Air Canada Appoints JWT Canada as Agency of Record

Air Canada Appoints JWT Canada as Agency of Record

JWT Canada announced that it has been selected by Air Canada as its new creative advertising agency of record, following a national search process. JWT Canada will handle all of Air Canada’s global brand communications and digital marketing with effect from January 2014. Mindshare will handle all media planning and buying. “JWT demonstrated strong capabilities […]

Urban Outfitters uses fans’ social pics to sell clothes

Urban Outfitters uses fans’ social pics to sell clothes

Urban Outfitters and Under Armour are sourcing social pics of fans wearing their products in real-life situations for their ecommerce sites. The brands are joined by online retailers Beauty.com, Rebecca Minkoff and Dessy.com in testing a social commerce platform from analytics firm Curalate – called Fanreel – that pulls in user-generated from Facebook, Instagram, mobile […]

Samsung UK uses crowd sourced content for Galaxy S4 digital campaign

Samsung UK uses crowd sourced content for Galaxy S4 digital campaign

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpV7KB7pwNc Samsung Mobile UK has launched a digital media campaign in collaboration with twelve generational influencers in a bid to demonstrate the potential of its Galaxy S4 Collection. Devised by Cheil UK, the ‘Over To You’ series has seen each collaborator use either a Galaxy S4 Mini, S4 Active, S4 Zoom or Galaxy Mega to […]

Maybelline tops CBS Outdoor’s brand-guessing game

Maybelline tops CBS Outdoor’s brand-guessing game

Maybelline‘s iconic “Maybe she’s born with it” strapline has topped CBS Outdoor‘s brand recognition game in celebration of 150 years of advertising on the London Underground. CBS launched its 150 Brands quiz with a two-week poster campaign, featuring 115 posters across 78 stations that challenged commuters to identify 150 brands that have advertised on the […]

TBWA\Paris Launches Documentary for Michelin

TBWA\Paris Launches Documentary for Michelin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljx5U76wSEE Michelin, with the help of TBWA\Paris, releases an insider documentary about the intense countdown to victory at Le Mans 2013 through the eyes of Audi’s and Michelin’s teams. The Michelin Man’s brand get you inside the action through the production of a 15 minutes short-film, culminating piece of its recent content communication strategy. Three […]

Mondelez agrees real-time marketing analysis deal with Twitter

Mondelez agrees real-time marketing analysis deal with Twitter

Mondelez, the parent company of brands like Oreos and Cadbury, has inked a deal with Twitter that will allow its teams in the UK, US, India and Brazil to analyse the effectiveness of its social media marketing in real-time. The deal, the first of its kind between a company and the social media site, comes […]

In London, Billboards ‘Direct’ MINI Drivers To Garages That Give Out Freebies

In London, Billboards ‘Direct’ MINI Drivers To Garages That Give Out Freebies

Part of the “MINI Not Normal” campaign, the ad agency Iris Worldwide has come up with an elaborate way to reward MINI drivers. Using technology, many “highly-trained” spotters were asked to look out for MINI drivers along London’s Cromwell road, changing the color and text of the billboards with an iPad. MINI drivers were then […]

TV Ad Spend Up in the US, National Radio Also Rises

TV Ad Spend Up in the US, National Radio Also Rises

Thanks to higher TV spending, total U.S. advertising expenditures perked up some in the second quarter from the same period a year ago. Second quarter was up 3.5% to finish the period at $35.8 billion, with total spending over the last six month 2% higher, getting to $68.9 billion. The second quarter of a year […]

The Brand Union and Digit update Vodafone’s look

The Brand Union and Digit update Vodafone’s look

WPP consultancies The Brand Union and Digit have created a new ‘visual brand identity’ for Vodafone. Vodafone’s existing logo is retained, and a bright red flexible rhombus shape has been added. This anchors to Vodafone’s roundel, and can be used in moving or static forms. Vodafone says the new rhombus positions the company ‘as a […]