Expedia Europe chief emerges at Imagini

LONDON -Former Expedia Europe chief Dermot Halpin has been made non-executive chairman and board director at Imagini, an appointment that coincides with the digital start-up securing an additional $13.5m (£9.46m) of funding.

LBi launches digital PR division

LONDON – Digital marketing agency LBi has launched a specialist digital PR division.

Nokia’s CEO reveals interest in laptop launch

LONDON – Nokia’s chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has revealed that the mobile phone brand is considering entering the laptop market.

Unilever to debut logo in consumer ads in March

LONDON – Unilever will roll out its corporate logo in its advertising from 2 March.

Trinity Mirror plans deeper cutbacks as ad revenue plummets

LONDON – Trinity Mirror plans to make £25m in cutbacks this year after revealing group ad revenues in the first two months of 2009 fell 30% year on year.

STV reports 11% ad revenue rise

LONDON – STV Group, owner of Scottish ITV franchise Stv, increased TV ad revenue by 11% year on year in 2008, capturing 22% of the Scottish ad market.

Peter Arnell Explains Failed Tropicana Package Design


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Pepsico's Tropicana brand is junking the new orange juice package design it only just launched weeks ago. The beverage marketer is switching back to its old design whose centerpiece is an orange skewered by a drinking straw. In this video recorded at a press conference five weeks ago, Arnell Group CEO Peter Arnell vigorously defends his agency's carton design that has now been withdrawn from the market.

BlackBerry hands European business to Starcom MediaVest

LONDON – BlackBerry has awarded its European media planning and buying duties to Starcom MediaVest Group without a pitch, following a global marketing alignment at parent company, Research In Motion.

Waitrose launches food club with direct and digital push

LONDON – Waitrose is launching a direct and digital campaign to promote its new online customer engagement programme MyWaitrose.

Johnston Press adds video platform to its 323 regional websites

LONDON – Johnston Press is incorporating ad-supported video content across its 323 regional websites, as part of its wider strategy to expand its online video presence.

Screen Digest predicts 8.4% drop in UK ad spend for 2009

LONDON – Total UK ad spend in 2009 will be 8.4% lower than last year, analyst Screen Digest has warned, with what it labels “Europe’s most mature online market” unable to soften falling spend across other media.

Grand Designs overtakes Attenborough with 4.2m viewers

LONDON – Channel 4’s ‘Grand Designs’ pulled in 4.2m viewers, up around a million on last week, taking it ahead of BBC One’s David Attenborough series, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The Co-op campaigns against oil companies after member vote

LONDON – Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has launched a social campaign against the activities of oil companies such as Shell and BP in Canada’s tar sands.

ARCO discovery: Corporate Armies by PSJM

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Back in July 2007, Russia’s Duma voted to allow the country’s biggest energy monopolies, Gazprom and the state oil pipeline company Transneft, to employ and arm private security units in order to ‘protect themselves from terrorist attack.’ Artists PSJM’s political fiction project explores the possible sequels of the Russian proposal continue

The biggest zoetrope in the world is displaying football

Sony Bravia is one of the best advertisers for viral videos!
After their success with their famous Bravia rabbit, their chocolate world and their amazing print campaign,
they are back with their new viral video called Sony Bravia Zoetrope!
The Bravia-drome, this huge machine in the […]

Fictional DIRECTV Rival Seeks to Euthanize — Er, Youthenize — America

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DIRECTV reminds us all of its relevance (…?) with help from fictional rival Cable Corp Inc.

How risky is it to drive with someone on your knees?

Some times we don’t realise how involved we are in a phone call.
This print campaign has been launched to prevent drivers from calling when they are on the road.
This advertising campaign is illustrating 3 risky situations while calling someone one the road.
The first print ad is […]

Mercedes-Benz 4MATIC: Skier, Climber, Ice-skater

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Advertising Agency: Jung von Matt/Spree, Berlin, Germany
Creative Directors: Michael Haeussler, Florian Kitzing
Art Director: Kalle Haasum, Mareike Geisker
Copywriter: Arndt Poguntke
Art Buying: Marjorie Jorrot
Photographer: Klaus Merz
Producer: Sven Hannemann
Postproduction: Zerone
Account Manager: Yves Rosengart

Waitrose to launch loyalty food club with direct and digital campaign

LONDON – Waitrose is readying a direct and digital campaign to kick off its new food club My Waitrose at the end of this month.

Wonderbra names Iris lead European agency for new bra

LONDON – Wonderbra has appointed Iris as the lead creative agency on the European launch of its latest bra.