Marks & Spencer is launching a through the line campaign to support its festive food range. Created by RKCR/Y&R, it features a series of films that continue with the ‘Adventures In’ theme and aim to make Christmas magical by highlighting the range of exciting food that M&S offers for every special Christmas occasion. The campaign […]
Creative agency 23red has unveiled a Bluewater campaign celebrating ‘‘Christmas is here. Make it magical’ to highlight the yuletide festivities available at the retail and leisure destination in 2015. A 30 second TV ad is supported by press, digital, social, radio, outdoor, point of sale and in-mall media running throughout November and December in the […]
A retail space in Hackney which will allow customers to buy products for the homeless for Christmas is set to launch in November, 2015. Crack and Cider is a world first, and was devised by Scarlett Montanaro, a creative at AnalogFolk and strategist Charlotte Cramer (currently at Vice). The brand takes its name from a […]
Toy R Us has introduced a number of digital elements, including augmented reality, to its festive magazine to ensure children keep flicking through its extensive 96 pages. Marking the point where augmented reality meets traditional shopping, eight toy-laden spreads in the catalog, entitled the ‘The Great Big Toys R Us Book of Awesome’, come to […]
Researching and buying presents online has become the most popular method among Britons aged 16 and over who know how they’ll be buying there Christmas presents, with 45 per cent of the £24.4bn spend this year likely to go online. According to research by RadiumOne, this year is also likely to be a multi-channel Christmas, […]
Alibaba is to push forward with plans to sell more goods via mobile devices after the channel spurred its revenues in the second quarter to defy analysts’ estimates. Sales in the period rocketed 32 per cent year-on-year to $3.49bn for the three months to 30 September, ahead of the $3.34bn estimates from analysts. Mobile revenue […]
Bicester Village, the designer outlet shopping centre, is launching a humourous new online campaign sending up impossibly perfect menswear advertising and style films. The comical online film, created by Just So, features an immaculately groomed individual who describes himself as “a sculptor, a filmmaker and more”. We meet him in his “enormous studio” as he […]
Swiss watchmaker Swatch recently unveiled the Bellamy, a watch that enables the wearer to make contactless payments. The Bellamy isn’t a smartwatch – it’s got a regular analogue face and no other extra functionality – but it does feature an NFC chip under the dial. This means payments don’t require any power from the watch, […]
Marks & Spencer has launched the latest TV ad in its “The Art Of” campaign, created by RKCR/Y&R, designed to put a spotlight on the unique quality and style of M&S products. The newest spot in the series, by RKCR/Y&R, is called “The Art Of Shopping”. Credits: Creative Team: Pip Bishop and Chris Hodgkiss at […]
Papa John’s, the third largest pizza delivery company in the world, is working with digital marketing company, Rakuten Marketing to drive digital sales through location targeting and raise awareness of a York store opening – its first in Yorkshire. Papa John’s is using Rakuten Marketing’s targeting technology to pinpoint their core audience within a three […]