Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – Over 200 advertising companies went out of business in the year ending June 2009, a year-on-year increase of around 33 per cent.

LONDON – International publishing group Axel Springer and Swiss-based media agency PubliGroupe have jointly acquired a 50.1% stake in affiliate network Digital Window.

LONDON – AOL Music is launching a new portal, Spinner, which aims to become a leading online music offering.

LONDON – Sony has released its first in-game video ads for the PlayStation 3 in the downloadable game Wipeout HD, but the move has met with resistance from gamers.

LONDON – European media companies Axel Springer and PubliGroupe have acquired a 50.1 per cent stake in affiliate network Digital Window Ltd.

Autour du thème de l’inspiration, découverte de cette superbe direction artistique par l’illustrateur Denis Kakazu. L’agence Ogilvy São Paulo a réalisé cette campagne du magazine Soma Urban Art, en utilisant trois méthodes : le spray, le crayon et le pinceau.

Voir en grand format : Soma 1 – Soma 2 – Soma 3

LONDON – Tesco has published misleading figures stating it had halved the number of plastic bags it handed out to customers when it had actually missed the target, The Times has claimed.

LONDON – Spotify is to secure funding from a number of high profile investors who will pour $50m into the company, giving the streaming music service a valuation of $250m (£148m) as it prepares for its launch in the US.

LONDON – Skincare brand Nivea, which sponsors Channel 4 series Gok’s Fashion Fix, has been riled by a ‘brand issue’, according to insiders, after it emerged that the show’s host, Gok Wan, is to create a skincare range for high-street retailer Boots.

Retailers are finding it harder than ever to keep customers loyal. Rather than stick with favoured stores, people are shopping around for the best value – even if this means visiting more stores and scouring the internet for the best deals and offers.