Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Rothco, a full-service creative agency. Located in Dublin, Rothco will boost Accenture Ireland’s creative capabilities and those of Accenture Interactive as an experience agency in Europe. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval by the relevant authorities and other customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction were not […]
Limited Space, the shopping centre media specialist, has unveiled a brand new, media-first advertising format in Bullring, Birmingham that sees PUIG’s Paco Rabanne brand run on the largest advertising installation ever seen in a UK shopping centre. The campaign leads with the giant vinyl installation that measures an impressive 274m2 and is applied directly to […]
A poll of 10,000 adults across the UK conducted by data-driven intelligence agency Future Thinking reveals what Brits find most annoying, frustrating or irritating about Christmas. The top five are: Christmas products available too early – 28% Busy shops – 25% Crowds – 24% Spending too much – 18% Pressure to buy gifts – 16% […]
Trickery is trending this holiday season – at least for online criminals. Forty-five percent of shoppers worry about unintentionally buying imitation goods over the winter holiday, according to the latest research from MarkMonitor , the world leader in enterprise brand protection. Despite the fact that 91% said they wouldn’t knowingly buy a counterfeit product as a […]
MOOHbile technology is the new technological development that arises from the strategic partnership between Clear Channel Peru and TAP TAP. This technology synchronises external advertising strategies hyper-locally in the mobile and allows re-impacting the audience OOH with ad hoc content on their smartphones. Renault was the first brand to take advantage of this technology. And […]
Christmas is fast approaching and our TV screens, shops and homes are already awash with red, green, gold and white – the key colours we associate with this time of year. But why does Christmas have specific colours, and how do they affect our mood and behaviour at this time of year? Green and red […]
Digital brand design agency, Nalla has teamed up with UX design, development and production agency Digi Nut, to produce a fun and addictive online game for the Christmas period. Called ‘Swatch Off,’ the game can be played here. Consider yourself a brand expert or design guru? It’s time to prove it! Take the challenge, against […]
 Following frightening new statistics that reveal the increasing death toll as a result of over-dose from prescription medication, McCann Health created a confronting piece of video content ‘Pay the Price’, in partnership with non-profit organisation, CARE, Centre for Adolescent Research & Education, that exposes the cold hard reality of this unknown, but deadly killer. […]
Millions of Germans suffer from or are on the verge of addiction. The “Blaues Kreuz in Deutschland e.V.” (Blue Cross Germany) helps these people, yet too few people are aware of their work. To elevate awareness of the Blue Cross, Serviceplan Campaign together with Serviceplan Health & Life employed a form of copywriting mechanics to […]
What makes Harbin Beer so smooth? The Chinese brewery reveals its secrets in its latest campaign, ‘Cloud Catcher’ which it teamed up with BBH Shanghai, A New Life Films and Fin Design + Effects to create. In the ambitious campaign, the film features a complex CG sequence featuring a polar bear and chimp as […]