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Ikea and thjnk Celebrate the PAX Wardrobe's Longevity in 'Gemacht fürs Leben'
Ikea and thjnk's 'Gemacht fürs Leben' dramatises durability by following one wardrobe across life stages — a lesson in making an abstract benefit felt, and selling sustainability through emotion.
Sep 82 min read


Club Med and BETC Launch a Global 'The Art of Free Time' Platform
Club Med and BETC have launched a global 'The Art of Free Time' platform, reframing luxury around time rather than opulence — a textbook challenger move.
Sep 83 min read


BoursoBank and Buzzman Say Recommending the Whole Bank Simply Takes Time
BoursoBank's new Buzzman campaign dramatises the breadth of its offer through the passage of time — and leans into word-of-mouth, the force that really sells banks.
Sep 83 min read


CCMO Mutuelle Marks 80 Years by Casting Eight of Its Own Employees
CCMO Mutuelle marked its 80th anniversary with a Youmeno campaign starring eight of its own staff — authenticity that a member-owned insurer's national rivals can't buy.
Sep 82 min read


Audemars Piguet Shoots Real, Not AI, in a Craftsmanship Campaign
Audemars Piguet and Bonjour Paris built a campaign that deliberately rejects AI and 3D in favour of physical sets and real cameras — proof that for craft brands, the medium must match the message.
Sep 82 min read


Direct Assurance Breaks From Its Low-Cost Image With a First Brand Film
Direct Assurance has launched its first-ever brand film via Artefact 3000 to trade up from a low-cost image — and it earned the reposition with an 11-point jump in post-claim satisfaction.
Sep 83 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.
Sep 83 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.
Sep 83 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.
Sep 82 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.
Sep 83 min read


Neiman Marcus Debuts a 'Signature Style' Fall Campaign Under New Owner
Neiman Marcus has launched 'Signature Style', its first major seasonal campaign under new parent Exemplar Luxury Group — a bet on human styling as the moat a marketplace can't copy.
Sep 82 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.
Sep 82 min read


Campbell's Cuts 13% of Salaried Staff and Reworks Its Marketing
The Campbell's Company is cutting 13% of salaried staff and reprioritising marketing behind core brands — and that's exactly the opening challengers wait for.
Sep 82 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.
Sep 83 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.
Sep 73 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.
Sep 73 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.
Sep 73 min read


Pop Up Influence Rebrands as 'Maison Cassirame' and Pivots From Influence to Services
A telling repositioning as pure-play influencer shops move up the value chain into fuller-service models — a barometer of the French influence market.
Sep 73 min read


SodaStream Picks Independent B-Corp Agency Notchup to Activate Its Concentrates Range
A fresh French agency win for a challenger FMCG brand — notable because it goes to an independent, B-Corp-certified shop rather than a network.
Sep 73 min read


Keepcool and Neoness Sign Judo Champion Teddy Riner as Ambassador
A blue-chip French sports-celebrity endorsement in the fast-consolidating budget-gym sector — timely amid renewed post-Olympics fitness demand.
Sep 73 min read
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