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I Think We’re Parked in Alaska
With Black Friday nigh upon us, mall-based retailers everywhere—not least of them the 520 or so stores inside Bloomington, Minnesota’s Mall of America—have visions of packed parking lots dancing in...
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Ad of the Day: BGH
It is summer in Argentina, and there is a man staring out his window at you. The heat has gone to his head. Miserable 90-degree days transform him from harmless curmudgeon to calculating sadist. He...
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Organic Nabs Creative Vet From Google
Organic has hired agency vet David Bryant away from Google, the San Francisco-based digital marketing shop announced today. He will serve as chief creative officer at Organic after joining Google...
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Apple Is Thankful for the iPhone 5 in New Turkey Ad
Apple has a long tradition of holiday ads—notable past spots have included "Gift Exchange" for the Macintosh and of course last year's Santa spot with Siri for the iPhone 4S. On Tuesday night, Apple...
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Mini Vinnie Will Save Your Life With CPR, Then Kick Your Ass
The British Heart Foundation and Grey London have spoofed their own famous Vinnie Jones CPR ad, with kids performing the roles of the infamous retired soccer star and his henchmen. Of course, the...
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ElfYourself Refuses to Die, as OfficeMax Introduces ElfYourself Live
There may be a few remote humans left in isolated areas of the Amazon who have not yet "elfed" themselves. Everyone else has. Yet OfficeMax's ElfYourself holiday app, introduced in 2006, refuses to go...
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J&J's Global Media Review Hits Halfway Mark
Two regions down, two to go. Johnson & Johnson is midway through a global review of its media planning and buying business with its decision in the North American market this week. The J3 unit of...
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Father Time Takes a Lickin' and Stops Tickin' for Sky TV
Father Time gets wound up and ticked off as his awesome powers run out in this cinematic spot by DDB New Zealand for Sky TV. "The sun, the moon, the tides, all were under my control ... But after...
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Citi Concludes Direct Marketing Review
The outcome of Citi’s direct marketing review for North America represents a split decision. Citi awarded direct mail and collateral responsibilities for its retail bank and credit cards to Havas...
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Ad of the Day: Cartier
Could someone please explain to me what is going on in any Cartier ad, ever? First, they had the free-associative Russia-elephant-dragon-airplane odyssey (seriously, it was called "L'Odyssée de...
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Three Agencies Vie for Coty PR Account
Coty has entered the final stages of a review of its public relations business in Canada, with a trio of agencies vying for the account. The assignment includes social media responsibilities and...
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Retailers Jockey for Holiday Mobs
It's a familiar story. After Thanksgiving, hordes of holiday shoppers race to big box stores, shoving each other out of the way to get the best deals. Retailers jockey to be the first to open their...
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Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Nov. 16-23
This week, Adweek takes a look at the 2012 holiday spots unwrapped by some major brands. From Macy's new take on the beloved classic A Miracle on 34th Street to eBay's perfectly pitched point about...
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Portrait: Troika
SpecsWho Back row (l. to r.): Dan Pappalardo, ecd, co-founder; Gil Haslam, cd, sports; Whit Friese, cd, entertainment marketing; Dale Everett, cd, brand design. Front row (l. to r.): Reid Thompson, cd,...
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Ready for Takeoff
In 1918, the Shwayder brothers of Denver began to manufacture a newfangled kind of luggage called the “suit case.” Facing no shortage of competition from more established trunk makers, Jesse Shwayder...
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Trailer Mash 11-23-12
What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than with a 3-D movie that uses the medium to artistic ends rather than as a bludgeon with which to bash you into a cinema seat. At least, that is the hope...
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First Mover: Robert McDowell
Specs Age 49Who FCC commissioner; post-election, back in minority as Republican memberFCC stuff can be pretty geeky. You’ve quoted everything from Shakespeare to Star Trek. What we do touches the daily...
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Issue Ads to Go Into Overdrive
So long, Mitt. Hello, “Got Debt?” Spoofs of landmark ads are part of a new campaign from the Fix the Debt group, and they are the tip of a tsunami of legislative-issue messaging that’s expected to...
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The 10 Best Commercials of 2012
After three decades, Sir John Hegarty and Dan Wieden are still trying to one-up each other. That was immediately clear at Cannes this summer when they took the stage together to celebrate the 30th...
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