Vauxhall reworks ‘griffin’ marque

LONDON – Vauxhall has revamped its ‘griffin’ brand icon for the first time in five years.

Greenpeace: Economy

Greenpeace: Economy

Everyone’s entitled to an opinion. Voice yours at forum.greenpeace.org

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy Beijing, China
Executive Creative Directors: Nils Andersson, Wilson Chow, Andrew Lok
Creative Directors: Andrew Lok, Wilson Chow
Copywriters: Matthew Curry, Andrew Lok
Art Directors: He Shi Yang, Wilson Chow, David Seah, Nils Andersson
Photographer: Corbis
Retouching: He Shi Yang

Fox buys majority stake in online ad firm Utarget

LONDON – News Corporation has boosted its online advertising business with the acquisition of a majority stake in the UK’s video ad network Utarget, which will be merged with Rupert Murdoch’s existing online ad network .Fox Networks.

Greenpeace: Unemployment

Greenpeace: Unemployment

Everyone’s entitled to an opinion. Voice yours at forum.greenpeace.org

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy Beijing, China
Executive Creative Directors: Nils Andersson, Wilson Chow, Andrew Lok
Creative Directors: Andrew Lok, Wilson Chow
Copywriters: Matthew Curry, Andrew Lok
Art Directors: He Shi Yang, Wilson Chow, David Seah, Nils Andersson
Photographer: Corbis
Retouching: He Shi Yang

Greenpeace: Oil

Greenpeace: Oil

Everyone’s entitled to an opinion. Voice yours at forum.greenpeace.org

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy Beijing, China
Executive Creative Directors: Nils Andersson, Wilson Chow, Andrew Lok
Creative Directors: Andrew Lok, Wilson Chow
Copywriters: Matthew Curry, Andrew Lok
Art Directors: He Shi Yang, Wilson Chow, David Seah, Nils Andersson
Photographer: Corbis
Retouching: He Shi Yang

Sainsbury’s set for POS offensive

LONDON – Sainsbury’s is hunting an agency to handle an in-store and point-of-sale summer campaign focused on specific calendar events.

Southern Cavalry Polo Cup: Dentures

Southern Cavalry Polo Cup: Dentures

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG, New Delhi, India
Executive Creative Directors: Satbir Singh, Mani Jayaram
Art Director: Kamal Bhatnagar
Copywriter: Samraat Dash

Southern Cavalry Polo Cup: Strategies

Southern Cavalry Polo Cup: Strategies

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG, New Delhi, India
Executive Creative Directors: Satbir Singh, Mani Jayaram
Art Director: Kamal Bhatnagar
Copywriter: Samraat Dash

Southern Cavalry Polo Cup: Cannonball

Southern Cavalry Polo Cup: Cannonball

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG, New Delhi, India
Executive Creative Directors: Satbir Singh, Mani Jayaram
Art Director: Kamal Bhatnagar
Copywriter: Samraat Dash

Philips: Elvis

Philips: Elvis

Hairy apple?
The new Philips Arcitec has a shaving head that pivots with a full range of motion to give a perfectly close shave. Even on the most difficult to reach parts of your neck.

Advertising Agency: DDB Bucharest, Romania
Art Director: Razvan Mitoiu
Copywriters: Ioana Ovrig Ortopelea, Catalin Manciuc

Philips: Punk

Philips: Punk

Hairy apple?
The new Philips Arcitec has a shaving head that pivots with a full range of motion to give a perfectly close shave. Even on the most difficult to reach parts of your neck.

Advertising Agency: DDB Bucharest, Romania
Art Director: Razvan Mitoiu
Copywriters: Ioana Ovrig Ortopelea, Catalin Manciuc

Philips: Afro

Philips: Afro

Hairy apple?
The new Philips Arcitec has a shaving head that pivots with a full range of motion to give a perfectly close shave. Even on the most difficult to reach parts of your neck.

Advertising Agency: DDB Bucharest, Romania
Art Director: Razvan Mitoiu
Copywriters: Ioana Ovrig Ortopelea, Catalin Manciuc

Online giants back trial for Delta ad booking system

LONDON – Online giants AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo have backed a trial of MediaTel’s fledgling online ad booking system, Delta.

C4 appoints Stark for new-media role

LONDON – Channel 4 has hired Virgin Media’s Joel Stark as its head of business development for new media.

Asian brands perform poorly in global ranking of corporate websites

GLOBAL – A study of the world’s most effective corporate websites has been topped by German electronics giant Siemens, while Canon is the list’s highest ranking Asian company – in 39th spot.

Ceserani Disinfestation: Cockroach

Ceserani Disinfestation: Cockroach

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Milan, Italy
Art Director: Gildo Rapetti

Ceserani Disinfestation: Mouse

Ceserani Disinfestation: Mouse

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Milan, Italy
Art Director: Gildo Rapetti

Canesten: Feet

Canesten: Feet

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Colombia
Creative Directors: Rodrigo Dávila, Carlos Murad, Otavio Shiavon
Art Directors: Andrés Moncayo, Carolina Santamaría, Pablo Acosta
Copywriter: Luis Fernando Velasco

Advertising market is growing for listed companies

HONG KONG – Admango’s latest report indicates that HK advertising market is hugely benefited by the booming stock market in 2007, particularly by the IPO newly listed companies who splashed out their advertising dollars to creative big noise in the market.

90 Spots Scratch Surface of Massachusetts Delights

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To illustrate Massachusetts and its uninspired “It’s all here” slogan, the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism went on a spree and produced 90 different ads, shot by Mullen. Total cost: $4.5 million.