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A Sharp New Website for Love Grabs Grab Hire
How Merx built a fast, no-nonsense website for Love Grabs — a London grab-hire, muck-away and aggregates operator whose customers decide in seconds.
Oct 213 min read


Inside the New Berati Construction Website We Built
How Merx designed and built a trust-first website for Berati Construction — a London contractor whose portfolio runs from Chelsea refurbishments to new-build care homes and mosques.
Oct 214 min read


Ford Proves the Transit Is Everywhere Using Real Footage
Ford and agency Born Social built a campaign around a simple truth — the Transit is genuinely everywhere — using real-world footage instead of a polished shoot. A lesson in confident simplicity.
Oct 203 min read


Fenty Beauty Crashes Paris Fashion Week With a Creator Watch Party
Fenty Beauty tapped creator Lyas and his live 'Watch Party' format to launch a product around Paris Fashion Week — a smart lesson in borrowing a cultural moment you don't own.
Oct 203 min read


How to Get Your Business Recommended by AI Assistants
More customers are asking AI assistants what to buy and where to go. Here's how to make sure your business is the one they recommend.
Oct 203 min read


Sparkasse Uses Stand-Up Comedy to Talk About Money Worries
Germany's Sparkasse is using a stand-up comedian to tell stories about financial hardship — a bold bet that humour is the way to make an awkward, anxious topic approachable.
Oct 203 min read


Lindt Changes Its Leaders as It Fights to Protect Premium Prices
Lindt is replacing top leaders amid soaring cocoa costs and softer sales — a high-stakes test of whether a premium brand can keep charging more when shoppers are counting every penny.
Oct 203 min read


Mercedes-Benz Doubles Down on Omnicom's Team X Through 2029
Mercedes-Benz has extended its bespoke Omnicom agency, Team X, to 2029 — a vote of confidence in the 'custom agency' model quietly reshaping how big brands buy marketing.
Oct 203 min read


Motel One Ditches the Deals for Its First Real Brand Campaign
Under new CMO Susan Schramm, budget-design hotel chain Motel One is running its first big brand campaign — betting that emotion, not performance marketing, wins the next generation of guests.
Oct 203 min read


Applebee's New CMO Is Betting Brand Can Beat Discounting
Applebee's CMO says standing out in a value-obsessed restaurant market takes more than price cuts. A new agency partnership signals a bet on brand over endless discounting.
Oct 203 min read


Free People Handed a Pop Star the Keys — and Most of the Control
Free People gave musician Willow genuine creative control in a new tie-up it calls 'cultural co-authorship' — a bet that giving up control is the price of credibility with young audiences.
Oct 203 min read


Marriott Bonvoy Let Creators Build a Global Campaign in Four Weeks
Marriott Bonvoy produced campaign assets for 23 destinations in about four weeks using creators — proof that influencer marketing is now a production engine, not just a reach channel.
Oct 203 min read


Polymarket Signs LeBron and Spike Lee to Build Its Own Ad Universe
Prediction-market platform Polymarket is signing A-list celebrities into comedic 'Squads' ads — a lesson in how challenger brands build their own entertainment instead of buying attention.
Oct 203 min read


Aviva Reinvents Monopoly to Get Britain Talking About Menopause
Aviva's first work with Saatchi & Saatchi turns Monopoly into a menopause conversation starter — a smart lesson in making brand purpose genuinely useful.
Oct 204 min read


Vaude Rewrites Its Green Claims Before the EU Forces Everyone To
Outdoor brand Vaude overhauls how it talks about sustainability to meet tough new EU anti-greenwashing rules — and turns compliance into credibility.
Oct 193 min read


Sixt and Liquid Death Make the Strangest Buddy Ad of the Year
German rental giant Sixt teams up with cult water brand Liquid Death for a gleefully strange US campaign — and a masterclass in brand co-marketing.
Oct 192 min read


CUPRA Crashes the Paris Motor Show From the Rooftop
Challenger car brand CUPRA makes its Paris Motor Show debut with a literal rooftop stand, refusing to play by the conventions of the hall below.
Oct 192 min read


Adidas and ASOS Turn Paris Into a Pop-Up for 'Collection 05'
Adidas Originals and ASOS bring their fifth collaboration to a four-day Champs-Elysees pop-up, powered by a fast, data-led 'Test & React' model.
Oct 193 min read


Dove Men+Care Suits Up for New York Comic Con With a 'Max Pack'
Dove Men+Care taps fan culture at New York Comic Con 2026, bringing 'maximum protection' to superfans with a themed activation.
Oct 192 min read


American Express Loses Its Marketing Chief of 37 Years
American Express global CMO Elizabeth Rutledge, a 37-year company veteran, will retire in 2027, ending an era of marketing continuity.
Oct 192 min read
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