The FAB Awards – International Food and Beverage Creative and Effectiveness Awards – are pleased to introduce The FAB (Food and Beverage) Forum supported by Google UK Ltd. The Forum, which will run prior to The 18th FAB Awards on May 26th, is a content led day bubbling with creativity. The invite only event will […]
It’s encouraging, albeit stunningly late in the day, to see brands starting to recognise women as individuals and speak to them accordingly. For the past two years, leading UK-based trend consultancy, The Future Laboratory, has written about the rising trend of the Athena Woman. They reference this as “the female century”; where more women than […]
4 Sales and MEC announce a new seven-figure sponsorship deal with mineral water brand Volvic. The deal, which runs from Tuesday 1st March until the end of 2016, represents the first time Volvic has sponsored programming on TV and the first time it has supported its natural water and flavoured Aquadrinks sub-brands with masterbrand advertising. Volvic […]
Lidl, Britain’s fastest-growing supermarket, unveiled its 2016 Easter TV ad campaign on March 6 during the first break of ITV’s brand new period drama Doctor Thorne. Designed to highlight its full range of delicious, great quality and low-priced products, the campaign encourages families to choose Lidl for their entire Easter weekend shop. Lidl’s Easter campaign, created […]
Nissan has used its ‘Intelligent Parking’ technology to solve an everyday issue; tidying away chairs in the office. Alongside its agency TBWA\Hakuhodo, Nissan has built ‘Intelligent Parking Chairs’ that can sense where they are through four ceiling cameras and move back into their original position via a 360-degree motorised roller system. The technology in the […]
A college recruitment ad that made waves in 2015 for including a scene of a couple making out in a library has been named the best university commercial of the year. Kira Academic, a tech company that helps admissions departments interview applicants by video, honoured the University of Moncton’s commercial out of some 100 ads, following […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2492351_LikeAGirl_2.5_YouTube_Main_Edit_PGAL6291000H_MP4.mp4[/KGVID] Playing princess, getting their nails done, dancing in bunny ears – is this a true representation of all the things that girls do? That’s the question you might ask if you take a critical look at how girls are portrayed in emojis, one of the fastest growing language in the world and […]
Sky has launched a UK-wide digital out of home (DOOH) advertising campaign to support the launch of its new wireless home entertainment service Sky Q. The campaign will target commuters along popular routes with contextual messages that will be programmatically delivered. Using location and audience mapping data the ad campaign mirrors Sky Q’s message of […]
More than one in five British adults now say they use ad-blockers, according to the latest research from the IAB. The IAB’s Ad-Blocking Report, conducted online by YouGov, said 22 per cent of British adults are using ad-blocking software – a rise from 18 per cent in October. The highest level of ad-blocking takes place […]
HTC has released eight online ads which bring classic and modern video games to life to promote the company’s virtual reality headset, Vive. The videos, created by B-Reel, see people on the street accosted by actors dressed as video game characters and features, including the rectangular paddles from Pong and sweets from Candy Crush Saga. […]