The Coca-Cola Company announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Costa Limited, which was founded in London in 1971 and has grown to become a major coffee brand across the world. The acquisition of Costa from parent company Whitbread PLC is valued at $5.1 billion and will give Coca-Cola a strong coffee […]
Experience, design and engineering company Dare has been appointed as the sole digital agency for London’s new arts space, Cromwell Place, following a competitive pitch, in a process run through Creativebrief. The agency will work across the entire digital remit for Cromwell Place – a Grade II listed site spread across five buildings in South Kensington […]
Tribal Worldwide London has been appointed by Germany’s largest airline, Lufthansa, to head up its latest UK European marketing campaign and the first piece of work created by the agency: The European Love Affair. Lufthansa are giving their customers the chance to win an all-expenses paid date to one of their most exciting European […]
Habito has appointed Uncommon Creative Studio to handle its UK advertising campaign which will break this Autumn. The pioneering digital mortgage broker is looking to drive awareness and understanding of its mission to free people from the hell of getting a mortgage. By cutting out the jargon, democratising the process and showing the true cost […]
M&C Saatchi, the world’s largest independent agency network, is launching in Hong Kong with immediate effect. The agency will be led by veteran adman, Spencer Wong, and will be the network’s 9th office in Asia; its 29th in the world. The agency will be called M&C Saatchi Spencer HK and will be focusing on local businesses while at […]
Young’s Seafood Ltd. announced the appointment of a new media agency, Total Media, the behavioural planning agency, to support the brand’s ambitious three-year growth strategy, which will see it strengthen its position as the UK’s leading fish and seafood business. Total Media’s brief will see them use their deep knowledge of audience behaviour to build […]
Photobox Group, Europe’s leading personalisation business, has acquired Dutch online cards and gifting retailer Greetz. The acquisition makes Photobox Group the European market leader in online greetings cards and personal gifting through the Greetz and Moonpig brands. Founded in 2001 as an online greetings cards retailer – in which it is the undisputed market leader […]
London-based international customer experience agency, I-AM, has been retained by CenterHotels to create a series of fresh and dynamic branded restaurant concepts and review the brand essence of their various dining offers. The aim is to develop an atmosphere that allows for a memorable brand experience, along with a design concept that is flexible and able […]
Following a competitive pitch, Prophecy Unlimited, the CRM & Acquisition specialist agency in the Unlimited Group, has been awarded a multi-million pound, 5-year contract for BMW Group. The contract covers the continued support of the BMW Group retailer websites, for BMW UK, MINI UK, Motorrad UK and Rolls Royce brands globally, ensuring a consistent brand […]
Wavemaker has been appointed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to handle all of the charity’s media planning and buying in the UK and Ireland for a wide range of campaigns and programmes supporting their long term goals of significantly reducing the number of people drowning in the UK, Ireland and overseas. This move […]