Sponsors standing by Woods after ‘transgressions’ apology

LONDON – Tiger Woods’ sponsors, including Gillette, Nike and Gatorade, have said that their relationships will not change with the world number one golfer after he made a public apology for “transgressions” in his private life.

Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi to join forces

LONDON – Peugeot Citroen is in talks with Mitsubishi Motors regarding a ‘strategic partnership’.

B&Q reports strong sales

LONDON – Retailer B&Q has reported a sales increase, crediting a renewed interest in D&Y and better than expected weather for its success.

Xdress.com: Washroom signage

Xdress_In-situ

Xdress.com is an online boutique for male cross dressers. Problem was lack of awareness and traffic to their website. Our solution was to create a memorable guerilla piece that can be easily applied. Adhesive dresses containing the site’s URL that could easily be applied to public washroom symbols.

Advertising Agency: Spring, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Director: Rob Schlyecher
Art Director: Jeremy Grice
Designer: Jeremy Grice
Production: Stacey Barton
Published: January 2009

Mandelson calls on Tories to support Ofcom, not Murdoch

LONDON – Lord Mandelson has called on the Conservative Party to support Ofcom and media regulation and hit back at calls from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire to get rid of what his son James Murdoch has called “state-sponsored journalism”.

Campaign Annual 2009 – Agency of the decade shortlist

LONDON – Watch the reels of the best ads of the decade from the shortlisted entries for Campaign’s Agency of the Decade – Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Fallon London and Mother London.

Glue and BBH Labs win Google Chrome

LONDON – Google has appointed glue London and BBH Labs to handle global communications strategy and advertising for its Chrome browser.

Mother nets global Coke Olympics task

LONDON – Mother has landed a global advertising brief to promote Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympics.

Müller calls review as Shepherd-Smith quits

LONDON – TBWA\London’s Müller business has been put up for pitch just days after the agency was fired by Skype.

DoH set to slash comms budget by £50m

LONDON – The Department of Health is to cut its communications budget by almost £50 million in a root-and-branch review that could put some of its advertising campaigns at risk.

BMW calls creative pitch

LONDON – BMW UK has called a pitch for its advertising, digital and direct marketing accounts.

Top 100 Lingerie, Underwear and Swimwear Trends in 2009 (COUNTDOWN)

(TrendHunter.com) It should come as no surprise that people like looking at the latest underwear, lingerie and swimwear trends… With that in mind, I’ve put together this daring little countdown of the hottest 100 underwear,…

Top 50 Hip Hotels in 2009 (COUNTDOWN)

(TrendHunter.com) If you know me well, or you read my book, it will become clear that I have a penchant for hip hotels. Accordingly, it is with great excitement that I reveal this year’s countdown of the top 50 hip hotels.…

IStudyDesign

This post is about a Chilean Design Students oriented website I’m working on, so its content is rather irrelevant in english. If you’d like to view it in spanish, just click on the flag to your right.

Thanks!

Virtual Goods

Earlier this week my colleague Sam Granleese posted an entry on this blog debating the notion of user pay content? I thought therefore it might be a nice follow up to have a little look at another emerging market; that of Virtual goods.
Now, virtual goods are certainly not a new idea. We […]

TV: Melody Aflam’s crazy commercials

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Egypt

Via [AdBasha]

BMW reviews UK advertising account

LONDON – BMW, a founding client of WCRS, is reviewing its ad account out of the agency, Marketing can exclusively reveal.

MySpace launches MySpace Music to UK market

LONDON – MySpace has announced the UK launch of MySpace Music a new platform offering its members free access to music tracks and videos from leading artists.

Campaign Annual 2009 – Agency of the decade shortlist – Fallon

LONDON – Campaign presents a reel showcasing the best of Fallon throughout the noughties.

Campaign Annual 2009 – Agency of the decade shortlist – Mother London

LONDON – Campaign presents the best of Mother London’s work from the past decade on this reel.