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Parenting retailer Mothercare is championing post-birth bodies in an ad campaign that breaks stereotypes about new mums: buff.ly/2GGyXI1
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Ad of the Day: Ikea's striking print ads highlight the benefits of sleep by comparing it to fad products that promise the same restorative results but rarely deliver bit.ly/3kynr18 via @motherlondon
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Capital Liverpool launches with TV ad campaign featuring Justin Bieber bit.ly/209BCtW @CapitalOfficial
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Tesco is calling on retailers to better represent the nation as it becomes the first UK supermarket to launch a diverse range of skin tone plasters buff.ly/2vew3FY
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Pepsi partners Global Citizen and Lady Gaga for concert to raise funds for World Health Organization buff.ly/2Vf8Nk7
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Justin Bieber will feature in a digital outdoor campaign by Universal Media and Capital FM bit.ly/1Lgb47e
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Capital Liverpool launches with TV ad campaign featuring Justin Bieber bit.ly/209BCtW @CapitalOfficial
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Just published: Supermarket brands to unite against racism in Channel 4 ad break takeover - Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Iceland, M&S, Tesco and Waitrose & Partners to show consecutive ads after Sainsbury's Xmas ad was targeted for racial abuse campaignlive.co.uk/article/s…
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Princess of Wales launches short film to spotlight childhood development @WonderhoodHQ buff.ly/3Ds8Hg6
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KFC says "We're sorry" for its chicken shortage in a blunt ad by @motherlondon #Chickengate bit.ly/2EMLRmW
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On Mother's Day, giant inflatable breasts appeared across London's skyline as part of @elvie's campaign to fight the stigma around breastfeeding and pumping in public: buff.ly/2Us36RD via @motherlondon #freethefeed
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AC Milan's mission to redefine the sport experience with unprecedented entertainment union buff.ly/2ANcIyI
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Ad of the Day: Bloody Good Period’s catchy music video aims to erase period shame once and for all bit.ly/2SBBvON via @motherlondon
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Harry & Meghan partner with M&C Saatchi on social media harms campaign buff.ly/3LWmlMn
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Harry & Meghan partner with @MCSaatchiLondon on social media harms campaign buff.ly/4fAe12A
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To mark World Oceans Day @corona constructed a sculpture of a crashing wave from plastic collected in the UK bit.ly/2MjgReB via @WiedenKennedy
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Ad of the Day: Coca-Cola has made recycling bins easier to find with its new billboards buff.ly/2MoXDID via @PublicisItaly
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Created in collaboration with mixologists, Coca-Cola is launching a selection of mixers designed to be paired with dark spirits buff.ly/2IW2YVb
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Watch this year’s much anticipated John Lewis Christmas ad starring Elton John, now: buff.ly/2Pw5Zz9 #johnlewischristmasadvert @jlandpartners @eltonofficial #eltonjohnlewis
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Lidl has enlisted pop artist KT Tunstall to perform at a series of gigs across Scotland as the supermarket opens its 100th store there buff.ly/33vb7G6
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Here’s to the Crazy One. The misfit. The rebel. The ad-maker. The round peg in a square industry. A tribute to the shy, retiring Lee Clow: buff.ly/2V4GlzT
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Ad of the Day: @McDonalds elegant print ads remind night owls that it's open late bit.ly/2NnYB7A via @TBWA_PARIS
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"A lot of agencies tend to cover up the office culture with perks: 'I know things are tough but, hey, look, we have a football table.'" The ad industry's broken business model is breaking talent: buff.ly/2FPIdcl
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Parenting retailer Mothercare is championing post-birth bodies in an ad campaign that breaks stereotypes about new mums: buff.ly/2BXJXfO
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Industry veterans give adland juniors ‘a shoulder to cry on’ with free mentorship scheme buff.ly/3ptcQ9F
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Led By Donkeys invites public to design new ads, with Armando Iannucci and David Schneider judging the competition buff.ly/2nFX1Ck
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Ad of the day: Nokia shows the close relationship between a grandmother and her grandson in a campaign telling people to switch off their phones for Christmas bit.ly/2BxOoN1 via @motherlondon
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Ad of the day: A gang of stylish ghosts brighten up a dull house party in this new @IKEAUK campaign that's all about home textiles bit.ly/2vr9ld0 via @motherlondon
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Ad of the Day: @marmite explosive out-of-home ads warn tasters of its new chili-infused Dynamite spread to handle the product with care (by @aandeddb) buff.ly/2MXZ3Lc
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Led By Donkeys has launched a competition to design the creative for its new UK outdoor campaign, with triter and director Armando Iannucci and comedian and actor David Schneider judging the competition buff.ly/2nJWa3I
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“Advertising is dead. Advertising is all about storytelling, so I say storytelling is dead. The future is storymaking," Raja Rajamannar, Mastercard CMO, says buff.ly/307d0Ld
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"Just 4% of advertising is remembered positively, 7% is remembered negatively, but a whopping 89% isn’t noticed or remembered".
