Marks & Spencer is running a social media campaign to build anticipation for its ‘Alice in Wonderland’-themed Christmas ad, which revives its ‘Magic & Sparkle’ strapline and stars Helena Bonham-Carter. The retailer is running a teaser clip of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley chasing after a Scottie dog, before falling down an ‘Alice in Wonderland’-style hole, on its […]
Lidl is launching its first ever TV ad campaign, to promote its premium own brand range, Deluxe, in the run-up to Christmas. The ads will debut October 31 across all the major TV channels and vary in length from 10 to 30 seconds. They show close-up shots of products in Lidl’s Deluxe range, including mulled […]
Sony has signed up Tinie Tempah to help promote the launch of the long-awaited PlayStation4 ahead of its UK release on 29 November. The deal sees Tinie appearing in an interactive documentary – ‘A Demonstration of Play’ – which captures the different aspects of Tinie’s life, featuring exclusive scenes of the music stars downtime, trialling […]
Reckitt Benckiser is backing the launch of the Nurofen Cold and Flu range with a £3m campaign that positions the sub-brand as a remedy for people who shrug off their ailments and get on with their lives. A television ad, created by Havas, broke on October 28 and uses the master brand’s “lives bigger than […]
De Beers is launching an in-store iPad app aimed at making buying diamonds a more personal experience and opening up the brand to new customers. The “For You, Forever” app, developed with mobile marketing company Somo, lets customers compare the different styles, cuts and weights of diamonds using technology called “Iris” and customise the style […]
Instagram is inviting users to “learn more” about how advertising will be added to the photo-sharing site and has unveiled an image of a test ad, which will roll out in the US next week. In a blog, the Facebook-owned social media site outlines what US users can expect to see soon. The photographs will […]
Russian airline and official carrier of Manchester United Football Club Aeroflot are taking up residence at a number of airports worldwide, including London Heathrow’s Terminal 1, to offer fans the chance to see club in action with a trip to Old Trafford in 2014. The airport installation features a replica Aeroflot plane made up of […]
W+K Exp and Outset India unveiled Blind Spot, an exhibition that explores the aesthetics of middle class India. It is often said that there are too many differences in our middle class for there to be a common sensibility of any kind. Harsher commentators have even suggested that the middle class lacks taste, never mind […]
Worldwide TV advertising spending grew modestly — low-single-digit percentage gains — in the first half of 2013, while Internet advertising continued to rocket higher with big double-digit percent hikes. Nielsen says TV grew 4.2%, now at a 57.6% market share for the first six months of the year. The second-largest media in terms of advertising […]
Diesel‘s Flagship Store Opening in Frankfurt started off an array of events reinforcing the new brand positioning. To bring alive Diesel’s new global campaign – the #DIESELREBOOT movement – and to encourage young people to contribute their own creations, ACNE Berlin invented a world-first – the Diesel GIF Booth. The GIF booth works like a […]