Axa, the French insurance company, has appointed Publicis Consultants, Publicis Groupe’s brand strategy unit, to review its global brand strategy. The appointment does not affect the ongoing Axa UK advertising review.
Sport Media Group is hunting for a media planning and buying agency ahead of its April relaunch of the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport. Karmarama will handle creative for the campaign.
Gossard, the lingerie company that owns the Wonderbra brand, has appointed Initiative to handle its media planning and buying business. The account has been dormant in recent years.
BMI Healthcare has appointed the integrated agency WFCA to handle its £5 million relaunch. The agency will handle both creative and media planning and buying for the independent healthcare provider.
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a TV ad for Nutella for misleading viewers by claiming the chocolate spread could be part of a balanced breakfast.
Help the Aged has kicked off a search for a digital agency. The brief principally involves web build, but the charity is also looking to develop an agency roster for future projects.
PHD International has won the £10 million global media planning and buying account for Vestas, the wind energy company. It will run the account from its PHD International London office.
(TrendHunter.com) Flat tires suck. We all know that. Even for those who are apt at changing their wheels themselves, it’s never convenient to have to stop and get out. For those of us who aren’t so auto savvy, it’s a really miserable experience.
I think everyone who drives will appreciate Coda Development’s new sel…
I know that most of us here in Kansas City are pretty tired of winter this year. To make things worse, the entire Kansas City Royals baseball club are down in Surprise, Arizona for spring training. That means two things to me. First that spring is nearing and, two, there’s about to be a lot of boring sports on TV (sorry baseball fans, I’m an advocate of watching it live rather than on the tube).
So if the Royals are training for the spring, so should we. This week’s Coffee Morning will be at Mildred’s in the Crossroads. I’m not exactly sure how being there will train us for anything in particular, but it’s the thought that counts. Right?
See you at 7:30.
BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — Procter & Gamble Co. has landed a major addition to its legal team: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras.
(TrendHunter.com) News from the 1958: Driverless cars coming soon. News from 2008: Driverless cars coming soon. A bunch of engineers at Southwest Research Institute have cobbled together a bazillion dollars worth of gear to move a car through an obstacle course. Watch for the driverless car in your showrooms in 3018.
(TrendHunter.com) Like something straight out of the Jetsons, except the cars don’t fly, the new ULTRa is poised to be the latest advance in public transport systems. ULTRa, which stands for Urban Light TRansport, was developed by Advanced Transport Systems (ATS), Ltd., in association with the University of Bristol…
(TrendHunter.com) The new iRiver Wing is a little UMPC with a browser, IM client, widget and SMS/MMs support as well VoIP and video conferencing capabilities, music play back and recording software and camera software. The iRiver has a 4 inch touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard but most important of all it is so ti…
WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — The Center for Science in the Public Interest is threatening to sue Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing Co. in state court unless they cease "unfairly" marketing "adulterated" alcoholic energy drinks.
(TrendHunter.com) Bad news for Michael Jackson and Ricky Martin who are fond crotch grabbers. Italy’s highest court has ruled that men may not touch their genitals in public.The court struck against a broad practice: a tradition among some Italian men of warding off bad luck by grabbing the crotch.
The court rul…
Our most efficient lawnmawer ever.
Advertising Agency: Stendahls, Goteborg, Sweden
Art Directors: Oscar Plasidius, Niklas Gottrup
Copywriter: Johan Bloch
Account Manager: HÃ¥kan Hermansson
Photo: Touch Me
Cazadores. The one with the deer on it.
Advertising Agency: davidandgoliath, USA
Chief Creative Officer: David Angelo
Executive Creative Director: Colin Jeffery
Associate Creative Director / Art Director: John Figone
Associate Creative Director / Copywriter: Jim DiPiazza
Art Directors: Adam Nelson, Simon Tuplin
Copywriters: Ben Purcell, Jenn Hertiz
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