Sainsbury’s in partnerhip with Bounty Parenting Club

LONDON – Sainsbury’s has formed a partnership with Bounty Parenting Club that will enable new and expectant mums to collect Bounty ‘Mum-to-be’ and ‘Baby Essentials’ packs from more than 700 Sainsbury’s stores.

Sainsbury’s signs deal with Bounty in baby push

LONDON – Sainsbury’s has formed a partnership with Bounty Parenting Club that will enable new and expectant mums to collect Bounty ‘Mum-to-be’ and ‘Baby Essentials’ packs from more than 700 Sainsbury’s stores.

National Singing Programme promoted with animated campaign

LONDON – Sing Up, the £40m government funded National Singing Programme, is being promoted with a new digital ad campaign launching today and running until January.

Lord Puttnam: ‘Agencies are in for a fair bit of pain next year’

INTERVIEW – Lord Puttnam is an Oscar-winning producer, chairman of Profero and one of the most active players in culture, business and politics today. Here he talks about chairing this year’s DMA Awards, his time working in the Mad Men era of advertising and the shape of agency things to come.

CRITIQUE – Oxfam in search of a big creative idea

If ever there was a need for charities with a creative big idea, it is now. Has Oxfam, one of the world’s most high profile and campaigning charities, met the challenge? Simon Kershaw gives his view.

Jaguar ties with NSPCC for competition to give away new Jaguar XJ

LONDON – Jaguar has teamed up with the NSPCC to raise £1m for the charity’s Child’s Voice Appeal.

Britvic runs pantomime promotion

LONDON – Britvic has launched a promotional campaign which focuses on the British pantomime season.

Blog – Bogofs to Bogols. Will suppliers buy into Tesco’s new promotional idea?

LONDON – When is a promotion not a promotion? The answer – it looks to me – is when it’s a BOGOF in Tesco.

IBCC (Breast cancer awareness): Excuses

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Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, São Paulo, Brazil
Art Directors: Fernando Reis, Guilherme Nobrega
Copywriter: Marcelo Padoca
Head of Art: Denis Kakazu
Creative Directors: Anselmo Ramos, Fred Saldanha
Production: Blacknail Pictures
Director: Rick Thiele
Photography Director: Mario Ucci
Editor: Rick Thiele
Sound: Dr. DD/Bonde Fumegante

Meerkat turned into £19.95 talking toy in Harrods

LONDON – Comparethemarkat.com’s meerkat star Aleksander Orlov will be on sale exclusively in Harrods in early December as a £19.95 talking toy.

Stand up, Take action: The Knot

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“Poverty divides the world. Our governments have to put an end to this by 2015. Let’s unite and tie a knot to remind them. Stand Up! Tie your Knot.”

Advertising Agency: Grey, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Director: Francesco Emiliani
Head of Art: Francesco Fallisi
Copywriter: Francesca Andriani
Art Director: Letizia Bozzolini
Art Buyer: Virginia Salvucci
3D/postproduction: Mozart studio
Account Supervisor: Emanuela Carnaghi
Published/Released/Aired (Month, Year): October, 2009

Blue Cross launches singing pets digital campaign

LONDON – Animal charity The Blue Cross is launching an online fundraising campaign featuring animated singing pets created by acclaimed web animator Joel Veitch.

Nabs launches survey to inform its comms strategy and raise funds

LONDON – Nabs is launching an industry-wide survey to find out what people think of it to inform future communications strategies and help it raise funds.

Newspaper giveaways from the weekend (17 to 18 October)

LONDON – A poor Saturday and a significantly better Sunday marked this weekend’s newspaper giveaways, which included a free Austin Powers DVD, tea at Debenhams and a free loaf of Warburtons’ Tasty White bread (worth 99p and redeemable at Netto).

Murdoch: ‘Ad revenue will give way to subs’

NEW YORK – Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is planning to reduce its dependence on ad revenue, according to the media mogul.

VG LIVETS GANG

VG is Norway’s largest print newspaper, they have a new commercial series called Life Time about the “Big Questions”.
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Facebook Facelift

Focus sur Facebook Facelift, un projet personnel du designer australien Barton Smith. Son challenge : redesigner la forme et les fonctionnalités du réseau Facebook. Plus compréhensible et mettant l’accent sur l’expérience utilisateur et le contenu. Vidéos et explications dans la suite.



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Wolfram Alpha computes that its iPhone app should cost £30

LONDON – Wolfram Alpha, the ‘computational knowledge engine’, has come up with the value $49.99 (£30.67), when answering the question: How much should Wolfram Alpha charge for its iPhone app.

Inaugural study claims brand owners spend £25.6 billion on BOGOFs and other sales promotions

LONDON – Branded-goods manufacturers spend £25.6 billion annually on sales promotion activity within retailers, according to data released by the Institute of Sales Promotion.

Music distribution company Pias signs YouTube deal

LONDON – Pias, the digital music distributor, has signed a deal with YouTube to generate revenue for its artists, which include Speech Debelle and the Pixies.