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Alzheimer's Society Puts the Carer Centre-Stage in Its Latest 'A Personal Appeal'
Alzheimer's Society has launched the second film in 'A Personal Appeal', shifting to a husband and carer — and pairing the emotion with the stark fact that only 23% of the public understand what dementia is.
5 days ago3 min read


Jellyfish Hires Seun Odeneye as Chief Media Officer to Drive an AI-Led Media Push
Brandtech Group's Jellyfish has hired Seun Odeneye from IPG as chief media officer to embed AI across its media practice — a talent move that signals where the media market is tilting.
5 days ago2 min read


The Academy Launches an Advertising Division Led by Dave Dye
London agency The Academy has launched a dedicated advertising division led by renowned art director Dave Dye — a bet on human craft as AI floods the market with sameness.
5 days ago2 min read


Arla Launches Its Long-Term 'Feed Life' Masterbrand Platform
Arla Foods UK has unveiled 'Feed Life', a long-term masterbrand platform uniting Cravendale, Arla Protein and Skyr, launching with a Droga5 breakfast campaign — a bet that the whole is worth more than the sub-brands.
5 days ago3 min read


Whiskas Dares Channel 4 to Rename '8 Out of 10 Cats' to '9 Out of 10 Cats'
Whiskas has launched a cheeky earned-media stunt urging Channel 4 to rename '8 Out of 10 Cats', backed by a Battersea donation of up to £20,000 — a masterclass in stunts rooted in a real brand truth.
5 days ago3 min read


Argos Turns Connie and Trevor Into Mafia Bosses to Prove It's 'Not Just for Toys'
Argos has recast mascots Connie and Trevor as mafia bosses in a new T&P campaign to shake off the 'just toys' perception — a smart lesson in making distinctive assets do commercial work.
5 days ago3 min read


AstraZeneca Uses an AI-Generated Llama to Break Pharma's Ad Clichés
AstraZeneca has built a 'wonderfully weird' campaign for its COPD inhaler Breztri around an AI-generated llama — proof that AI creative has crossed into even the most cautious categories.
5 days ago2 min read


Popeyes Launches Its 'THAT Chicken' Brand Platform via GUT
Popeyes has rolled out 'THAT Chicken from Popeyes', its first major platform from agency GUT — a lesson in winning a crowded category through ownable specifics.
5 days ago2 min read


Axe Revives Its Y2K Body Sprays With a Nostalgia Play for Gen Z
Unilever's Axe has relaunched three early-2000s fragrances with a social-first campaign that turns grown men back into their teenage selves — and the tagline is the masterstroke.
5 days ago3 min read


Thomas' Recruits Cecily Strong to Make America 'Morning People'
Thomas' has enlisted Cecily Strong for a 21-day 'Join the Morning People' breakfast challenge — proof that participation compounds where impressions evaporate.
5 days ago2 min read


Modelo Bets Bigger on College Football With a 'Tradition' Campaign
Modelo has raised its college football media investment 18% for a 'Tradition' campaign — but the school-specific packaging, not the ad spend, is the real move.
5 days ago2 min read


Calvin Klein Taps Sadie Sink for Its Next 'Feel the Fit' Denim Chapter
Calvin Klein has made Sadie Sink the face of the second chapter of its Fall 2026 'Feel the Fit' denim campaign — and the serialised format is the real strategy.
5 days ago3 min read


Comscore Starts Measuring Sponsored Ads Inside ChatGPT
Comscore has extended its AI Intelligence suite to measure sponsored ads inside ChatGPT — the clearest sign yet that the AI answer box is becoming a media channel.
5 days ago3 min read


Germany's Summer 2026 'Ad Favourites' Study Lands, Framed by the World Cup and the Discounter Ad War
A quarterly read on which brands are actually cutting through emotionally in Germany — and how the 2026 World Cup reshaped brand attention.
6 days ago3 min read


Agency Rescue: Vasata Schröder Takes Over Insolvent Creative Shop Häppy
A tangible marker of the squeeze on German creative agencies — a rescue-by-acquisition that keeps the Häppy brand alive under a bigger roof.
6 days ago3 min read


Adtech Consolidation: Carbon-Measurement Firm Pyure Buys klima&so to Build an 'Eco-Media' Player
As advertisers face pressure to report campaign CO2, a bigger German player is forming — a martech/sustainability niche that's quietly becoming a buying criterion.
6 days ago3 min read


Taco Bell Picks a Berlin Agency for Its German Market Entry This Autumn
A fresh international launch account on German soil — a challenger-brand story in a QSR market dominated by McDonald's and Burger King.
6 days ago3 min read


KiK Ditches the Film Shoot: The Discounter's New TV Spots Are Made Entirely With Generative AI
One of the most concrete 'AI replaces the production shoot' cases from a mainstream German advertiser — a live test of cost, quality and where humans still sit.
6 days ago3 min read


O2 Telefónica Invents 'Mehrbilfunk' in a Big-Budget Push Beyond Mobile
A deliberate identity stretch by Germany's No. 3 telco — and the flagship output of its Publicis/Leo lead-agency era.
6 days ago3 min read


Lyon Comms Group Ceetadel Takes On Azulis Capital to Fund an AI and Data Expansion
More evidence of investor money flowing into French independent comms groups specifically to fund AI and data capability.
6 days ago3 min read
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