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I used to shave every day when I indulged in the 9-6 rigmarole of full-time employment till early-2018. And I used to hate that task. I shave once a week now 🙂 To be fair, the devices we use to shave these…
The UK-based wine retailer Laithwaite has released a new ad campaign made by the ad agency RAPP. There are 3 ads in the series and all of them use the same basic narrative device geared towards communicating the ‘Get the wine cellar…
McDonald’s UK has been making Christmas-themed ad films for a long time. For example, in 2016, Leo Burnett London produced the ‘Juliette the Doll’ film that, like Pinocchio, has a wooden puppet doll coming alive. In 2017, McDonald’s UK and Leo Burnett…
This is unlike anything I have seen before! Foot Locker, the American sportswear and footwear retailer, has released a new entertainment hub called ‘The Endless World of Air Max’, dedicated to all things Nike Air Max. What’s truly unique about the hub…
Cadbury’s new “This is not just a Cadbury ad”, wherein, in the garb of a Cadbury’s Celebrations (positioned as Mithai for Deepavali) ad film they showcase names of local stores based on the viewer’s pin code, is one among many recent ads…
UPDATE (Nov. 16, 2020):Mondelez India has made 2 updates: 1. The YouTube video has a more detailed and specific description: 2. There is a simulator to try the idea, as I had suggested in my post below! ORIGINAL POST: “Has this worked…
This is Part 2 of the ‘Creativity in Public Relations’ series. Yesterday’s post: Creativity in Public Relations: Part 1 If you are a computer security company, there are a few ways you can get yourself written about in the media, via your…