Bupa turns to ‘conversational and irreverent’ tone for first global campaign

Bupa turns to ‘conversational and irreverent’ tone for first global campaign

Bupa is launching its first global marketing campaign as it adopts a more “conversational” tone and seeks to get its Ground Miles walking app into “as many hands as possible”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmtQ1PIhdfA#t=29 The digital marketing campaign featuring an “overblown American stereotype” called Chad Stryder is being supported by a global seeding strategy in order to support […]

BT Sport launches new TV ad

BT Sport launches new TV ad

BT Sport is launched a new TV advertising campaign with creative that shifts from focusing on the channels’ presenter lineup and brand ambassadors to highlighting the passion fans feel for live sport. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQoOteF2dhs The ad, which aired November 12, still features presenter Jake Humphrey but sees him exiting the studio and walking through a pub, […]

Puma Inspires the Love of Running in Japan

Puma Inspires the Love of Running in Japan

Puma Running wanted to inspire runners by putting joy in everyday running, so they approached Beacon/ Leo Burnett Tokyo. Other sports brands look to running technology to provide data, to track distances as well as times and even advise on form to athletes. But, for those runners who are not athletes, who simply enjoy the […]

Shakira kicks off Smile Story campaign for Crest and Oral-B 3D

Shakira kicks off Smile Story campaign for Crest and Oral-B 3D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEGTUTqaA2k#t=48 Crest and Oral-B 3D kicked off a ‘Smile Story’ campaign with a film telling the story of pop star Shakira’s smile at an event in Barcelona on November 11. The Procter & Gamble brand followed up the launch with a call to action for fans, encouraging them to share their own Smile Stories via […]

Argos and ITV partner for TV and social push

Argos and ITV partner for TV and social push

Argos is partnering with ITV and Twitter to ask the public to pick a gift for Santa as part of a combined TV and social media Christmas marketing campaign. Created by CHI&Partners, Mindshare and The Social Practice, Argos is launching a series of ads tailored to ITV programmes asking viewers to suggest ads. In each […]

Tesco shuns “airbrushed” Christmas ads in festive effort

Tesco shuns “airbrushed” Christmas ads in festive effort

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4AOpcBwZ4 Tesco is attempting to portray the reality of Christmas for families not the “perfect, airbrushed one” depicted in some ads in its 2013 festive effort. The 90-second ad, created by Wieden+Kennedy, features cinefilm and videocam footage of a family enjoying Christmas from the 1970s to the present day. It is soundtracked by Rod Stewart’s […]

Watch the 2013 John Lewis Christmas ad

Watch the 2013 John Lewis Christmas ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqWig2WARb0 John Lewis has released its Christmas ad online, ahead of its first TV outing on November 9. The animated spot, “the bear and the hare”, returns to the John Lewis theme of finding the perfect gift for someone you love. It features a bear and a hare that have never been able to spend […]