Home improvement and garden retailer Homebase has appointed Havas Media to oversee its media planning and buying business. Havas Media will now partner with Homebase to develop a new approach to media planning and buying, combining brand and performance across on and offline channels to deliver against key business objectives, including increasing market share and […]
Premium instant noodle brand Kabuto has released a new range of noodle pots specifically for kids, with design by branding agency B&B studio. The new design – which sees shorter noodles delivered in brightly-hued, smaller-scale pots with milder flavours – builds on B&B’s original DBA award-winning brand identity for Kabuto, which saw the challenger scale […]
In an environment of dusty landscapes, rustic type and cowboy themed packaging, Jekl met with Design Happy with a view to shake up the category, not just with its superior tasting product but to stand apart from the crowd of normality. Rather than focusing on the product’s heritage the design experts decided to draw inspiration […]
One in five internet users have made a booking for travel or leisure activities after receiving a link or recommendation via private messaging apps – such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger – according to new research from GlobalWebIndex and socially-led creative agency We Are Social. The study, which looked at more than 3,000 internet users […]
Global experience agency Imagination, announces the opening of a new concept store experience – vivo Lab – in Shenzhen, China for Chinese smartphone brand vivo. The immersive experience, which is the first photography-oriented concept launched by a phone manufacturer, officially opened over the weekend. vivo, one of the world’s largest smartphone brands with over 200 […]
Great Western Railway is celebrating capacity increases and huge on-board service improvements with a new advertising campaign across print, digital and radio, with The Times and Global-owned radio stations, LBC and Classic FM. Created by Wavemaker North, the campaign aims to engage business customers who might otherwise be using cars or airlines for their business […]
Following the introduction of GDPR in May 2018 close to half (45 per cent of consumers) believe that the mail they receive from brands is now more relevant, new research from Wilmington Millennium reveals. The retail industry is the best performing sector with 52 per cent of consumers saying that offers and information through the […]
Shell has teamed up Kaley Cuoco to launch a five-part content series that challenges young people to reimagine their everyday journeys if they want to be part of a lower carbon future. Entitled ‘The Great Travel Hack,’ the series is an integrated digital-first campaign which will be housed on YouTube, targeting a younger audience interested […]
Russian creative agency Voskhod have created a ‘layered’ branding for one of the country’s biggest events that takes place in Ural Mountains, the Ural Music Night. One night, 2,000 musicians, 100 stages, 50 music genres. And only one identity, suitable for any venue from the Opera theatre to a fancy bar. The festival’s transforming identity […]
Verizon Media and Digital Catapult, the UK’s leading advanced digital innovation centre, and Arts Council England announce a new partnership that will see RYOT Studio, Verizon Media’s content marketing and XR experiences arm, sponsoring CreativeXR as its ‘Exclusive AR/ MR partner’. The deal will also facilitate the building of next-gen content experiences for RYOT’s clients […]