Sentient vending machines are all the rage right now. This Amstel spot out of Bulgaria adds the latest twist to the share-baiting trend—forcing antsy consumers to actually stand still in one place for three minutes if they want a free beer. The point? Take a break from your busy day. Really, it’s like all the […]
Mini UK has launched the national push in its global brand campaign, “not normal”, which will feature images of Mini-inspired creations drawn from social media for the first time. Iris Worldwide created the campaign, which is Mini’s first brand campaign since 2008’s “ban boredom”, with media planning and buying by Vizeum. The activity stars with […]
Peugeot has engaged OMD UK to carry out a print campaign that will see nail wraps tipped on to print display pages to launch the new Peugeot 208 XY. Available in four distinctive colours, including Purple Night, OMD UK has partnered with HND Ltd to develop ‘XY Purple Night’ coloured nail wraps, which will be […]
The Miami Ad School and The Trevor Project – an organisation working to prevent suicide in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth community – recently partnered to create a series of ads highlighting that words can kill. Copywriter Inga-Marie Sorensen devised the tagline ‘Words Can Kill’. The powerful ads show words like “dyke” […]
Grolsch is set to embark on a three-month roadshow at the end of July inviting people in Brighton, London and Bristol to take part in a ‘Swingtop Challenge’ to win prizes in the brand’s biggest campaign this year. On tour will be a 2.1sqm interactive game cube in which players have to open as many […]
BETC London has produced a standout print campaign to support the launch of Aptamil with Pronutra+ range of baby Follow On milk in the UK. This is the first creative work from BETC London for the Aptamil brand from Danone Baby Nutrition. In 2012 BETC launched the popular ‘Supergroup’ for sister brand Cow & Gate. […]
Automobile manufacturer BMW recently used the power of social media to invent a new holiday in China. Leveraging the reach of several prominent bloggers on China’s microblogging platform Weibo, BMW were able to get more than 300,000 users to reveal their deepest regrets in 140 characters or less in celebration of “Ctrl Z Day”. Users […]
McDonald’s has released an ad for its promotional summer menu, taking a light-hearted swipe at the traditional British summer weather. ‘Sun Party’, created by Leo Burnett, promotes the summer menu on offer for a limited period much like, it adds, the British summer itself.
LV=, the insurance and savings provider, has launched a multimillion-pound ad campaign to promote the benefits of its car insurance policies. Three separate TV ads, created by Designate and 24-7ideas.com, highlight different aspects of LV=’s car insurance offer – its low cost, the multicar savings available, and the 75 per cent no-claims discount. The campaign uses […]
Swedish cider brand Kopparberg is offering fans the chance to win a unique Kopparberg experience delivered straight to their door as part of a new social media competition. Launched last month in London and now hitting the road to appear in Manchester next week, the social media activity coincides with the launch of the brand’s […]