Tesco shuns “airbrushed” Christmas ads in festive effort

Tesco shuns “airbrushed” Christmas ads in festive effort

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4AOpcBwZ4 Tesco is attempting to portray the reality of Christmas for families not the “perfect, airbrushed one” depicted in some ads in its 2013 festive effort. The 90-second ad, created by Wieden+Kennedy, features cinefilm and videocam footage of a family enjoying Christmas from the 1970s to the present day. It is soundtracked by Rod Stewart’s […]

Tesco to scan customers’ faces in ad-targeting scheme

Tesco to scan customers’ faces in ad-targeting scheme

Tesco is set to install hundreds of screens that will scan people’s faces as they queue at tills, which will determine their age and gender, to deliver tailored ads. The scheme will be delivered by Lord Alan Sugar’s company Amscreen, in a five-year deal that will roll out 450 of the “OptimEyes” system in Tesco […]