New UM research reveals harmful stereotypes of the working class in UK TV Ads

New UM research reveals harmful stereotypes of the working class in UK TV Ads

Research unveiled on May 8, suggests the advertising and media industries are perpetuating harmful socio-economic stereotypes because they’re too focused on rich and middle-class households. Six out of ten Brits (62%) are concerned that TV ads all too often only portray wealthy homes, while around two-thirds (63%) believe the poor are negatively stereotyped in advertising. […]

New animated film kicks off rebranding of renowned Brazilian cancer treatment center as “Hospital of Love”

New animated film kicks off rebranding of renowned Brazilian cancer treatment center as “Hospital of Love”

The Hospital do Câncer de Barretos, a Brazilian treatment center for children with cancer that has been recognized internationally for excellence, has been renamed the “Hospital do Amor”, or “Hospital of Love”, to promote love as the most effective resource in fighting the illness. To publicize the rebranding, Brazilian advertising agency WMcCann created a three-minute […]

WCRS and Sky Mobile launch “Hello Possible” Campaign

WCRS and Sky Mobile launch “Hello Possible” Campaign

Sky Mobile launches their new creative platform, “Hello Possible” created by WCRS. The award-winning film director Nicolai Fuglsig brings to life the magic of possibilities in a TV launch ad featuring British actress Lily James. The “Hello Possible” campaign invites people into the bright and optimistic world of Sky Mobile – where the usual rules […]

Nationwide looks to its origins in a new spot by VCCP

Nationwide looks to its origins in a new spot by VCCP

Nationwide returns to the very beginning with the latest TV spot, “Mortgage Number One”. Telling the true story of everyday people Alfred and Elizabeth Idle, the first to ever get a Nationwide mortgage in 1884, a time where it was difficult for those not part of the gentlemen classes to gain a mortgage. It sets […]

Hawaiian Tropic launches into beauty market with social-led campaign by Wavemaker

Hawaiian Tropic launches into beauty market with social-led campaign by Wavemaker

Hawaiian Tropic, the Edgewell Personal Care sun care range, is extending into the beauty market with a campaign created by WM Content, the strategic content consultancy that creates and orchestrates content marketing programs, specifically built to accelerate the purchase journey. Launching a newly developed creative and media strategy, the campaign which goes live over the […]

Paddy Power release first ever documentary series – as they bring the World Cup to London

Paddy Power release first ever documentary series – as they bring the World Cup to London

 The World Cup is coming to London this summer – the CONIFA World Football Cup, that is. With FIFA’s equivalent being taken to Russia – where fans who are black, gay, or just English are not welcome – the organisation representing teams outside the international elite is hosting its World Cup in London for […]

eCommerce giant bonprix awards 180 Kingsday pan-European brand duties

eCommerce giant bonprix awards 180 Kingsday pan-European brand duties

bonprix, which is part of Europe’s second largest eCommerce retailer the Otto Group, launches a new positioning and pan-European campaign. By completely reinterpreting the brand’s tagline ‘bonprix – it’s me’ for 2018’s woman, the new strategy challenges and defies conventional thinking around what women in middle age like – and are like. ‘bonprix – it’s […]