Did you know that right now, as you read this, the pantries of one-third of American homes contain Spam? (We mean the precooked pork product, not the junk mail.) Using 2016's tally of 125.82 million households in America, that comes to nearly 43 million homes with a can of Spam on the shelf. That's a...
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Advertising & Agency Daily
February 09, 2017
Your overview of the agency world
>From out of the cupboard and into the frying pan
By Robert Klara
Did you know that right now, as you read this, the pantries of one-third of American homes contain Spam? (We mean the precooked pork product, not the junk mail.) Using 2016's tally of 125.82 million households in America, that comes to nearly 43 million homes with a can of Spam on the shelf. That's a...
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Charles Dance, Miranda Richardson, Jason Isaacs and David Gyasi star in a magnificent climate change spot
By Angela Natividad
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Unruly's ranking measures everything from brand perception to purchase intent
By Tim Nudd
Hit the bricks, subway tile!
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 its New York headquarters. 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...
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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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Delightful work from BBDO aims to bridge gender gap in science
By Kristina Monllos
Millie Dresselhaus, the first woman to win the National Medal of Science in Engineering, is treated like a Kardashian--photographed, celebrated, followed--in BBDO's new campaign for GE. The 60-second spot is part of GE's audacious plan to employ 20,000 women in STEM roles by 2020 and to have 50/50 gender representation in its technical entry-level programs...
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Brand debuts 3 spots starring Shaq, Neymar and Christina Aguilera
By Katie Richards
What's the best part of eating an Oreo? Some might say just eating it. For others there's a ritual involved. First you twist the cookie, then lick the cream filling, put the cookie back together, dunk the Oreo in milk and then, finally, eat it. A new campaign from Oreo, the "Oreo Dunk Challenge," seeks...
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New video aims to up mascot's chances
By Robert Klara
It's not often that a peanut makes news, but just in case you missed it, it happened over Thanksgiving. Mr. Peanut--Planters' monocle-wearing, top-hatted mascot--had taken his place atop the Nutmobile in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Like countless other brand mascots at the event, Mr. Peanut spent his time bowing, waving and variously acknowledging the...
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Beer giant is now America's largest brewer
By Patrick Coffee
Beer giant Molson Coors has completed a global review of its media agencies, choosing a Publicis Groupe umbrella organization to handle the bulk of its marketing budget as U.S. agency of record. The news comes after Molson finalized its $100 billion takeover of MillerCoors, which is now the larger company's U.S. division and the country's...
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