UNICEF and BETC launch an unprecedented fundraising tool using blockchain technology

UNICEF and BETC launch an unprecedented fundraising tool using blockchain technology

 Between the 2nd of February and the 31st of March 2018, UNICEF and advertising agency BETC are reinventing charitable donations with the ‘Game Changers‘ initiative, the first humanitarian fundraising effort using the cryptocurrency Ethereum. UNICEF’s work for children depends on donations and they asked for help to attract a younger generation of donors since […]

Twinings Launches Vibrant New SuperBlends Range with Help from BrandOpus

Twinings Launches Vibrant New SuperBlends Range with Help from BrandOpus

BrandOpus has been working with Twinings to help them launch Superblends, a brand new range of green teas and infusions which expertly blend botanicals, natural flavours and added vitamins and minerals to support your everyday wellbeing. In recent years, the tea aisle has seen a rise in health-led, beneficial teas as consumers use these benefits […]

Lidl UK Launches AI Wine ChatBot Giving Customers Expert Wine Knowledge & Recommendations

Lidl UK Launches AI Wine ChatBot Giving Customers Expert Wine Knowledge & Recommendations

Lidl, the UK’s seventh largest retailer, has launched its first fully-automated, AI-powered, Facebook Messenger chatbot to help UK customers select the best wine whatever the meal or moment. Users simply type in a wine question and voilà, the answer appears! Lidl’s new chatbot – named Margot – will perform the role of shoppers’ virtual wine […]

Growth predicted to continue as UK ad spend sees new record high in 2017

Growth predicted to continue as UK ad spend sees new record high in 2017

UK advertising spend in Q3 2017 rose 3.5% year-on-year to reach £5.4bn – the 17th consecutive quarter of market growth, according to Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report data published on January 31. The latest data underpin preliminary figures which show 2017 spending grew to £22.1bn – representing the eighth consecutive year of market growth. Further key […]

The internet crosses 4 billion-user mark, according to We Are Social and Hootsuite

The internet crosses 4 billion-user mark, according to We Are Social and Hootsuite

Hootsuite, the most widely used social media management platform, and We Are Social, the global socially-led creative agency, have released Digital in 2018, a report of social media and digital trends around the world. Representing 239 countries and territories, the seventh annual report finds the number of internet users in the world has now surpassed […]

Time Inc.’s Paul Lowrey highlights why brands need to press CTRL+ALT+DEL in 2018

Time Inc.’s Paul Lowrey highlights why brands need to press CTRL+ALT+DEL in 2018

2017 marked a watershed year for digital brand advertising with factors including trust, transparency, safety, measurement, user experience, consolidation, Facebook/Google dominance and the use of data all up for debate. Throw in a wobbly economy, Brexit (ahem), GDPR and the welcome, but as yet un-established changes brought by the Coalition for Better Advertising, and 2018 […]

B&B Studio Rebrand for Mornflake Reflects Strength of the ‘Mighty Oats’

B&B Studio Rebrand for Mornflake Reflects Strength of the ‘Mighty Oats’

Established cereal brand Mornflake has unveiled a new identity for its range of oat-based products, with design by B&B studio. With a powerful design that stands out on the supermarket shelf, the rebrand celebrates not only the nutritional benefits of the cereals but also Mornflake’s heritage as the fourth-oldest family-owned brand in Britain. Mighty Oats […]

Historic Bristol Method Dry Gin Smeaton’s Launches with Design by Denomination

Historic Bristol Method Dry Gin Smeaton’s Launches with Design by Denomination

An original handwritten recipe for Bristol Method Dry Gin from the 1870s has been recreated, bottled and launched as Smeaton’s, with identity, packaging design and strategy by Denomination. The award-winning drinks design agency celebrated the Bristol Method Dry style, relatively new to consumers, through the packaging to tell the story behind the gin, communicate the […]