The reboot of Star Wars has propelled Disney into top spot of the world’s most powerful brands league table. Disney beat Lego and L’Oreal to second and third place respectively due to the box office success of the new Star Wars film, according to strategy consultancy Brand Finance. Star Wars Episode VII ‘The Force Awakens’ […]
BMB has won the advertising account for the UK’s Number 1 dry shampoo brand Batiste on the back of its successful work handling the iconic brand’s social media account. The win marks a major extension of BMB’s relationship with Batiste. BMB has been briefed with creating a national campaign, including TV advertising, which will drive […]
The Jamie Oliver Media Group will build on the success of its Drinks Tube channel with the world’s first 360-degree bullet time cocktail recipe video on 29th January. The video will be released across the Drinks Tube channel, receiving support from Jamie’s portfolio of digital platforms, which have a global audience of over 30 million […]
Customer engagement agency Havas helia has worked with IBM Watson to capture the mood of the nation during the New Year party season to create a world first – a beer that tastes of joy and optimism. Data experts at Havas helia analysed thousands of New Year related messages on social media and matched them […]
Border Biscuits, which generated more than £14.5 million in sales in its last financial year, has announced the launch of its new brand identity developed by brand consultants, Coley Porter Bell. The work – rolled out at the end of January 2016 – aims to modernise the brand to help build on its success in […]
M&C Saatchi has created a hard-hitting awareness campaign for the Catholic Aid Agency for England and Wales (CAFOD), emphasising the tragic loss that families have endured throughout the Syrian conflict. Running from 27th January, the campaign, entitled Lost Family Portraits, sees families from the Syrian refugee crisis pictured in the classic family photo style. However, […]
Omnicom announced their agencies topped The Gunn Report 2015 rankings, a global index of creative excellence based on the results of the most important creative award competitions. For the 10th consecutive year, BBDO prevailed as the most awarded creative network in the world, with DDB securing third place. Moreover, both BBDO and DDB have occupied […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Republic-Day-Film-English-Subtitle_Low.mp4[/KGVID] On the eve of Republic day in India, Rediffusion Y&R and its Brand Partner Videocon, urged fellow Indians to flag off change. Done via a digital film, its objective revolves around: “Teach them, Change Them.†The film set up is in an office, where an old man (teacher) asks a clerk on the progress […]
64.5 per cent of visits to online retail sites in the UK in 2015, came from mobile phones, according to a report from SimilarWeb. Mobile maintained the majority share of visits across all of the top UK retail sites. Perhaps surprisingly, the sites with the largest mobile share weren’t those for pureplay online retailers Amazon (64 per cent) or eBay (59 per […]
NABS (National Advertising Benevolent Society) has announced that it will be launching a brand new sporting fundraiser, ‘Ride Adland’, in October 2016, inviting teams across advertising and media to take part in a cross industry cycling event. The new event has been introduced to align with NABS’ focus wellbeing and community in our industry. Ride […]