Top 65 Drinking Products in February – From Romantic Sparkling Wines to Hot Chocolate Biscuits (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) Although winter is the time to hunker down and hibernate, many of the top February 2015 drinking ideas show an interest in rejuvenation and looking forward to the warmer months of the year. For…

Top 75 World Concepts in February – From Flight Advisor Apps to Icy Nordic Hotels (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) Rather than putting a focus on jetting off to somewhere sunny and warm, some of the top February 2015 world ideas put emphasis on enjoying the experiences the cold weather can bring. Some of these…

Artisan Americana Eyewear – KREWE du Optic Creates Cultural and Individualistic Frames (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Artisan and authentic are two words that describe KREWE du Optic, a New Orleans eyewear brand that is known for its range of handcrafted and individualistic products.

Founded by artist and creative…

How start-ups are beating Burberry to DIY fashion

This London Fashion Week may be the most democratic yet, with Burberry leading the way in terms of bringing the runway to a wider global audience.

M/SIX's Dan Keat gets the statuette in DCM's Oscar predictions competition

M/SIX’s Dan Keat emerged victorious in Digital Cinema Media’s annual competition to test the knowledge and prowess of film fans in media land by asking them to predict the outcome of the Oscars.

MoneySuperMarket – Epic Strut (2015) :60 (UK)

MoneySuperMarket - Epic Strut (2015) :60 (UK)

Let’s face it – if insurance is boring, then a price comparison site is even more deady dull. It’s the place you go to compare the prices of things you’d rather not buy. Home insurance. Car insurance. Travel insur… yawwwwn.

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Imagine Omega Watch Campaign

Après Histoires Naturelles, la photographe Juliette Bates a été commissionnée par la marque de montres OMEGA pour imaginer une série de photos qui capture l’essence de cette marque sous des cloches de verre. Comme un objet précieux dans un cabinet de curiosités, chaque montre est représentée au centre d’une mise en scène poétique qui définit chaque modèle.

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Why Acxiom Killed AOS and Used LiveRamp Name for New Platform


Acxiom is restarting its Audience Operating System. The company will ditch the AOS name and instead label a new ad data offering combining AOS and its LiveRamp technology as LiveRamp Connect. The aligned platform will bring customer data gathered offline into programmatic ad exchanges, media platforms and other systems enabling mobile and addressable TV targeting.

“We have merged the lines of code into a single offering,” said Acxiom CEO Scott Howe.

Acxiom bought LiveRamp last May for around $310 million, building on its efforts to provide a tech-agnostic platform enabling clients to connect their offline data to the web. LiveRamp turns consumer data gathered by companies offline — through purchase transactions, telephone interactions and elsewhere — into information that can be used to find those same consumers or people with similar characteristics in digital channels.

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Ad Age Is Now Accepting Entries for the 2015 Small Agency Awards


Ad Age’s annual Small Agency Awards contest is now open, and independent shops anywhere in the world with 150 or fewer employees are invited to enter.

The goal of these awards — now in their seventh year — is to ensure that the smart thinking and innovative brand ideas produced by smaller shops are getting their due. Even as more marketers big and small turn to smaller shops, all too often this community’s work isn’t being recognized in the big awards shows.

The best part? Winning a Small Agency Award doesn’t just put hardware in the trophy case, in the past it’s brought in new business, boosted employee morale and more.

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Identity Crisis at Gawker? Nick Denton's Blogging Empire Working with Branding Agency Redscout


Gawker Media, which is battling heavily financed digital publishers like BuzzFeed and Vox for audiences and ad dollars, is working with brand-strategy agency Redscout, according to two people familiar with the matter. The relationship began last summer, one person said.

Former Gawker employees believe it’s the first time the digital publisher has teamed up with a branding agency. The precise nature of the work is unclear. Both Gawker and Redscout declined comment.

Redscout, which is owned by MDC Partners, advises companies on developing a brand strategy. Its roster of clients include large consumer brands such as Pepsi, Lay’s and American Express, as well as media companies like ABC Family and LinkedIn.

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Born Free highlights disappearing animals in outdoor campaign

Wildlife charity Born Free has rolled out a digital outdoor campaign that shows endangered species disappearing.

Born Free Foundation launches campaign to save African wildlife

Wildlife charity Born Free Foundation has launched a campaign to highlight the alarming rate at which Africa’s wildlife is disappearing.

Adweek writes up Reebok, quotes us.

David Gianatasio at Adweek has written about Reebok’s new campaign created by Venables Bell & Partners in “Reebok Is Quietly Emerging as a Challenger Brand to Contend With Athletic company is leveraging ‘tough fitness’ movement to boost sales“, showcasing the Be More Human commercial as it kicks off Reebok’s global repositioning.

Amazing Loft with Rooftop in Manhattan

C’est au dernier étage d’un ancien entrepôt de caviar datant de 1884 à Manhattan qu’a été annexé ce superbe loft. Basé à New York, l’architecte Andrew Franz a pensé ce superbe intérieur pourvu d’une terrasse avec jardin fleuri et vue imprenable sur la ville. À découvrir en images dans notre galerie.

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Tesco to host beauty consultations on Google+ Hangouts

Tesco has launched what it claims is the UK’s first one-to-one online beauty consultations on Google+ Hangouts.

Will.i.am makes time for WSJ in global ad

Will.i.am, the entrepreneur and member of The Black Eyed Peas, features in a global campaign for The Wall Street Journal.

The public reacts: Pizza Hut cocktails

Marketing took to the streets of London to find out whether the public would drink cocktails at Pizza Hut.

Stockholm 50s Black and White Photography

Photographe de renom, Gunnar Smoliansky a longtemps arpenté les rues de Stockholm pour en capturer des images uniques. À travers ses clichés, on découvre le mode de vie des habitants dans les années 1950 : des marins au femmes coquettes en passant par les enfants joueurs, cette série en noir et blanc nous plonge avec poésie dans les souvenirs du photographe. À découvrir.

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Sheryl Sandberg's inspiration features in Ad Week Europe campaign

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg is to feature in a print campaign to support Advertising Week Europe.

Apple emoji finally embrace racial and sexual diversity

Apple has diversified the skin tones of its emoji characters on the latest beta version of its OS X operating system, with a range of five skin colours.