After two years of closely working together, Coca-Cola and Mercado McCann will honour the FIFA World Cup in Russia presenting one of the brand’s most meaningful advertising campaigns in 200 different countries. Mercado McCann was not only responsible for developing the Core Creative Idea (central idea) of the campaign: “being READY”, three of the four […]
There’s nothing quite like the World Cup on the horizon to put a spring into everybody’s step. This sense of fun and anticipation is perfectly captured in Qatar Airways’ first World Cup campaign, which is made by the airline’s agency of record, 180 Kingsday. It features a re-recording of the classic song ‘Dancing in the […]
On 11th May, New Balance launches the Otruska Pack – its first combined global football and lifestyle footwear and apparel Limited Edition collection. The Otruska concept and kit launch has been created as a collaboration between New Balance and ZAK, New Balance Football’s global creative agency. Striking and unconventional to cut through the noise surrounding the […]
People living with dementia and Alzheimer’s could soon be able to relive happy memories of the summer of 1966 and England’s World Cup win, thanks to a virtual reality (VR) project. ‘The Wayback’ – a free-to-download app – uses VR to spark memories and trigger conversations by fully immersing viewers in the sights and […]
Minutes before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup South American’s qualifiers match, between Uruguay and Argentina on August 31, the audience could see Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi, respectively the captains of each country’s national team, entering the football field wearing jerseys with the number 20 and 30. Buenos Aires based agency, Mercado […]
McDonald’s has appointed Leo Burnett London to amplify its sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup across global markets. The agency, which works on McDonald’s UK business, won the business following a pitch process that involved McDonald’s other roster agencies. It follows the agency’s global ‘McDelivery’ win, which will see the Leo Burnett London support the […]
is forecasting marketing spend will rise this year, a trend likely to increase in 2014 as the company looks to next year’s World Cup to reverse declining sales. The sportswear maker posted a 6 per cent year-on-year drop in revenue for the three months to 30 September as falling demand in key European markets such […]