Food52 Welcomes Slate of New Leadership to Spur the Company’s Business Growth

Cooking and home content site Food52 is bringing on five new executives to spur growth following another infusion of cash from majority owner TCG late last year. Top line The new roles include CFO, chief product and technology officer, svp of integration and strategic initiatives, svp of retail and vp of creative. The brand’s first…

The AI Tool Making Russian Spammers Rethink Their Careers

An AI platform has been developed to persuade spammers to consider a career change in a bid to combat the rising problem in Russia of nuisance calls. The initiative is part of the “Help the Spammers” campaign for the education platform Skillbox alongside online financial system Tinkoff. “Oleg” was developed to listen to cold callers…

NFL Seeks Recruits in Super Bowl Ad Teasers

When the average age of a National Football League player is 26 and the average age of the league’s viewers is 50, there can be some disconnect over what constitutes an NFL “star.” The NFL’s teasers for its two-minute Super Bowl ad, scheduled right before halftime, feature a lot of familiar, middle-aged faces. Michael Strahan…

NFT IP infringement heats up—what brands need to know

Scams on platforms like OpenSea threaten brand activations.

News UK’s Apprenticeship Attracts Diverse Sales Talent

News media company News U.K. announced the launch of its apprenticeship program this week, Sales Academy, in an effort to attract younger professionals to the advertising business and help grow their careers in the industry. The News Corp. organization is providing a two-year training and livable wage for living in London to eight individuals chosen…

Greenpeace Opened a Vintage Pop-up Store with Plastic Products That Have Lasted Decades

On average, a truckload of plastic is discarded in the ocean every minute and, barring any change to policies or behavior, the world will produce four times as much plastic by 2050 compared to this year. Greenpeace is highlighting the plastic pollution crisis with a striking campaign that artistically depicts original plastic products thrown away…

Behind the Super Bowl electric vehicle ad blitz

Why so many auto brands are using the game to push EVs to the masses, from GM and BMW to startup Polestar.

Sally Hansen Gets Into Virtual Try-On Tech for Nail Polish

Sally Hansen is rolling out a new way for shoppers to pick the perfect color of nail polish. The cosmetics brand teamed with augmented reality (AR) startup Perfect Corp to release a new tool that superimposes a chosen nail color on a moving image of a consumer’s hand. The tool can be used for both…

Cookie Alternative Device Fingerprinting Is Dealt Another Fatal Blow

This week, BBB National Programs’ privacy watchdog, the Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP), issued a new compliance warning regarding the practice of fingerprinting. And, with it, dealt another body blow to the cookie-alternative tracking mechanism. Under compliance, ad companies that track people on mobile across apps for ad-targeting purposes must notify them that their data…

Hollywood’s First Family of Putting It Out There

In a book, web series and music, Will, Jada, Jaden and Willow have remade a star household for the new era of reality-driven celebrity.

Why 2022 could be a banner year for creativity and representation

The ad industry’s melting pot will have ample opportunity (read: cash) to deliver creative that feels ‘true and right.’

Burka is like a prison / L’originalité a mis les voiles

THE ORIGINAL?
ISHR for Human Rights – 2008
“Stop the oppression of women in the islamic world”
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Source : AdSpots
Agency : Grabarz & Partners Hamburg (Germany)
LESS ORIGINAL
Boomerang Agency – Human Rights – 2021
“Behind the burka” (in Afghanistan)
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Source : Best Ads On TV
Agency : Boomerang Com. (Morocco)

Hyundai: IONIQ 5 | Her Wedding

Follow the journey of a wedding planner as she organizes what is perhaps the most challenging wedding she will ever have to set up.

Watch our film to see how the IONIQ 5 helps her overcome all the obstacles that her job throws her way.

Video of IONIQ 5 | Her Wedding (Main film)

Chivas Regal : By Independent Creatives

Brand Name: Chivas Regal
Campaign Title: The Rarest Chivas
Media Type: Digital
Industries: Alcoholic Drink
Synopsis:

Chivas Regal wants to continue building on its legacy while being relevant to the next generation of hustlers. So, we made the only whiskey that grows in value after you buy it. We converted a barrel of our whiskey into an NFT, called ‘Chivas One’. Whoever purchases the NFT gets to decide how long they want to age the whiskey barrel. As the whiskey ages, the price of the NFT appreciates too.
Credits:
Art Director – Hitarthy Shah
Copywriter – Rohit Wani

Booking.com – Idris Elba "Lit" (2022) :30 (USA)

Transport & Travel

Idris is here to tell you that Booking.com is the #1 accommodation site on Planet Earth.

Pringles – "Stuck in / Stuck on you " (2022) :90 (USA)

Food

A young man gets his hand stuck in a pringles can, and then proceeds to live a full life with a can on his hand. 

Planters – Feed the debate (2022) :30 (USA)

Food

“Who knew America would tear itself apart over a relatively minor difference of opinion?”

Ewan McGregor Picks Experiences Over Stuff in Expedia Super Bowl Ad

Travel doesn’t exist in finite amounts. It doesn’t wear down, rust away or succumb to functional obsolescence. Travel is an experience, and that’s the product built right into Expedia’s brand name. In the travel company’s first Super Bowl ad in more than a decade–a 30-second spot airing in the first quarter–actor Ewan McGregor weighs the…

Adidas Tweeted 25 Pairs of Bare Breasts to Launch a Campaign for Inclusive Sports Bras

The topic of breast health and its correlating imagery remain fairly taboo–and in some cases, outright banned–within marketing and media. However, sportswear giant Adidas is boldly tackling the issue with a campaign for its reengineered line of sports bras–starting with a tweet that unapologetically shows the wide range of shapes and sizes found in breasts….

Disney soars on strength in Disney+ subscribers and park visits

Sales, profit and Disney+ subscriptions topped analysts’ expectations.