New research has revealed the changing face of the UK’s native advertising market: there is more confidence and budget, with programmatic and mobile seen as the two main areas for growth. The second annual independent survey into this market was commissioned by native advertising platform Adyoulike and covered all major agencies and agency trading desks […]
The Economist is offering Londoners a free sample of insect ice cream as part of a new experiential campaign designed to tempt new subscribers. Containing actual insects the tasty iced treat is perfectly timed to coincide with a recent heatwave and is intended to support the magazine’s long-standing enthusiasm for insect consumption as a ready […]
Can you picture a flower garden in full bloom surrounded by ice and snow? A new film, “37 Days” by The Atlantic Group, a European heating company, and Leo Burnett Paris, will take you on an icy adventure to the isolated mountains in British Columbia where the notion, “Heat is Life” is illustrated in full […]
Jaguar, which signed as an official partner of Wimbledon, has kicked off a social media campaign using biometric sensors to analyse the mood of fans. It has dished out biometric wristbands to selected fans watching the tennis and has built in-ground sensors monitoring the energy around the courts, letting it track sentiment. It will measure […]
Daunted by Shakespeare? There’s an app for that...
Samsung Electronics UK has teamed up with the Royal Shakespeare Company, supported by ad agency Cheil, to launch a new app starring famous actors, a rapper and a beatboxer to bring Shakespeare to life for 11-18 year olds. The Android app, called RE:Shakespeare, features interactive games and videos and is hosted by RSC ambassador, David […]
In the run-up to Cannes Lions, global agency We Are Social has created the ‘Cannesogram’– an interactive cartogram that reveals how countries have performed over the last ten years. The countries are displayed with a combination of colour and size changes according to how successful they have been in the revered adland awards. Users can […]
New research unveiled has shown the value of brand storytelling: 79% of UK adults think it’s a good idea for brands to tell stories as part of their marketing and customer communications. However, it seems they could also be doing it better, as 85% couldn’t give an example of a memorable story told by a […]
In 2014, the situation was critical, more than 20,000 families in Spain had lost their homes because they couldn’t pay their mortgage and despite being evicted remaining in debt to the bank. “Spain is the only country in the world where this occurs. Neither the media nor the Government showed any interest in fixing the […]
Breast Cancer Now, the new charity created from April’s merger of Breast Cancer Campaign and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, launches June 15 with the ambition of stopping women dying from breast cancer by 2050. The largest breast cancer charity in the UK, Breast Cancer Now has vowed to fund the brightest researchers from across the UK […]
Sony is getting people in 48 cities around the world to take and share photos on their Sony Xperia smartphones showing the extraordinary things they see and do over the course of 48 hours. The ‘48hr campaign’, created by TMW Unlimited, is part of Sony Xperia’s new ‘Everyday Extraordinary’ positioning and will launch globally on […]