Sustainable skincare start-up Optiat emerges victorious from the Dragons’ Den to relaunch as UpCircle, with strategic brand support from creative brand design agency Studio More and writing agency Reed Words. The two agencies worked with Optiat to create a new brand that enables the founders to tell a richer, more consistent story, building a visual […]
Spotify has extended its popular end of year marketing campaign “Wrapped”, with a real-time digital OOH campaign. Premium users are invited to submit their personal Wrapped stats to be “Overshared” publicly in one of six major foot traffic hubs around the world: Times Square in New York City, Piccadilly Lights in London,Forum Des Halles in […]
To bring some fun to the Christmas food shop, supermarket chain Iceland has trialled a new concept – Shopping on Ice. A world first, supermarket aisles in their Stratford branch were transformed to ice. A team of 12 ice rink experts worked through the night, refitting the entire store with 250 square meters of synthetic […]
Office of the Public Guardian (OPG), an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, has appointed STACK to launch its Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) campaign following a government pitch against a number of agencies. The campaign, which launches on December 10, aims to help OPG increase LPA registrations among under-represented groups, by promoting the […]
A study launched by Gekko, a marketing agency titled – ‘Service not Sci-fi’ reveals that UK shoppers would rather deal with real people not robots or artificial intelligence when it comes to shopping. The study found that 81% of UK shoppers claim the personal touch has disappeared from retail customer service in modern Britain, with almost a third (32 […]
Multi award-winning, VR-led entertainment business dotdotdot has appointed Kallaway to launch its new production; Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of ‘The War of the Worlds’: The Immersive Experience which will open on 31 May 2019. dotdotdot audiences are taken to another world through immersive theatre, virtual reality, holograms and other state-of-the-art technology. SOMNAI, dotdotdot’s first production, attracted over 20,000 customers over just four months. […]
WowBooks, the personalised production specialists, launches to announce its arrival, the company has produced a highly sophisticated direct mail pack, containing an embedded video and a set of personalised lay flat mini books. Aimed at consumer publishers in the UK, Europe and the US, the books showcases WowBooks’ innovative Lay-Flat books, personalised in digital foil […]
A.G. Barr brand Rubicon has appointed Red Brick Road as its retained creative agency. The agency was appointed after a final pitch stage involving two other agencies. The pitch process was run through Creativebrief. Rubicon is one of the UK’s leading fruit drink brands, with a range of world flavours across still drinks, sparkling drinks […]
MarComm’s Magnificence is a series where we highlight Magnificent individuals from the Marketing, Design, Advertising, and Communications industries. In this magnificence list, we are spotlighting those individuals in the branding and creative industries who have pushed boundaries and inspired others through their unique work in both design and advertising. Without further ado, here are our […]
IKEA has launched its Christmas campaign asking us to reflect on everyday behaviour, which is considered normal but that perhaps we all need to reconsider, particularly as the Christmas holidays are now upon us. Using the slogan #DisconnectToConnect, IKEA is betting on a different Christmas encouraging us to disconnect our mobile devices and social media in order to connect […]