Hasta La Creative!

Under the slogan “Your holiday spirit,” Lamb’s pushes a triage of billboards that speak directly to scruffy dudes exhausted by the spendy and energetic gyrations of others.

This holiday, Brew Creative decided to forego that “we’re donating to charity!” crap that other agencies are doing and cut right to the good stuff. Here’s a mash-up of all the depressing political soundbytes we were all subjected to this year.

Under the guidance of chief executive David Jones, Euro RSCG has been kicking ass and taking names.

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According to a href=”http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122963604303819561.html”The Wall Street Journal/a:

blockquoteMr. Jones, who built up Euro RSCG in part by recruiting senior executives from rivals JWT, TBWA Worldwide and BBDO Worldwide, says he plans to continue hiring during the downturn. “We are going to steal some of the best people out there,” he says./blockquote

Damn, that’s a bold declaration, especially when talking to a reporter. Of course, it’s also reality in this business.

Jones says his New York and Chicago offices will increase revenue by more than 20% this year. That’s good news for Friend of AdPulp (FoA), Steffan Postaer.

Asked to comment, a href=”http://godsofadvertising.wordpress.com/”Postaer/a says, “We are really blessed here in Chicago. If you recall, four years ago, when I came on board, Euro Tathum Partners (as it was called) was a battered shell of its former self. The previous regime was in disarray and the ad practice was down to one client, Summer’s Eve. The local press (Lewis Lazare) called it a “corpse” and me an arrogant fool for taking the job. Now we are among the very few agencies in Chicago (North America?) actually having a good year–maybe even a great year. Double digit growth. We are making good advertising and marketing communications. Valspar, Cabot, Powershares, Michelob, Effen Vodka, Sprint, Citibank, Barilla, Kraft are all part of our client roster now. a href=”http://www.valspar.com/”Valspar/a was named the best integrated campaign in Chicago at our local awards show in September. But the best thing is I work for a company where everyone is happy and excited to be here. Our politics are minimal. Folks wear the company tee-shirt with pride. Like I said, a blessing.”
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Brussels agency So Nice sent out an e-mail to 100 clients asking them to choose which of their employees should be made redundant.

(TrendHunter.com) I love the idea of age-defiant women taking out their rage against unfinished yarn projects and growing fiber stashes by becoming a tag crew! They bomb neighborhoods with colorful stitches wrapped around…

A little-known Turkish cobbler has seen business boom after it became known that one of his shoe designs was tossed at President Bush by an Iraqi journalist.

Conforme prometido, estou colocando aqui os principais hotsites natalinos lançados neste final de ano.

A Gringo foi a agência/produtora responsável por desenvolver o hotsite de Natal da Coca Cola Brasil. Em Coca Cola Xmas Card, vc pode enviar e-cards com mensagens personalizadas (de paz, felicidade, saúde, amor ou sorte) aos seus melhores amigos. Fora isso, vc também poderá saber onde a “Caravana Coca Cola”, na qual caminhões cheios de refrigerantes, luzes e músicas natalinas, irá percorrer.

Se tratando de Coca Cola e Gringo, poderíamos esperar coisa melhor, mas prefiro acreditar que o prazo desse job foi bem apertado :X

a href=/media/print/harvey_nichols_wallace_2img src=http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/HN3_0.preview.jpg alt=Harvey Nichols: Wallace, 2 title=Harvey Nichols: Wallace, 2 class=image image-preview width=308 height=460 //apAdvertising Agency: DDB London, UKbr /
Creative Director: Jeremy Craigenbr /
Copywriter / Art Director: Grant Parkerbr /
Photographer: Giles Revell/p

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preserved. Put an end to whaling in Japan./p/blockquote
pAdvertising Agency: a href=http://www.leoburnett.comLeo Burnett Hong Kong/abr /
Creative Directors: Connie Lo, Chong Kin, Yiu Man Tobr /
Art Directors: Kenny Ip, Jacky Tongbr /
Copywriters: Chong Kin, Jove, Cheungbr /
Illustrator: Thomas Hobr /
Photographer: Lewis Hobr /
Photo Retoucher: Bon Leungbr /
Published: September 2008/p

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preserved. Put an end to whaling in Japan./p/blockquote
pAdvertising Agency: a href=http://www.leoburnett.comLeo Burnett Hong Kong/abr /
Creative Directors: Connie Lo, Chong Kin, Yiu Man Tobr /
Art Directors: Kenny Ip, Jacky Tongbr /
Copywriters: Chong Kin, Jove, Cheungbr /
Illustrator: Thomas Hobr /
Photographer: Lewis Hobr /
Photo Retoucher: Bon Leungbr /
Published: September 2008/p