK Maxx.

TBWA forms digital agency for Adidas

LONDON – TBWA\Worldwide is to launch a new agency called Riot to run the global Adidas digital account.

Amway calls pitch for Europe DM brief

LONDON – Amway, the multinational direct sales company, is on the hunt for a pan-European ?direct marketing agency.

Twinings invites agencies to pitch for digital business

LONDON – Twinings has kicked off a review of its digital advertising account, and has approached digital and advertising agencies to pitch for the business.

AKQA clinches Heineken’s global digital advertising account

LONDON – AKQA has won the global digital advertising account for Heineken after a pitch against undisclosed agencies.

Tollett and Stamp depart DDB for A&E

LONDON – Adam & Eve has poached Ben Tollett and Emer Stamp from DDB London as its first creative directors.

AMV hires ‘Singing in the Rain’ creators

LONDON – Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has hired Steve Jones and Martin Loraine, the creators of VW’s “Singing in the Rain” ad, as creative directors.

19 of the Shiniest Silver Fashion and Furniture Finds (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) Silver is the hottest of the cool metals, even though gold is making a run at capturing the metallic fashion war. From the runways to furniture design, handbags to footwear; silver is glittering its way…

Red Tettemer Pits Light and Dark Meat Against Each Other

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For Hatfield Quality Meats, Red Tettemer built a foosball table where light and dark sausages take the place of soccer players.

Royalties Deal in Online Music

The agreement is designed to settle how the industry calculates royalty rates for limited downloads and music that is streamed online

Human Air Bags – Prop Safety Devices For Seniors

(TrendHunter.com) Stuck for a gift for your grandparents this Christmas? Look no further than the human airbag.

Not intended for busy people speeding through the city streets, but for old age pensioners afraid of taking…

Rok Vegas: For a ‘Don’t-Give-a-F*** Good Time’!

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Unless you have a potty mouth, in which case you’ll need to stockpile cards with funny little pictures on them. Well no, not really, but wouldn’t that be funny?

Relativity and Universal Triple Financing for Films

The deal between Relativity and Universal, which raised the financing from $1 billion, came on the heels of two film financing deals last week.

Horror Body Painting – Beautiful Bodied Zombies (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Nick Wolfe is an incredible body paint artist who specializes in transforming the women who make up men’s fantasies into the women from their worst nightmares.

The results are jaw dropping, making Nick…

White Castle Makes Late-Night Munchie Calls

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Pop your number in at White Castle’s Crave is Calling campaign site to get random food-related calls on your phone at odd hours.

White Castle Appeals ‘to the 17-Year-Old in All of Us’

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In this video by Brokaw, White Castle details its marketing efforts for the past year and describes how they strengthened its brand. The work targets “Rip” (the 17-year-old boy Brokaw claims is living in all of us), using jokes, awkward radio campaigns and ironic tees that play on the idea of being small.

Luxury Sportscar Motorcycles – The Ferrari V4 Superbike Concept by Amir Glinik (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the Ferrari V4 Superbike Concept designed by Israeli industrial designer Amir Glinik.

This uber sleek concept uses existing Ferrari technology such as the Ferrari Enzo’s car V12 engine modified…

For Record Companies, Optimism Isn’t Irrational

The music industry is hoping an old truism will hold: that as a relatively low-cost commodity with sentimental attachments, music will prove recession-proof.