Ad of the Day: Gorgeous, Heartbreaking PSA Imagines If Kids Could Choose...
Remember Finland's horrifying "Monsters" PSA from a couple of years ago, where grownups were shown literally as frightening beasts, because that's how kids see abusively drunken parents? The same...
View ArticleNo More Mr. Nice Guy: PSA Campaign Reveals the Brutal Duplicity of Abusers
You'll want to wipe that smile off his face. Lowe Campbell Ewald's chilling new public-service campaign for Haven, a Michigan nonprofit that assists victims of rape and domestic violence, strips away...
View ArticleCentury 21 Is Selling a Zombie Proofing Kit for Your Home on eBay
It's nothing fancy—just some particle boards and nails. But it ought to keep out those bloodthirsty zombies. Yes, just in time for this weekend's return of The Walking Dead to AMC, Century 21 (with...
View ArticleAd 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...
View ArticleThis 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,...
View ArticleUpdated: Is Yet Another Global Creative Shop About to Name a New CEO?
Is there yet another high-profile agency executive change coming? Publicis Groupe is looking to replace Leo Burnett CEO Tom Bernardin, sources said, making it just the latest top executive change at...
View ArticleGoat 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...
View ArticlePublicis Groupe Becomes the Largest Shareholder in Matomy
Publicis Groupe will pay $65 million to acquire 20 percent of digital shop Matomy, with an option to acquire another 4.9 percent of the company's shares. Matomy has some 400 staffers in 100 countries...
View ArticleAd 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...
View ArticleBrand 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...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleLas 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...
View ArticleAd 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...
View ArticleAd 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...
View ArticleBrand 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...
View ArticleKitKat'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...
View ArticleFiat 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...
View ArticleSprite'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...
View ArticleThese Ads for Glass Bottles Are About as Hilarious as Ads for Glass Bottles...
A world without glass would be pretty soulless. That's the main takeaway from these new TV ads that Doremus and sister shop DDB produced for O-I, the world's largest manufacturer of glass packaging...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Every Time Taylor Swift Takes a Sip of Diet Coke, Kittens...
Just when you thought Taylor Swift couldn't get any more respect from millennials, here she is proving again that she lives in a reality only believable in a Disney movie. Swifties around the world...
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