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Unable to Catch a Break, JCPenney Puts Up Billboard Showing Tea Kettle That...
Poor JCPenney. The retailer, which lost gobs of money last year and could very well die this year, simply cannot catch a break. This time it put up a seemingly harmless billboard in California. But...
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Real Criminals Star in Excellent Commercial for Van Nuys Bail Bondsman
Better call Saul? Actually, try Harry Kassabian first. The proprietor of People's Bail Bonds in Van Nuys, Calif., co-stars with some real-life criminals in this great commercial produced by local-ad...
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Google's New Chrome Games Are a Dream Come True. Is That a Good Thing?
Visiting the video arcade at my neighborhood mall in the '80s was both exhilarating and a bit scary. On the one hand, I feared that bigger kids would try to take all my change. (And I mean a physical...
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Cruzan Rum's Great New Campaign Takes Its Time and Gets You Buzzed
Cruzan Rum welcomes you to "The Don't Hurry," an island paradise where no one is busy, people enjoy zero-kilometer runs and sleep yoga, and every minute lasts 64 seconds. (The brand hails from the...
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Facebook's Like Button Fights Evil Dressed Up as Different Superheroes
Graphic designer/illustrator Jaime Calderón's "Super Likes" series dresses up the Facebook "Like" button in a variety of superhero costumes, including Spider-Man, Batman, The Thing, Wolverine and The...
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Deutsch Produces Radio Ads for a Dollar to Promote Taco Bell's Dollar...
Taco Bell's Dollar Cravings Menu is a low-budget option, so naturally it needs low-budget advertising. Enter Deutsch/LA, which claims to have produced radio ads for a dollar promoting the menu. The...
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Ad of the Day: Subaru
Subaru, the Happiest Automaker, continues apace with its blitzkrieg of cheerfulness in this spot about a very game couple who, in the spirit of Subaru owners everywhere, are up for pretty much...
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A Glimpse Into Bay Area Agency Venables Bell & Partners
SpecsWho (l. to r.) Lucy Farey-Jones, partner, executive strategy director; Bob Molineaux, founder, president; Paul Venables, founder, executive creative director; Paul Birks-Hay, managing director;...
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After 16 Years of Agency Life, Copywriter's First Solo Ad Is an Instant Hit
When longtime Richards Group copywriter Matt Bull finished his first highly visible solo gig in Dallas this week, it felt like a pretty big deal to him. And apparently Redditors agreed, giving his...
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Solar Panel Inside Nivea Print Ad Generates Power to Charge Your Cell Phone
A print ad that uses solar power to charge cell phones? At long last, mankind's prayers have been answered! Giovanni + Draftfcb in São Paulo, Brazil, developed the ad, which includes a wafer-think...
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Bradley Cooper Is Hot, but Not Quite Cool Enough, in Team One's...
That hunky Bradley Cooper can do anything he wants, you understand, including strolling into an elegant cocktail party eating ice cream straight out of the container. Lapses in etiquette be...
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Ads for PBS Station Invent Ludicrous, Fake Reality Shows You'd Still Probably...
Excited about the reality show Knitting Wars? If sew, too bad—it's fake. It's one of five bogus lowbrow programs dreamed up by CHI & Partners in New York for a poster campaign advertising New York...
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It's 2013, and People Are Still Getting Worked Up About Interracial Couples...
It's another one of those things that shouldn't be a story but is—an ad from a major U.S. brand featuring an interracial couple and their daughter. You'd think this new Cheerios ad from Saatchi &...
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Ad of the Day: Farmers Insurance
It's been three years since actor J.K. Simmons (you know, the guy from Law & Order, Spider-Man, Juno, The Closer, I Love You, Man…) first appeared in the role of Professor Nathanial Burke, the...
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Coca-Cola's New Can Splits in Half So You Can Really Share the Happiness
Ogilvy France and Ogilvy Asia-Pacific joined forces to make a can that splits in half for Coca-Cola, the most literal extension of the brand's global "Share Happiness" concept. The split-can design is...
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Starcom President Explains Her Holistic Approach to Data
SpecsWho Amanda RichmanNew gig President, investment and activation, StarcomOld gig President, digital, MediaVestAge 46What is your mission statement? It’s truly to break down the silos in the...
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Burger King Debuts the Hands-Free Whopper, and Life Will Never Be the Same
Burger King in Puerto Rico celebrated its 50th anniversary by giving away "Hands-Free Whopper" holders to 50 lucky customers. DLC/Ogilvy & Mather helped develop the gag gift, which is still the...
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Chemotherapy Rebranded as 'Superformula' in JWT's Brilliant Campaign for...
JWT joined with Warner Bros. and the A.C. Camargo Cancer Center in São Paulo, Brazil, to craft a super-powerful campaign designed to help children with cancer better understand their treatment and be...
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Holland Is Incredibly Cool, and Its New Tourism Ad Isn't Too Shabby Either
Holland's new tourism campaign proposes that the country everyone knows for canals and wooden shoes is actually the coolest place on earth. In fact, the video below claims that Holland is the Original...
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Mike's Hard Lemonade Gets Poetic in Quirky Rhyming Ads From Grey
IDEA: Alcohol ads aren't usually very poetic, but Grey's new work for Mike's Hard Lemonade is literally so—if heavy on the doggerel. The alcopop is evolving its positioning from an occasional...
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