McCann Erickson New York wins £60m Holiday Inn business

LONDON – The Intercontinental Hotels Group has appointed McCann Erickson New York to handle its global £60m Holiday Inn account.

The blood donation facing x factor jury

You will now need to seduce the jury to get a blood donation like in this viral video. Advertiser: Apollo Hospital Blood donation Agency: JWT New Delhi

Waitrose revamps Meal Deal offer

LONDON – Waitrose has again overhauled its meal deal offering with the introduction of a “Five Step Meal Deal”.

Google unveils Nexus One mobile phone

LONDON – Google has upped the ante in the mobile market with the launch of its new smartphone, Nexus One, which looks set to rival Apple’s iPhone.

ASA bans ‘misleading’ Clean and Clear skincare ad

LONDON – The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a TV ad for Johnson & Johnson’s Clean and Clear skincare brand for using “misleading” shots of a model wearing make-up.

IPC launches monthly cookery title goodtoknow Recipes

LONDON – IPC Connect, the women’s division of IPC Media, is today launching a monthly cookery magazine called goodtoknow Recipes.

M&S posts modest Christmas lift

LONDON – Marks & Spencer is the latest high street retailer to defy the downturn and post a year-on-year sales lift for the three months to Christmas, albeit just 0.8%.

Pro Skates Skateboard Shop: Cross Walk Sign

Advertising Agency: Extreme Group, Halifax, Canada
Creative Director: Shawn King
Art Director / Copywriter: Jeff Simpson
Photos: Aaron Mckenzie Fraser
Released: August 2009

Minto Fresh: Kills Bad Breath!

Agency: Draft FCB + Ulka, India
Creative Directors: Indira Das, Subbu
Art Director: Rajesh Sutar
Copywriter: Sundar Sharma
Illustrator: Rajesh Sutar
Photographer: Rohit Poojari

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Top 20 Trends of the Day (Jan 5) – From Bodilicious Babe Editorials to Funky Feathered Editorials (COUNTDOWN)

(TrendHunter.com) For the day of January 5th, these are the Top 20 trends, which include Bodilicious Babe Editorials, Extreme Harajuku and Faux Retro Hipster. The rankings are based on hundreds of thousands views and…

Floating Gem Necklaces – Oversized Bejeweled Bib Necklaces Add Sparkle Without Weight (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you want to wear jewels without the chains, Sparkle Beast Designs has a solution with her floating gem necklaces. Her bejeweled bib necklaces have all the glitz and pizazz of jewelery fit for royalty,…

Google Might Have to Go to Market Alone With New Smartphone


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Google is now officially a hardware retailer, having unveiled its Nexus One smartphone today, but a potential game-changing feature has nothing to do with the phone itself: Google will sell Nexus One with at least three carrier partners — T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone in the U.K. — as well as make it available as an unlocked phone that can be used on any global mobile network, including AT&T's.

Gender Equity (Until America Watches TV, That Is)



MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — Sure, a lot of the decade's detractors are calling the last ten years the zeroes. But at least in terms of progress in gender equity, it was a remarkable time. At night, the genders seem more separate than ever, as evidenced by Monday's ratings race.

Super Nerdy Laptops – Macbook Decals Transform Your Computer into Geek Central (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Your one stop Etsy shop for seriously nerdy Macbook decals is MovieMagicMan. Choose from a wide range of nerd genres to decorate your computer machine with including Twilight, Star Wars, The Nightmare…

Cable Builds 3-D Inroads to TV


LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) — 3-D is poised to enter the small screen via new cable networks and an onslaught of new 3D televisions, but are advertisers and consumers ready?

They All Laughed When Sci Fi Switched to SyFy



LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) — When it comes to rebrands, few were more ridiculed in 2009 than the Sci Fi Channel's much-ballyhooed switch to Syfy, a respelling that prompted an outcry of negative feedback from hardcore fans and marketing gurus alike. But the switch to Syfy is so far a success, with the network logging its highest-rated year, quarter (fourth) and series ("Warehouse 13") ever after its July 7 rebrand.

Skiff Reader

Nouveau concept et projet de livre électronique avec le Skiff : une épaisseur de seulement 6 millimètres (le plus fin au monde), pour une diagonale de 11,5 pouces. Une nouvelle génération de papier numérique sur cet écran tactile et flexible. Plus d’images dans la suite.



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Previously on Fubiz

Deutsch Loses Chief Strategy Officer to Kirshenbaum


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Mick McCabe, partner-chief strategy officer at Deutsch, New York, has defected to MDC Partners' Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal & Partners.

The 2000s, by the Numbers


Take a look back through the Digital Decade with Forrester's Josh Bernoff, from broadband penetration and DVRs to smartphones and portable digital music players.

Cramer-Krasselt Nabs $30 Million Zicam Account


CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Drug maker Matrixx Initiatives has named Cramer-Krasselt's Phoenix office the new ad agency of record for its over-the-counter cold remedy, Zicam.