Half of the 320 million-plus people living in the U.S. today are female, yet only 8 percent of outdoor public statues in this country are dedicated to women. The same imbalance applies to street and building names, and other monuments. But if you weren't aware of the gender disparity, you're not the only one. BBDO...
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Advertising & Agency Daily
February 10, 2017
Your overview of the agency world
92% of outdoor monuments are dedicated to men
By Patrick Coffee
Half of the 320 million-plus people living in the U.S. today are female, yet only 8 percent of outdoor public statues in this country are dedicated to women. The same imbalance applies to street and building names, and other monuments. But if you weren't aware of the gender disparity, you're not the only one. BBDO...
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Supercell and Apple top the list, Watson visited Sesame Street, and a few Super Bowl ads got early starts
By Tim Nudd
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Kevin Plank's pro-Trump remarks sparked controversy
By Erik Oster
CP+B adds to its award-winning campaign
By David Gianatasio
CAA, Ogilvy vet Fred Levron takes the helm
By Patrick Coffee
Today FCB announced the creation of a new worldwide creative partner job based in Paris. Fred Levron, a French native who spent 11 years at Ogilvy & Mather Paris, joins the Interpublic agency to fill the position after serving as executive creative director at sports and entertainment powerhouse Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles. He...
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Will focus on beauty, fashion and luxury brands
By Katie Richards
Minneapolis-based agency Fallon announced plans today to open a New York City office. The space will be located in SoHo at 375 Hudson. The new office will specialize in beauty, fashion and luxury brands especially following the agency's acquisition of New York creative agency AR. Fallon acquired all of AR's accounts, which includes Revlon and...
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Brand solves a very sticky packaging problem
By Robert Klara
If you've been to a deli, stood on a grocery checkout line, bought a coffee at Starbucks or visited the snack bar on an Amtrak train, chances are you've seen a Kind bar for sale--and we mean really seen one. The ubiquitous, all-natural fruit and nut bar is known for its crystal-clear wrapper that puts...
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Mediavest | Spark and DigitasLBi will handle U.S. media
By Patrick Coffee
Toy giant Mattel has picked a Publicis umbrella group to run its U.S. media business after a review. Mediavest | Spark will now handle planning and offline buying, while DigitasLBi runs digital media, programmatic buying and content production. The two will collectively go by the name Team Mattel in yet another iteration of Publicis' "Power...
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Unruly's ranking measures everything from brand perception to purchase intent
By Tim Nudd
Video ad tech company Unruly introduced a new combined metric this year, EQ Score, to rank ads based on their "likely emotional, social and business impact." Applying the EQ Score to the Super Bowl LI commercials, Hyundai came out on top--creating what Unruly called the "most effective ad" of Sunday night. Unruly used a survey...
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Hit the bricks, subway tile!
By David Gianatasio
Camp + King portrays Re/Max agents as helpful know-it-alls in these cute ads directed by Roman Coppola. "We were inspired by house hunting/DIY shows where they always focus on the latest trends," agency creative director Rikesh Lal tells Adweek. "The home-buying process is heavily influenced by these shows, so we played into that culture to...
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