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Ad of the Day: 'Shop the World,' eBay Says in New Global Brand Campaign
What do Godzilla, Jimi Hendrix, the Wizard of Oz and Selena Gomez have in common? While the obvious answer would be "absolutely nothing," it turns out they're all featured in this 60-second spot from...
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Emirates Is the World's Most Glamorous Airline
By now, we’ve all seen the ads and read the glowing magazine profiles about the world’s most luxurious airline, Dubai-based Emirates: the flat beds in private quarters, the lobster and champagne, the...
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BBDO Leaders Reflect on a Decade at the Top
As wooing goes, Andrew Robertson’s efforts to seal the deal with David Lubars was not particularly auspicious. In 2004, the newly named BBDO global chief stepped up his efforts to recruit the Fallon...
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This Agency’s Entire Business Is Shipping Containers
SpecsWho CEO David CampbellWhat Marketing experience developerWhere Charlotte, N.C. When the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007 and resultant financial woes sent the country hurtling into recession,...
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Goat Sings '80s Rock Ballad 'Simply the Best' in Ridiculous Ad for Goat Cheese
Have you ever wondered how a goat would interpret '80s rock ballad "Simply the Best"? Of course you have. The cute beast in this Norwegian commercial for goat cheese sticks pretty close to the classic...
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How Girls Really Feel About Gender Roles and the Rise of Pro-Female Advertising
What do you get when you talk to a group of teen and tween girls about gender roles and stereotyping? A lot of surprisingly insightful opinions. This past spring, in the midst of heated public debate...
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Ad of the Day: Peugeot Remakes 1984 Ad, Taking the Stunt Driving From Crazy...
In 1984, Peugeot introduced its 205 GTi with a wild, James Bond-esque commercial in which the car was seen being chased down a snowy mountain by an attack helicopter dropping missiles. Thirty years...
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Billy Eichner Rips Burger King for 'Stealing' His Act, and McDonald's Piles On
Billy Eichner's persona on his show Billy on the Street is so memorable that as soon as fans saw the Burger King ad below, they immediately thought of Eichner—and began lobbing insults at BK and...
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Brand of the Day: KFC Loves Everyone, and Vice Versa, in Maybe the Most...
KFC may be going through tough times, but that won't stop the ubiquitous chicken chain from putting out a new ad about how everyone loves its its fried fare. Or at least, how suburban families, cutesy...
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This North Face Store's Floor Disappears, Forcing Startled Shoppers to Climb...
Fancy yourself the outdoorsy type, eh? You've got all the slickest gear for the rugged lifestyle you live every day. Maybe you even have a gnarly beard and a Clif bar in your pocket. Well, what if...
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Las Vegas Celebrates Gay Marriage in Nevada With a Fabulous Full-Page...
Already known as the wedding capital of the world, Las Vegas is about to host a lot more weddings. And Las Vegas tourism couldn't be happier. After Nevada legalized gay marriage last week, the Las...
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Ad of the Day: Morris the Cat of 9Lives Leaps Into the Future With Wearable Tech
Morris the Cat, whose 9Lives cat food ads from the '70s and '80s are all over YouTube, shakes off the cobwebs and joins the 21st century in the brand's new campaign—becoming the first cat to wear...
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Strangely Awesome Laptop Stove Lets You Cook and Find Recipes Online at the...
Dragan Trenchevski, an industrial designer from Macedonia with maybe the coolest name ever given to a person, has come up with a prototype for an Electrolux Mobile Kitchen, which is basically a laptop...
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Brand of the Day: Meet the Bottled Water Company That Will Happily Sell You...
If you like your bottled water to come with actual water in it, this might not be the brand for you. The anti-sugar crusaders at indie brand Fred Water are now selling empty versions of their...
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Ad of the Day: Virgin America's 6-Hour Preroll Ad Is Creepy, Warholian and...
People have a hard time sitting through five seconds of pre-roll on YouTube. How will they react to almost six hours of it—much of which is intentionally, preposterously, stultifyingly boring? Virgin...
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Safe-Driving Ad Uses Real Footage of Fatal Accident From Motorcyclist's GoPro...
Raw footage of 38-year-old motorcyclist David Holmes smashing into a car at 97 miles per hour, as captured by his GoPro helmet camera, is being used in a British road safety ad with the permission of...
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Brand of the Day: If You Like Bush on Pandora, You Could Get a Free...
For a few lucky listeners, using Pandora can get you a personal concert with one of your favorite artists. The Internet streaming music service today breaks the new ad below from twofifteenmccann. It...
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KitKat's Half-Finished Billboard Cleverly Pays Off Its Iconic Tagline
It was 1958 when J. Walter Thompson's Donald Gilles came up with the line, "Have a break. Have a KitKat." Fifty-six years later, JWT London has found a fun new way to illustrate the line—with a...
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Fiat Accidentally Took Viagra and Grew a Bigger Car, Says New Ad That's Total...
There are ads where you can't quite believe the premise, and this is one of them. How did the Fiat 500X SUV come to be? Well, it seems a little Fiat accidentally swallowed a little blue pill—and...
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Sprite's 'Bill the Billboard' Keeps Drivers Entertained by Cracking Endless...
If it's more comedy you want from your billboard, Sprite is happy to oblige. Ogilvy Kenya recently put up "Bill the Billboard" at a busy intersection in Nairobi, and programmed him to endlessly crack...
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