Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers

Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers

Facebook will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later in 2018 to verify the identities and location of people who want to purchase U.S. election-related advertising on its site, a senior company executive said on February 17. The postcard verification is Facebook’s latest effort to respond to criticism from lawmakers, security experts and election […]

Nando’s and M&C Saatchi Abel are on a Mission to Put Autocorrect in its Place

Nando’s and M&C Saatchi Abel are on a Mission to Put Autocorrect in its Place

 In their quest to highlight typically South African challenges, Nando’s, together with its advertising agency M&C Saatchi Abel, have launched #rightmyname in continued effort to contribute to the broader dialogue of South Africa. “At Nando’s, we’ve always loved celebrating South Africa’s diversity. So when we noticed that after more than 30 years, spellcheck still […]

PATTISON Outdoor, Fourthwall and JWT Celebrate Mazda Canada’s 50th with Digital Storefront

PATTISON Outdoor, Fourthwall and JWT Celebrate Mazda Canada’s 50th with Digital Storefront

PATTISON Outdoor, Canada’s leading Out-of-Home advertising company, along with its digital and interactive arm, Fourthwall, partnered with agency J. Walter Thompson and Mazda Canada to celebrate the automotive brand’s 50th anniversary with their followers. To commemorate the occasion, Mazda Canada is releasing a series of limited edition prints through a PATTISON Outdoor digital storefront designed exclusively […]

Unilever threatens to pull ads from Facebook and Google

Unilever threatens to pull ads from Facebook and Google

Consumer goods giant Unilever, one of the world’s biggest advertisers, has threatened to pull investment from digital platforms such as Facebook and Google that “create division” in society or fail to protect children. Keith Weed, chief marketing officer at the maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Dove soap, will announce the company’s plan in […]

Gunn Report’s Gunn 100 reveals most awarded agencies of 2017

Gunn Report’s Gunn 100 reveals most awarded agencies of 2017

Gunn Report, the global index of creative excellence in advertising, today released the results of the newly launched Gunn 100, a ranking of the top 100 creatively awarded advertising ideas of 2017- regardless of their communication discipline – and the companies behind them. The rankings, which include the top creative agencies, agency networks, holding companies, […]

Sky Vegas positioned as ‘Experts of the Unexpected’ in debut campaign from krow

Sky Vegas positioned as ‘Experts of the Unexpected’ in debut campaign from krow

krow has unveiled its first campaign for Sky Vegas since winning the business in December 2017, positioning the online casino as the Experts of the Unexpected. It introduces the ‘King of the Unexpected’ – a brand advocate who extols his love of living a life full of ‘unexpectations’. He lives for the buzz of anticipation […]

Toyota puts Paralympic snowboarder in the spotlight with ‘Start Your Impossible’ campaign

Toyota puts Paralympic snowboarder in the spotlight with ‘Start Your Impossible’ campaign

Toyota has launched its worldwide ‘Start Your Impossible’ Olympics campaign in the Netherlands, with an emotional spot by Amsterdam advertising agency Etcetera. The spot features Para-athlete Chris Vos, a 19-year-old snowboarding champion. The 1.40 TV commercial tells the real-life success story of how he overcame adversity and physical limitations, in order to take his place […]

Temporary tattoo targets Ireland’s top killer in new Irish Heart Foundation ad

Temporary tattoo targets Ireland’s top killer in new Irish Heart Foundation ad

Cardiovascular disease is Ireland’s number 1 killer, but 80% of premature deaths are preventable. So, a new hard-hitting campaign from the Irish Heart Foundation, #showsomeheart,  developed by award-winning Dublin creative agency Boys and Girls asks Ireland to “Show Some Heart” and offer support for those affected or impacted by cardiovascular disease. Empowering, confident and contemporary, […]