Lenders Labeled New Marketing Villains

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Debt: It's the new obesity. Just as food companies have gotten spanked for pumping their products full of fat and sugar, companies that spend big to market credit cards and add more flab to the already-chunky financial waistlines of Americans are coming under increasing fire from politicians, consumer advocates and customers feeling burned by their monthly statements.

PR News Channel Launches ‘YouTube for Businesses’

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…and it looks slightly left of lame.

Lifesavers Brings Sweet Back in Style

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Lifesavers guides us down the sometimes precarious road of good intentions with this ad for “It’s Good to Be Sweet.”

Giant Ideas’ Giant Ideas Could Use a Ginormous Trim

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To promote its agency at a local ad awards show, Giant Ideas produced a self-promoting parody of the Cloverfield trailer.

Facebook CEO’s Keynote Turns Into a Mess in Texas


AUSTIN, Texas (AdAge.com) — Mark Zuckerberg's highly anticipated keynote interview with BusinessWeek's Sarah Lacy at the South by Southwest Interactive conference was panned by the audience here — and in near-real time in the blogosphere.

MRM Hong Kong appoints new GM

HONG KONG – Andy Chang (pictured) has moved to MRM Hong Kong as the general manager reporting to Jason Chau, managing director of Greater China.

Ingestible Perfumes – Fyber Sense Pills

(TrendHunter.com) You may soon be able to throw away your deodorants and expensive perfumes. A team of Brazilian researchers has come up with a pill that replaces unpleasant body odor with a much more pleasing scent. They got the idea from certain foods, such as garlic, asparagus and curry which perfume the skin, uri…

LED Sake Liqueur – TY-KU Lights Up When You Pour

As may be expected from sake, this liqueur does not have the so typical after taste other alcoholic drinks have. TY-KU is a liqueur distilled from more than 20 ingredients, natural aphrodisiacs, health supplements and fruit extracts. Perfect for on-the-rocks.

But that is only part of the fun.

Mark…

Biodegradable Fashion – The Brelli Umbrella

(TrendHunter.com) The Brelli is a 100% biodegradable umbrella. In addition to being attractive and protecting people from the elements, this umbrella promises not to clutter our fragile and overburdened eco-system with harmful, ecologically-adverse material and offers instead an eco-friendly solution. Cheers.

Preview Your Tattoo in 3-D – Tuvie.com

(TrendHunter.com) Before you commit to that permanent tattoo of your current infatuation, it might be a good idea to get a visual of what the tat will look like once you have it inked on your ass forever until you die or until you have it removed by laser surgery whichever happens first. Loic Zimmerman, a computer gr…

Human Rights Network NZ: Give what you can

Human Rights Network NZ: Give what you can

Advertising Agency: Y&R, Wellington, New Zealand
Creative Director: Chrissie Lahood
Art Director: Anton Hart
Copywriter: Katrina Jarratt
Photographer: Ross Brown
Retouching: Chris Clifton
Published: February 2008

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos: Breast

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos: Breast

Advertising Agency: MatosGrey, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Silvio Matos, Leandro Castilho
Art Director: Guto Kono
Copywriter: Fabio Leão
Published: February 2008

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos: Prostate

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos: Prostate

Advertising Agency: MatosGrey, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Silvio Matos, Leandro Castilho
Art Director: Guto Kono
Copywriter: Fabio Leão
Published: February 2008

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos: Skin

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos: Skin

Advertising Agency: MatosGrey, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Silvio Matos, Leandro Castilho
Art Director: Guto Kono
Copywriter: Fabio Leão
Published: February 2008

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos: Throat

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos: Throat

Advertising Agency: MatosGrey, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Silvio Matos, Leandro Castilho
Art Director: Guto Kono
Copywriter: Fabio Leão
Published: February 2008

Downtown Gyms: Dissuaders

Downtown Gyms: Dissuaders

Advertising Agency: DDB Milan
Executive Creative Director: Vicky Gitto
Art director: Cristina Marcellini
Copywriter: Bruno Vohwinkel

Downtown Gyms: Hands

Downtown Gyms: Hands

Advertising Agency: DDB Milan
Executive Creative Director: Vicky Gitto
Art director: Cristina Marcellini
Copywriter: Bruno Vohwinkel

Jeep: Mermaid

Jeep: Mermaid

Prove it.
Only in a Jeep.

Advertising Agency: BBDO Bangkok, Thailand
Executive Creative Director: Suthisak Sucharittanonta
Creative Director: Annop Indravudh
Creative Group Head: Rawewan Booncharoenpantawee
Copywriter: Arnicknard Krobnoparat
Art Director: Ruangrit Jankong
Illustrator: Chubcheevit Studio / Kowit Wattanarach

LED Sake Liqueur – TY-KU Lights Up When You Pour (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As may be expected from sake, this liqueur does not have the so typical after taste other alcoholic drinks have. TY-KU is a liqueur distilled from more than 20 ingredients, natural aphrodisiacs, health supplements and fruit extracts. Perfect for on-the-rocks.

But that is only part of the fun.

Mark…

Jeep: Griffin

Jeep: Griffin

Prove it.
Only in a Jeep.

Advertising Agency: BBDO Bangkok, Thailand
Executive Creative Director: Suthisak Sucharittanonta
Creative Director: Annop Indravudh
Creative Group Head: Rawewan Booncharoenpantawee
Copywriter: Arnicknard Krobnoparat
Art Director: Ruangrit Jankong
Illustrator: Chubcheevit Studio / Kowit Wattanarach