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Ford hires comedian Nate Bargatze to sell dealer service, not cars
Ford’s new VML campaign starring Nate Bargatze pushes dealer service and genuine parts as America’s cars get older.
Oct 82 min read


Nutella makes its Super Bowl debut in Ferrero’s $50M-plus 2027 bet
Ferrero will spend more than $50M behind Super Bowl LXI, its biggest-ever marketing investment, with Nutella making its first Big Game appearance.
Oct 82 min read


Goalhanger to take podcast ad sales fully in-house from 2027
Goalhanger, the UK’s fastest-growing podcast producer, is bringing ad sales in-house from January 2027 and will hold a debut ‘Upfronts’.
Oct 83 min read


Vitality recasts Stanley the dachshund as ‘your health’s best friend’
Vitality’s new VCCP platform repositions its long-running mascot Stanley the dachshund as a supportive companion nudging healthier habits.
Oct 82 min read


Napolina’s first Pablo campaign ditches Italian cliche for clumsy British cooks
Napolina’s first work from agency Pablo, ‘Now You’re Cooking’, swaps romanticised Italy for real, hapless British kitchens.
Oct 82 min read


Screwfix turns Mo Farah into a human ‘PING!’ for its Rewards app
Screwfix’s new M+C Saatchi campaign casts Sir Mo Farah as a human notification to make its Rewards loyalty app famous.
Oct 83 min read


Hill Living Magazine Marks First Year With Autumn 2026 Issue for North London
The seasonal print and digital title covering Muswell Hill, Crouch End, Highgate and East Finchley has released its fourth issue, backed by a local primary sponsor and around 40 independent stockists.
Oct 72 min read


Germany's Co-operative Banks Chase Under-30s With a Goal-Led, Social-First Campaign
The Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe has launched its first group-wide campaign, 'Das kriegen WIR hin', built by TLGG and BBDO to win over 18-30s by leading with goals, not products.
Oct 73 min read


Ricola and Jung von Matt Bring Back 'Who Invented It?' for a Generation That Forgot
Ricola and Jung von Matt Limmat are reviving the iconic 'Wer hat's erfunden?' slogan after 12 years, making the fact that younger audiences don't know it the joke.
Oct 73 min read


French Women Want More Women's Sport — and Expect Sponsors to Step Up
A new Alice Milliat Foundation study by Kantar finds 35% of French women want more women's sport but are blocked by a lack of content — and most athletes want sponsors to invest more.
Oct 73 min read


France's 43 Million Daily Listeners Are Blurring Radio, Streaming and Podcasts
Mediametrie's new L'Annee Audio finds 43 million people in France listen to audio daily, mixing radio, streaming and podcasts into one habit advertisers can't silo.
Oct 73 min read


Honda and BBDO Paris Give the Electric WN7 Motorbike a Streetwear Attitude
Honda and BBDO Paris have launched a fashion-led campaign for the WN7, Honda's first mass-market electric motorcycle, aimed at younger, more urban and more female riders.
Oct 73 min read


Brands Have a 'Profit Blind Spot' — and Binet Says Promotions Are the Culprit
New research from Les Binet and Dom Boyd finds brands over-invest in promotions while 75% of marketers can't estimate whether that spend is profitable.
Oct 73 min read


Omnicom Media Wins the British Council's £150m Media Account
Omnicom Media has won the British Council's media account, worth around £150m, after a competitive pitch — adding a major public-sector name to a strong year.
Oct 72 min read


Stagwell Merges Its Media Agencies Into a Single 'Stagwell Media' Network
Stagwell has folded Assembly Global and ADK into a single global network, Stagwell Media, across 50+ markets and built around its AI-powered Machine OS.
Oct 73 min read


Top 5 Reasons Your Marketing Isn't Working
Five honest reasons your marketing probably isn't working, from the team at Merx Marketing — and the straightforward fix for each one.
Oct 63 min read


How to Advertise on Reddit in the UK: A Small Business Guide
Reddit reaches an estimated 33 million people in the UK — its second-largest market after the US — and its self-serve Ads Manager lets any small business run targeted ads from a few pounds a day. Reddit's real edge is intent: you can place ads inside the exact communities and keyword searches where people are already weighing up what to buy. Win by matching the platform's native, no-hype tone and by staying active in the comments after you launch. Why Reddit deserves a place
Oct 65 min read


What Makes Podcast Ads Work as Germany Eyes the Digital Fairness Act
Clear labelling and a credible host are what make podcast advertising work — and as the EU's Digital Fairness Act approaches, that transparency is shifting from best practice to expectation.
Oct 62 min read


Germany's Klopp-Era TV Ratings Slip Below 10 Million for the First Time
The fourth Germany match under coach Jürgen Klopp drew below 10 million TV viewers for the first time (around 9.7 million on RTL), though it still beat ARD's 'Tatort' — a signal for sponsors and broadcasters.
Oct 62 min read


Sparkasse and Scholz & Friends Set Out to Sell Saving to a Younger Germany
Sparkasse and Scholz & Friends are scaling 'Mission Neues Sparen' with giant murals and the 'Die Neusparer' series to sell its S-Neo savings proposition to younger Germans.
Oct 62 min read
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