George Parker: why agencies of the future don’t last

Considering the current frenzied state of the agency and holding company business and the Omnicom/Interpublic merger that promises around 4,000 job cuts – and a focus on such esoteric bullshit as AI and data integration under new “leadership!” – I thought that before the dust starts to settle, it might be worth dredging the bottom [...]

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JPMorgan’s Latest Ads Feature Something Entirely New: Actual Customers

Financial services advertising usually looks similar: warm and fuzzy portrayals of life’s milestones—births, graduations, weddings, retirement parties—all made better because someone had the sense to invest.  But no matter how […]

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Love it or hate it: the good and bad of Out of Home creativity

The World Out of Home Organization is challenging creatives to pick sides in a ‘love it or hate it’ debate about the pros and cons in the medium. This follows on from Ocean Outdoor chairman Tim Bleakley’s call for a MOCA crusade, standing for Make Outdoor Creative Again, at the WOO Global Congress in Mexico [...]

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Rethink Turns a Fry Box into a Brilliant Brand Idea for Heinz

  This just in! Heinz just fixed one of fast food’s most annoying problems. One of the world's most famous food brand has launched the Heinz Dipper, a new fry box with a built-in ketchup compartment!   Designed in partnership with creative agency Rethink, this unique packaging idea essentially solves a problem that nobody thought needing [...]

By |2026-01-18T20:36:06-08:00January 18th, 2026|News|Comments Off on Rethink Turns a Fry Box into a Brilliant Brand Idea for Heinz

Why Bus Shelter Advertising Works Better Than Hoardings for Daily-Repetition Campaigns

In high-frequency urban advertising, repetition plays a decisive role in shaping consumer memory. While hoardings...

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The return of Dos Equis ‘Most Interesting Man’ and more: top new creative ads

This week, my curated list of top new creative ads includes the return of The Most Interesting Man by Dos Equis, product-feature based ads from Ather, iPhone 17 and more. Dos Equis: Return of the Most Interesting Man In a category marked by cliched advertising, Dos Equis grabbed attention and created affinity with their ‘The [...]

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ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US

Ads to be placed alongside answers as OpenAI looks to beef up revenue for flagship AI product ChatGPT will start including advertisements beside answers for US users as OpenAI seeks a new revenue stream. The ads will be tested first in ChatGPT for US users only, the company announced on Friday, after increasing speculation that [...]

By |2026-01-16T21:20:38-08:00January 16th, 2026|News|Comments Off on ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US

Fruits looking like bootys / Fesse à fesse sans originalité?

THE ORIGINAL? Tibits Vegetarian fast Food – 2004 Click the image to enlarge Source : Adspot Agency : Wirz Zurich (Switzerland) LESS ORIGINAL Hiltl Vegetarian Rest. – 2017 Click the image to enlarge Source : Luerzer’s Archive Agency : Ruf Lanz (Switzerland) LESS ORIGINAL Hard Rated Hard Seltzer – 2026 Click the image to enlarge Source [...]

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