Minutes before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup South Americanâs qualifiers match, between Uruguay and Argentina on August 31, the audience could see Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi, respectively the captains of each countryâs national team, entering the football field wearing jerseys with the number 20 and 30. Buenos Aires based agency, Mercado […]
When Renault started in Formula One, 40 years ago, they equipped their car – the RS01 – with a revolutionary turbo-charged engine. As it was foreseeable, when new technologies are introduced, technical difficulties and reliability problems cropped up. So the yellow RS01 often entered the stands lane streaming white smoke. Ken Tyrrell, the boss of […]
The Mayor of London and visitlondon.com launched a bold new vision to accelerate the British capital’s status as a world-class tourist destination. Tourism numbers in London are set to rise sharply, with more than 40 million people expected to visit the city by 2025, an increase of 30 per cent on the 31.2 million visitors who […]
Clear Channel International (CCI), one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies, has partnered with the United Nations (UN), providing a wide variety of prime digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising space across 16 markets worldwide for the UN’s global humanitarian #NotATarget campaign. The campaign ran from the 16 to 19th August, and aims to tackle the […]
MarComm’s Star Parade is a series where we shine the spotlight on some of the global stars from the Marketing and Communications industry, and Sarah Mannerings is a star that has been shining bright in the design word for over 10-years now. She is an extremely talented, creative and passionate interior designer with a lifelong love of […]
A new campaign from FCB Cape Town for the Amarula Trust aims to decrease demand for elephant ivory through education. Called, ‘Don’t Let Them Disappear’, the campaign aims to spread the message that every ivory product bought and sold on the black market means another elephant lost to poaching. The campaign is led by a […]
British Red Cross raised £2.35 million in three hours during One Love Manchester, watched live by 22.6 million people. How did the charity’s donations platform cope with the massively increased influx of traffic? Chris Walker, CTO at digital agency Friday, which built the platform, explains: Friday’s involvement in One Love began at 1.30pm, Thursday 1 […]
ICF Olson recently partnered with the Canadian Red Cross to launch a new campaign to raise awareness around drowning in a year that has already passed more than 50 fatalities. But these deaths are preventable – and ICF Olson and the Canadian Red Cross sought to prove this point. In a dramatic and emotional video, […]
For the launch of Game of Thrones season seven, Sky and M&C Saatchi created the first TV marathon actually run by fans of the award-winning show. A group of marathoners addicted to the TV series crossed Italy behind a moving screen, while watching the first six seasons of the most followed series in the world. […]
In response to growing demand from its stable of clients, Manchester independent marketing and PR agency, SLG, has added two key hires to its team. Senior copywriter Mark Fraser and PR Account Manager Emma Liasides bring a range of experience to the SLG team, working with the agency’s line up of national clients including Polypipe, […]