LONDON Advertising appoints David Clark as ‘Head of Making it Happen’

LONDON Advertising appoints David Clark as ‘Head of Making it Happen’

Creative agency, LONDON Advertising, has appointed David Clark in the newly created role of ‘Head of Making it Happen’ as it continues to build on its senior team. Reporting to LONDON’s Founder and Creative Director, Alan Jarvie, he has been tasked to bring the Agency’s wide-ranging creative ideas to fruition. LONDON Advertising offers a 21st […]

Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi help Mercado McCann launch Uruguay and Argentina’s joint FIFA World Cup bid

Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi help Mercado McCann launch Uruguay and Argentina’s joint FIFA World Cup bid

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 […]

TV is still relevant for digital natives, says the study by Mediaplus Strategic Insights

TV is still relevant for digital natives, says the study by Mediaplus Strategic Insights

In a baseline study of attitudes to moving image entertainment among digital natives, Mediaplus Strategic Insights surveyed the role played by linear TV in comparison with Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVoD) services and illegal streaming portals. The digital natives are an especially important target group in this respect: on one hand, they are intensive media users, while […]

Renault celebrates its 40th anniversary of Formula One passion and launch the 2017 ‘Yellow Teapot’

Renault celebrates its 40th anniversary of Formula One passion and launch the 2017 ‘Yellow Teapot’

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 […]

Alibaba’s Alipay pilots facial recognition payment technology at KFC in China

Alibaba’s Alipay pilots facial recognition payment technology at KFC in China

China has become the first nation to embrace facial recognition technology to authorise digital payments following an innovative play by Alibaba to ease queues in local KFC restaurants. The so-called ‘smile to pay’ service has been introduced in the city of Huangzhou as part of a trial with the chicken chain to boost the customer […]

AXA launch new £5m adverting campaign

AXA launch new £5m adverting campaign

AXA is set to launch a £5m adverting campaign and brand strategy under the new strapline ‘restless for a reason.’ The campaign kicked off with a TV advert on 3 September during ITV’s Victoria, which will air for 10 weeks, and is supported by outdoor, radio and digital display. The new brand strategy, centres on […]

MarComm News Hit Parade: August 2017

MarComm News Hit Parade: August 2017

MarComm News’ Hit Parade brings you our selection of the “hit” projects of the month. The highlights for August 2017 include social, design, advertising and digital projects: 1) Kind Words Ringback Tone by GS Caltex GS Caltex wanted to decrease the stress level of employees in call centers. Customer abusive comments are something that everyone knows but no […]