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Chick-fil-A Drops The Richards Group After More Than 2 Decades
Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has dropped The Richards Group as its longtime creative agency of record after 22 years in favor of a multi-agency roster including McCann Worldgroup and Erich &...
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General Mills Launches a Closed U.S. Creative and Content Agency Review
Multinational food manufacturing giant General Mills has launched a comprehensive review affecting all of its creative and content agency relationships in the United States. The company, which...
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Guns Don't Kill People. Toddlers With Guns Kill People, Says This PSA From...
McCann New York is taking a satirically Swiftian approach with its latest PSA for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Titled "Keep America Safe," the ad highlights toddler gun violence by...
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Godiva's New Box of Chocolates Will Be Gifted 4 Times, Thanks to Some Clever...
Here's a neat product from Godiva that bakes generosity right into the packaging. McCann New York worked with the Belgian chocolatier to create "The Box that Keeps Giving." It's a kind of Russian...
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U.S. Army Launches Full Agency Review for Account Worth Up to $4 Billion
This week the U.S. Army issued an RFP for full-service agencies to handle its marketing efforts. The review initially launched in late 2014 but saw significant delays after the organization chose to...
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New York Lottery Winner Walks Rescue Dogs in McCann's Goofy, Goodhearted Pitch
Winning the lottery doesn't just mean you can live that gaudy and gilded lifestyle you've always wanted. It means you'll finally have time for all that super-important charity work you've been...
View ArticleIkea Will No Longer Use Plastic Bags or Straws
Our planet is facing a full-on plastic crisis, and companies are taking notice, as well as taking measures to reduce their carbon footprint. Ikea has announced it will no longer use plastic bags,...
View ArticleCats Are Great at Multiplying but Terrible at Math, Says This PSA That Urges...
Here are some staggering feline facts: A female cat at 4 months old can start having kittens, producing as many as four litters a year for as long as a decade. The result in even a few years is...
View ArticleWPP Parts With Former JWT CEO Gustavo Martinez 2 Months After Settling Sexual...
More than two years after a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Gustavo Martinez upended the ad industry and two months following the settlement of said suit, WPP and the former JWT CEO have...
View ArticleTalk Is Cheap: It’s Time for Advertising to Make Moves Toward Becoming More...
In recent weeks, several different incidents across the country, from a local Starbucks to an Airbnb rental, have once again cast a national spotlight on the implicit bias challenge facing us as a...
View ArticleThe White House Unveils Partnership With Truth Initiative and Ad Council to...
The Truth Initiative, Ad Council and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) unveiled a collaborative effort this morning, along with its first series of national public awareness ads, to...
View ArticleInstagram Added @Mention Sharing to Photos, Videos in Stories
Instagram announced that starting Thursday, when users are @ mentioned in other users' Stories, they will be able to share those photos or videos in their own Stories. Users who are mentioned will...
View ArticleWPP’s Wunderman Appoints New President of Chicago Office After Former Left in...
WPP's Wunderman announced today the appointment of Ian Sohn to president of its Chicago office. Sohn, who hails from SapientRazorfish, where he was most recently managing director of Chicago, is set to...
View ArticleFacebook Launched Its Level Up Program for New Gaming Content Creators
Facebook's Gaming Creator Pilot Program officially launched in January with the goal of helping video game content creators grow an audience on the social network. Now, Facebook revealed a Level Up...
View ArticleSeatGeek Has Begun Selling Tickets Directly via Snapchat
Mobile-focused ticketing platform SeatGeek became the first company to sell tickets directly via Snapchat when it offered seats to a Major League Soccer match directly via the messaging application...
View ArticleCoke Created a Sweet Message of Solidarity for Muslims Fasting During Ramadan
Advertisers may be known for jumping on just about every major holiday, but Ramadan has traditionally been an exception--likely because, as a month dedicated to fasting and self-denial, it represents...
View ArticleBudweiser Campaign Champions Epic Underdog Vegas Golden Knights
A new spot by Budweiser is a heartwarming reminder you don't have to take home the trophy to be a winner. Now that the NHL season has drawn to a close, Budweiser is raising a glass to the Vegas Golden...
View ArticlePaypal Built An Artist-Created Pop-Up Bodega Shop In SoHo To Show How People...
Interested in commerce? Executives from Zappos, Facebook and other companies will be speaking at Adweek Ignite: Ecommerce July 10-12 in Seattle--apply here to attend. PayPal is opening a temporary...
View ArticleNasty Ocean Pollution Gets the Pretty Tourism Treatment for World Oceans Day
A sobering statistic about ocean pollution: By 2050, there will be more plastic and trash in the world's oceans than fish. Today, on World Oceans Day, Brooklyn-based indie Conquistadors created a...
View ArticleVerizon Gets a New CEO as the Race to 5G Heats Up
Verizon is tapping a new leader as it heads toward a pivotal juncture in the future of wireless service. The country's biggest cell carrier announced on Friday that its current chief technology...
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