Context is all, @davetrott writes: buff.ly/2CV8t0U
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Our Love & Hate issue is out now, including our exclusive interview with Nigel Farage on using advertising principles to build a brand buff.ly/32wmBtk
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Ad of the day: Plastic Oceans UK and @TBWALONDON served battered plastic in a local chippie to highlight the urgent threat to oceans if plastic pollution continues buff.ly/2TCNg3q
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Patagonia, the outdoor clothing brand, has opened a coffee shop for environmental activists and those wishing to learn more about the climate crisis buff.ly/2nGESUX
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The shape of ice cream is cleverly integrated in these elegant outdoor ads for @MagnumGlobal, illustrated by French artist @Thomas_Danthony bit.ly/2vt3UKJ via @LOLAmullenlowe
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McDonald's to reduce plastic use by almost 500 tonnes in packaging revamp. The changes mean that all main-meal and side-salad options at the fast-food chain will now be served in cardboard containers, which McDonald's said are 100% recyclable buff.ly/2KBAZeb
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"Just 4% of advertising is remembered positively, 7% is remembered negatively, but a whopping 89% isn’t noticed or remembered".
Context is all, @davetrott writes: buff.ly/2G3mT32
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Alexander Nix withdraws from Cannes Lions line-up. The ex Cambridge Analytica boss was due to speak on Thursday buff.ly/2Iro2Bv
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🎙Campaign podcast – @JohnCleese on why 'advertising is like a very good crossword': buff.ly/3jBYSTC @katemagee
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Ad of the Day: John Lewis celebrates the reopening of its Edinburgh shop with ads featuring quirky takes on the city's famous vistas by artist Marc Burckhardt bit.ly/3finj5U via @aandeddb
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. @C4Gogglebox's @Stephenwebb71 and @ChrissySteed launch @EE TV with @kevinbacon campaignlive.co.uk/news/1335…
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Visa renames Southgate tube station 'Gareth' to welcome England football team home bit.ly/2JrjRmD
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Why being "bored" is not good enough: a response to Justin Tindall's diversity comment by @CheilUK's ECD bit.ly/2gPI1vt
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. @NikeUK's 'Nothing beats a Londoner' is our top film ad in 2018. Watch the other top 15 film ads, here: buff.ly/2EqmKFc
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Mother has created a campaign for Samaritans that features messages from real men who have experienced depression and suicide attempts, using their own handwriting: buff.ly/2JmHPVm
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The UK Creative Agency of the Year is @uncommon_LDN #CampaignAOY
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Throughout history, women have been sidelined and sometimes forgotten completely. For #Campaign50 we pay tribute to The unsung women of advertising: buff.ly/2pG18MD #TimesUp #UnsungWomen #MondayMotivation
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Ad of the day: The Women's Equality Party is running this satirical campaign during Trump's visit to the UK this week bit.ly/2L3h1ZL via @nowfeed
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Nike put up a giant billboard in Turin to celebrate Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Juventus bit.ly/2Lyrg4j via @WiedenKennedy
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Throughout history, women have been sidelined and sometimes forgotten completely. For #Campaign50 we pay tribute to The unsung women of advertising: buff.ly/2pG18MD #TimesUp #UnsungWomen
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The people who brought us the "Go Home" poster vans stepped back into the fray this week by going public about the new ingredient of their ongoing campaign to reduce knife crime. Is putting #knifefree ads in chicken shops 'crude' and 'offensive'? buff.ly/2Z0BJBh
