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Oura signs Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz ahead of the US Open
Oura signed Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz ahead of the 2026 US Open — wearables muscling into premium sports sponsorship by selling recovery as a lifestyle.
Aug 182 min read


Chevrolet, Nike and Devin Booker drop Impala-inspired 'Book 2' sneakers
Chevrolet, Nike and Devin Booker's Impala-inspired Book 2 sneakers show an automaker using sneaker culture and staggered drops to reach young audiences.
Aug 183 min read


Publicis London hires two creative directors as it rebuilds its bench
Publicis London has hired creative directors David Anderson and Ian Brassett — a talent-side signal the network's UK flagship is chasing creative reputation.
Aug 182 min read


VCCP wins Sekonda as its new-business machine rolls on
Sekonda has appointed VCCP as its creative agency after a pitch — another win for 2026's busiest UK new-business machine.
Aug 182 min read


Samsung imagines a lifetime of fatherhood for 'Life's Little Moments'
Samsung's 'Life's Little Moments' for the Galaxy Z Fold8, by PR agency Taylor Herring, sells foldables through fatherhood — emotion over specs.
Aug 183 min read


St Luke's keeps South Western Railway and says 'spread your wings again'
St Luke's retained South Western Railway and launched 'Spread your wings again', reviving its CGI 'bird-fluencers' — a lesson in protecting distinctive assets.
Aug 182 min read


iD Mobile builds 'Mugsville' with a deadpan Diane Morgan
iD Mobile's 'Mugsville', narrated by Diane Morgan via Trouble Maker, turns the cost-of-living squeeze into comedy — and names the mobile category's villain.
Aug 183 min read


ASOS revives its magazine on Substack in a content-commerce bet
ASOS is reviving ASOS Magazine on Substack for 'Autumn 26' — a content-commerce bet that owned editorial beats paid social for fashion consideration.
Aug 183 min read


Three's 'Let Fun In' is VodafoneThree's first big brand reset
Three's 'Let Fun In', by Wonderhood Studios, is VodafoneThree's first big brand reset — and a bet that Gen Z distinctiveness beats safe, post-merger category messaging.
Aug 183 min read


Why Mainova's agency 'win' was really about not losing
Frankfurt utility Mainova keeps incumbent media agency Dunkelgrün after a multi-stage pitch — a lesson in defending the client you already have.
Aug 172 min read


KFC's 'Coq au Vin': how a wine nickname became a pop-up
KFC UK turns La Vieille Ferme's 'Chicken Wine' nickname into a four-day 'Coq au Vin' wine bar in Shoreditch.
Aug 173 min read


TankTank lands Bioland's EU-funded organic push
Hamburg agency TankTank wins an EU-wide tender to run Bioland's three-year 'Grenzenlos Bio' organic campaign.
Aug 172 min read


Crocs hatches Niles: its first mascot bets on character-led social
Crocs' first-ever mascot, Niles, is a bet that a recurring social character beats one-off ads in the Gen Z era.
Aug 173 min read


Panera poaches Cava's Andy Rebhun as CMO to steer its turnaround
Panera Bread has hired Cava's marketing chief Andy Rebhun as CMO — a bet that modern, loyalty-led marketing can power its turnaround, days after announcing a Boston HQ move.
Aug 143 min read


Markenzeichen wins Fraport's marketing account
The agency Markenzeichen has won the marketing account for Fraport, operator of Frankfurt Airport — a win that spotlights the steady value of corporate and infrastructure brand work.
Aug 143 min read


VML Germany loses creative chief Simona Suman — and won't replace the role
VML Germany's chief creative officer Simona Suman has left — and the agency won't replace the role directly, a small move that reveals how WPP's networks are reshaping creative leadership.
Aug 143 min read


Foot Locker's 'It Will Always Be Foot Locker' bets on its stripes
Foot Locker's new 'It Will Always Be Foot Locker' platform, starring Method Man, turns its striped uniform into a heritage-led bet on cultural authority — a masterclass in distinctive assets.
Aug 143 min read


Hiscox retains Uncommon and pivots from campaign-led to 'always-on'
Hiscox has retained Uncommon Creative Studio after a review and is shifting from campaign-led bursts to an 'always-on' model — here's what the pivot really means for marketers.
Aug 143 min read


Lacoste sets its crocodile loose in a retro-anime summer series
Lacoste has turned its crocodile into the animated hero of a 1980s-anime-style summer series on Instagram — a lesson in why heritage brands are casting their logos, not just stamping them.
Aug 143 min read


Rennie's 'Stop the Blame Game': McCann London turns trapped wind into comedy
Bayer's Rennie leans into Britain's oldest social fib — blaming the dog — in a cheeky three-month campaign from McCann London built around its new Wind Relief Pro product.
Aug 143 min read
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