More than 70 people have filed complaints with ad watchdog the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority claiming a recent Shell ad is guilty of greenwashing. The spot is part of the first campaign that Shell’s media agency Havas Media worked on for the oil giant since winning the account in September 2023, following months of climate…
The chaos of Advertising Week New York didn’t slow agencies down in the least, as awards and announcements of new clients, divisions, partnerships, and products were aplenty. 62Above Creative marketing and communications agency 62Above announced two additions to its client roster: AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, Texas, and luxury property operator Cote Hospitality….
Mediaplus, part of the Serviceplan Group, has won the pitch for the global media account of the technology and services giant Bosch. The independent agency group will now oversee media strategy, planning, and purchasing for ten different Bosch business units in 38 countries. The account covers markets in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,…
ADWEEK has exclusively learned that Omnicom Media Group and WPP have won Amazon’s media review. “After a comprehensive advertising agency review for our consumer business, we’ve chosen to partner with OMG and WPP,” Amazon spokesperson Margaret Callahan said in a statement. The accounts will be split by geography, with OMG handling the work in the…
Sometimes, reuniting feels so good, and that is proving true for Deutsch LA and Behr Paint Company, as the brand has resigned Deutsch LA as its creative agency of record. Behr had previously partnered with Deutsch LA in 2019, with the agency handling business intelligence, strategy, creative, digital, and production work. In 2021, the work…
WeightWatchers (also known as WW) has tapped ex-Meta marketer Christina Kothari as global vp of brand and integrated marketing, and enlisted Ogilvy as its global creative agency of record (AOR). The 61-year-old company is initiating a business and brand transformation, rethinking its positioning in a weight loss market upended by the rise of GLP-1 anti-obesity…
Volkswagen is extending its contract with Omnicom agency DDB Worldwide as the carmaker’s global creative agency of record. The extended contract will last into 2027. The partnership between the carmaker and creative shop has lasted 65 years to date, with DDB behind VW’s classic “Lemon” and “Think Small” campaigns, both launched in 1959, and more…
Global investment management firm T. Rowe Price, which has a big footprint in the retirement services field, has selected Code and Theory to transform its global digital footprint through a refreshed design system and digital properties. The refreshed global design system will function as a comprehensive framework of reusable design components, guidelines and standards that…
Kellanova, formerly the Kellogg Company, is expanding its partnership with Interpublic Group after an extensive evaluation of the company’s global agency model. FCB will now lead on global and priority brands, including Pringles, taking over from Grey. FCB will partner with The Martin Agency and MullenLowe across all Kellanova regions. In addition, Publicis and its…
In May, Hershey announced that it would review its U.S. media roster. It did so because the company wanted to “ensure media continues to operate and thrive as a growth engine for Hershey,” according to Vinny Rinaldi, head of U.S. media for Hershey. Now, the company has selected a newly created team, MiltonONE, from Publicis,…
Colle McVoy is continuing its winning streak, having been chosen by furniture company American Signature, Inc. to lead its brand strategy, media, creative and design efforts. American Signature, Inc. is considered among the top 15 furniture retailers in the U.S., according to Furniture Today, with around $1 billion in revenue. Since its founding in 1948,…
Ice cream brand Haagen-Dazs is entering the highly competitive Super Bowl ad mix, as it has purchased national airtime during Super Bowl 59. The brand is in the game for the first time in its more than 60 years in business. The brand is now found in 25% of U.S. households, and Haagen-Dazs decided the…
The Lego Group has appointed Publicis One as its global media agency following an 18-month pitch, ending its seven-year relationship with IPG’s Initiative. Publicis Groupe’s interconnected cross-agency model, led by Starcom, will now oversee the Danish toymaker’s media budget, which is estimated to be worth over $410 million annually per COMvergence. “We were impressed with…
Last year, Simone Oppenheimer Mandel and Rachel Segall, co-founders of consultancy NBZ Partner, clandestinely began acting as agency search consultants and are now formally launching a new service offering, NBZ Match. The co-founders hope to evaluate a broader variety of agencies than many traditional search consultants and avoid overreliance on well-known shops. NBZ Partner searches…
One year after Goodby Silverstein & Partners laid off executive creative directors David Suarez and Danny Gonzalez during a company restructuring, the pair has won the Liberty Mutual Insurance account away from GS&P for its new agency, Bandits & Friends. Liberty Mutual confirmed to ADWEEK that Bandits would be the lead partner to its internal…
The marketing team at Lowe’s Home Improvement is hoping to give its bottom line an assist with an elevated chief marketing officer, a new agency partner and a fresh campaign featuring the king of assists–Lionel Messi–to kick off the summer. The brand promoted Jennifer Wilson from senior vice president, enterprise brand and marketing, to senior…
U.S. Bank has been around for 161 years, but its latest campaign is as modern as it gets, utilizing artificial intelligence to get it to market in less than four months. The campaign, “The Power of Us,” is the first under chief marketing officer Michael Lacorazza, who has been in the position for seven months….
Edible, the company formerly known as Edible Arrangements, has named Crossmedia its performance media agency of record. Chief marketer Kevin Keith said the business ran an “express RFP,” eschewing a pitch consultant. The three-meeting process began in late December, and Crossmedia won the business by March. The CMO declined to reveal how much the account…
After a global media review spanning more than four months, Fossil Group is consolidating its account with the Stagwell agency Assembly. The brand is winding down its regional relationships with 15 agencies and will now entrust Assembly with its integrated media management and data and measurement duties across all of its paid channels. “This has…
Dairy farmers have made many efforts to get more people interested in milk products, from the genius “Got Milk?” campaign to the recent “Wood Milk” effort with Aubrey Plaza. Now, the Milk Processor Education Program (better known as MilkPEP) and agency Gale are continuing to educate and entertain, enlisting former Saturday Night Live star Vanessa…
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