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How 84 male-suicide statues on the ITV Tower led to 34% more people reaching out for help bit.ly/2LNyfYB
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Martin Freeman gets caught up in a festive love story for @VodafoneUK's Christmas campaign bit.ly/2ykvwTw by @OgilvyUK
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.@Reddit launches first UK brand campaign, hires Tinder marketing director: buff.ly/3ibGP5t @roxyyoung @RGA
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Ad of the day: @MagnumGlobal's elegant outdoor ads were illustrated by a French artist known for his bold compositions bit.ly/2vt3UKJ via @LOLAmullenlowe
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Congratulations to our very own @gurjitdegun and @simongwynn who have been promoted to news editor and deputy news editor, respectively. Find their contact details here: campaignlive.co.uk/contact
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Airbnb is offering an overnight stay in the original Spice Girls bus. Guests can browse through old magazines and CDs to help recreate the 1990s era buff.ly/2VJW5wT
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How 84 male-suicide statues on the ITV Tower led to 34% more people reaching out for help bit.ly/2LNyfYB
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Ad of the Day: Ikea asks shoppers to travel to its most sustainable store in the most sustainable way buff.ly/2Ks6S9J via @motherlondon
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These McDonald's billboards show the lights of cars making up the icons of a burger and fries buff.ly/2qTxJzB
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Ad of the Day: @marmite's explosive ads warn fans to handle its chili-infused Dynamite spread with care bit.ly/3tOuIiJ via @aandeddb
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Friends and admirers of Murray Calder have paid tribute to 'a giant of the Scottish marketing industry' after the popular media strategist died at the age of 51 buff.ly/2PKhuo2
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“All creative people just want to work in a place where they have the conditions to express themselves. The model that provides those conditions will be the one that wins.” - @AMV_BBDO's executive creative director at #CamBreakfast
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Best ads in 50 years: Araldite's Instagrammable-before-Instagram billboard buff.ly/2IXFLPG #campaign50
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John Lewis and Waitrose bring kids together for an epic performance of #BohemianRhapsody in the brands' first joint ad bit.ly/2PwH9uH via @aandeddb
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Ad of the day: @NikeUK captures the fiercely competitive spirit of London in this joyful ad by @W2Optimism #LDNR bit.ly/2BlsMFy
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McDonald’s UK is making changes to the packaging for its McFlurry ice-creams, salad bowls and salad shaker cups that it said would save 485 tonnes (485,000kg) of plastic annually buff.ly/2RyhqV2
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Boots Soltan's first major marketing campaign uses striking images of children to illustrate the permanence of sun damage bit.ly/2L8sm70 via @OgilvyUK
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Congratulations to: @OpenX
For winning Campaign Ad Net Zero's SSustainability Best Practice Award - Adtech Services
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Women: I wonder if there’s a deo that doesn’t stain m–
Sure exec: A MAN SHOULD INSPECT & MONITOR.
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Sure exec: ADULT WOMEN LOVE ZAYN MALIK. SUMMON ZAYN.
Women: *Raise arms in despair*
Lazy stereotypes are the pits: buff.ly/2PTXFJP
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Ad of the Day: Bodyform's bold follow-up to 2019's 'Viva la vulva' chronicles 'womb stories' in all their emotional complexities buff.ly/3gsLaxP
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“We're the generation who invented rave culture, but advertising thinks we're cholesterol-riddled harpies who can eat only soft food.” @vickimaguire137 on ageism in advertising buff.ly/2LlSbVy
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