Royal Mail Group, the UK’s postal service, has appointed LIDA to handle its below-the-line marketing across its business units, including Royal Mail Customer Marketing, Royal Mail Data Services, Royal Mail Parcels, Royal Mail Stamps and Collectibles, Royal Mail MarketReach, Royal Mail Consumer & Network Access and Parcelforce Worldwide. LIDA won the account after a competitive […]
MEC launches MEC Wavemaker, its global specialist content offer that brings together content strategy, social, partnerships and experiences, SEO and creative service expertise. MEC Wavemaker creates content based on insights from MEC’s unique purchase journey planning approach MEC Momentum. This looks at a brand’s purchase journey and identifies where content can deliver business impact. MEC […]
Egg Films’ Jason Fialkov directed First Kiss, a heartbreaking love story for the Western Cape Government. If you haven’t seen it yet, stop reading and press play before we spoil the twist in the tale. First Kiss tells the story of a young couple at a party, who spend their night trying to kiss but […]
Ever wondered what a top corner goal scored with a 1,000-degree flaming football would look like? Well, thanks to Copa90’s scorching new ‘Fireball Football’ video series, you no longer have to wonder. In one of its most ambitious videos to date, Copa90 has challenged the UK’s top football freestylers to attempt their most dangerous tricks by performing with […]
Nike believes that brilliant football is contagious, and that one move can change the game. The brand’s latest campaign brings this story of contagious football to kids all over the world, sparking them to play brilliant football themselves. Spark Brilliance, which launches in France from April 6 and will shortly roll out digitally across the globe, […]
Pinterest has rolled out its Promoted Pins service in the UK, the first country outside of the US where advertising has been introduced into its model. The photo-sharing platform, which debuted Promoted Pins in the US in 2015, has launched in the UK with brands including John Lewis, B&Q, Nestlé and Tesco. Users of Pinterest […]
An internet ad from fashion house Gucci has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for featuring “unhealthily thin” models. The digital campaign, part of the brand’s wider ‘Cruise 2016’ drive, received a complaint in December of 2015 after it appeared on the Times’ website from a reader who believed the featured models to be […]
Ikea announced the release of a pilot virtual reality app, the Ikea VR Experience, on Valve’s world leading game platform Steam. The test app, featuring a virtual kitchen experience, is the first foray from Ikea into VR technology. The launch of the app is intended to solicit consumer feedback as Ikea continues to explore the possible implications of the technology […]
People do stupid things when they’re hungry. With the average person spending 4.7 hours a day on their smartphone, most/a lot of those stupid things now happen on those devices. To take advantage of this Snickers and Colenso BBDO built three of the dumbest apps the world has ever seen. Apps that no one in […]
KP Snacks has revealed the new packaging design for its iconic nut brand – KP Nuts – hitting the shelves this week, the fresh look and feel has been developed by award-winning branding consultancy, Coley Porter Bell. The agency was tasked to create a design which reflects the brand essence of sociability, vibrancy and positive […]