DDB Mudra Group’s Madhukar Kamath: E-Commerce has the most exciting potential in the Indian Ad Industry

DDB Mudra Group’s Madhukar Kamath: E-Commerce has the most exciting potential in the Indian Ad Industry

MarComm News’ Editorial Director Neeraj Nayar, sat down with DDB Mudra Group’s Group CEO & Managing Director, Madhukar Kamath on his recent trip to London, to get the low down on the rapidly growing Indian Advertising and Marketing Industry. Madhukar has more than three decades of experience in Advertising and Marketing Services and has spent […]

Yahoo Signs Search Deal with Google

Yahoo Signs Search Deal with Google

Yahoo has signed an agreement with Google as the new provider of Yahoo’s search ads, after ending its exclusive deal with Microsoft’s Bing in April. The deal, which covers both Yahoo’s own properties and certain affiliate sites, will see ads served through Google’s AdSense for Search. Yahoo will receive an undisclosed percentage of the resulting […]

Heineken & RSVP Gallery Debut Exclusive Cap For #Heineken100 Program

Heineken & RSVP Gallery Debut Exclusive Cap For #Heineken100 Program

Heineken USA released the third of its five 2015 #Heineken100 product collaborations: a custom jersey knit and lambskin strap-back cap by innovative Chicago fashion space RSVP Gallery. The ultra-limited offering, designed by RSVP Gallery Operator and Buyer Isimeme “Easy” Otabor, features a chrome buckle and subtle #Heineken100 branding on its interior. The piece will be […]

BMB Takes Its Website Back to the Future

BMB Takes Its Website Back to the Future

To celebrate Back to the Future Day on Oct 21st, 2015 (the day Marty time travels to in the film), BMB will be putting up a 1985 version of the agency’s website for one day. 1985 was a time of arcade machines, ZX Spectrums and Ceefax and the BMB team has used these as inspiration.

The New York Times to launch slate of VR films, will give out 1M+ Google Cardboard viewers for free

The New York Times to launch slate of VR films, will give out 1M+ Google Cardboard viewers for free

The New York Times will distribute Google Cardboard virtual reality (VR) viewers to its home-delivery newspaper customers in the U.S. as part of a new campaign. The media giant has partnered with Google for the initiative, and will deliver more than one million of the units to readers’ homes over the weekend of November 7-8. […]

Razorfish CEO Tom Adamski Passes Away Aged 43

Razorfish CEO Tom Adamski Passes Away Aged 43

Tom Adamski, who served as global chief executive officer of Publicis Groupe‘s Razorfish Global network for less than one year, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 43 years old. Shannon Denton, the Razorfish veteran and North American CEO, stepped up to serve as interim global chief when Adamski began receiving treatment. […]

New Bicester Village campaign parodies menswear advertising

New Bicester Village campaign parodies menswear advertising

Bicester Village, the designer outlet shopping centre, is launching a humourous new online campaign sending up impossibly perfect menswear advertising and style films. The comical online film, created by Just So, features an immaculately groomed individual who describes himself as “a sculptor, a filmmaker and more”. We meet him in his “enormous studio” as he […]

UK Adspend Hits Record High in H1 2015

UK Adspend Hits Record High in H1 2015

UK advertising spending grew 5.8 per cent year-on-year to reach a record high of £9.42bn in the first half of 2015, with mobile growth exploding to break the billion pound barrier for the first time, according to new data from the Advertising Association/Warc. Digital channels continue to be the primary driver of growth, with internet […]