Around £56 million will be spent on specially designed royal baby memorabilia, as part of a retail boost worth nearly £250 million, according to analysts. The Centre for Retail Research says the increased spending will go on souvenirs, alcohol, toys books and DVDs, while brands are also releasing new lines in a bid to cash […]
Hat-Trick Design has created a set of stamps celebrating Andy Murray’s Wimbledon victory using a template design reserved for the event of a national sporting success. In January the consultancy was asked by the Royal Mail to create ‘a flexible design that could be adapted to suit a range of potential sports to celebrate British […]
The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company elected Ana Botín as a Director of the Company, effective immediately. Botín, 52, is CEO of Santander UK plc, one of Britain’s leading personal financial services companies and a subsidiary of the Santander Group, the largest bank in the Eurozone. An internationally recognized leader in the banking […]
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Not long ago, many people would have loved to have a direct line to LeBron James’s answering machine—to leave him a nasty message, or 10. Times have changed, to the point where many people might actually congratulate James on his second NBA championship in a phone message. Wieden + Kennedy lets you do just that […]
The International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards are delighted to announce that JWT London has been named the 2013 Agency of The Year. The award is presented to the Agency that has scored the maximum points taken from the number of nominations, FAB Awards & FABulous Awards on the night. The creative agency bagging […]
Google and Amazon have been voted by consumers as the first and second most influential brands in the UK respectively, according to Ipsos Mori’s Top 100 Most Influential brands report revealed in London today. The report, which surveyed 1,000 UK consumers, revealed a mix of pureplay and traditional legacy brands in the top ten, with […]
Bless This House’ star Sally Geeson is spearheading a major national television advertising campaign for Anglian Home Improvements. The much loved comedy actress is the face of Anglian’s TV campaign ‘The Dream Is On’, which launched on 1 May and will be running for the rest of the year. Focusing on key Anglian products including […]
Procter & Gamble has moved its global Gillette advertising account into WPP’s Grey, ending a relationship with BBDO of nearly five decades. Grey triumphed against Omnicom’s BBDO and the other finalist, Publicis Groupe’s Saatchi & Saatchi, ending the shaving brand’s 47-year relationship with BBDO. The review kicked off in September 2012 and initially covered the […]
London-based design consultancy Berg has built interesting Twitter-driven cuckoo clock for Twitter UK that they call #Flock. While it’s easy to appreciate the lovely craftsmanship of these clocks, what’s even more interesting is how they’re wired into the Internet. Using an Arduino board, the #Flock cuckoo will not just make a bird pop out to […]
Zenith International, the world leading specialist food and drinks industry consultancy whose clients include Coca-Cola, Danone, Nestlé and PepsiCo, has announced the appointment of two new Directors, both promotions from within its existing team. Esther Renfrew, Market Intelligence Director since 2010, becomes a full Board Director with immediate effect. She manages a team of 20 […]