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Volkswagen Bets on Partnerships, Not Ad Blitzes, to Win American Hearts
VW extended its U.S. Soccer presenting partnership to 2032 and is pouring energy into NBC's centennial. The strategy: emotional connection over one-off blitzes.
Oct 163 min read


Coca-Cola Brings Back Coke Zone to Win Shopper Loyalty
Coca-Cola is reviving its Coke Zone loyalty scheme in the UK, betting that value-hungry shoppers and first-party data make rewards worth doing again.
Oct 163 min read


Deutsche Bank Runs Its First Ads Inside ChatGPT
Deutsche Bank's new wealth campaign, by Philipp und Keuntje, is among the first German efforts to buy in-chat ads on ChatGPT — a glimpse of advertising's next frontier.
Oct 163 min read


Havas Accelerates on a US-Powered Third Quarter
Havas grew net revenue 7.2% to EUR 703m in Q3 2026, with US-led organic growth of 2.4%, and held its full-year guidance. A read on the holding-company landscape.
Oct 163 min read


MediaMarktSaturn's Michael Schuld Named CMO of the Year
MediaMarktSaturn's Michael Schuld took CMO of the Year 2026 in Munich — recognition for making brand marketing matter again at a giant electronics retailer.
Oct 163 min read


Elysium Construction marks ten years with a gala at One Great George Street
Elysium Construction marked ten years with a black-tie gala at the Institution of Civil Engineers — from a one-person start-up in 2016 to principal contractor on major UK energy projects.
Oct 152 min read


How to Advertise on Snapchat in the UK: A Small Business Guide
TL;DR: Snapchat is a low-cost way for UK businesses to reach a young, mobile, hard-to-find audience. Snap's own ad tools reach around 23.9 million people in the UK; you can launch full-screen Snap Ads from roughly £5 a day in Snapchat Ads Manager, target by age, location and interests, and measure sales with the Snap Pixel. It works best for consumer brands selling to the under-35s with native, vertical video. Why Snapchat still belongs in your media plan Snapchat is easy to
Oct 155 min read


What GTA VI teaches marketers about the power of silence
Grand Theft Auto VI is the most anticipated entertainment launch in years, and Rockstar built that frenzy with almost no marketing, a masterclass in scarcity and restraint.
Oct 153 min read


Yazio rebrands around Good Dopamine and daily streaks
Nutrition app Yazio has unveiled a full rebrand around the idea of Good Dopamine, with a new identity and mascot from agency Koto and a Streak Heroes campaign built on habit-forming rewards.
Oct 153 min read


Tedi storms back to TV with a Barbie Girl remix
German discount retailer Tedi has made a loud TV comeback with a colourful, poppy spot built around a remix of Aqua's Barbie Girl, created by Serviceplan.
Oct 152 min read


Zlatan and Tyson Fury break the money taboo for XTB
Investment platform XTB has rolled out its biggest-ever advertising campaign, pairing Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyson Fury to tackle the taboo around talking about money and investing.
Oct 152 min read


Zidane swaps the pitch for padel in a new Adidas line
Zinedine Zidane has launched a signature padel racket line with Adidas, putting one of football's most bankable names behind the sport's fastest-growing racket category.
Oct 153 min read


UEFA hands its national-team marketing to America's Relevent
UEFA has appointed US agency Relevent as the exclusive marketing and sales partner for its national-team competitions from 2028, its second major rights deal with the RedBird-backed firm.
Oct 153 min read


Omaha Steaks cuts the bull to win over Gen Z
Omaha Steaks has launched No Bull, a Gen Z-focused brand campaign from TorchHouse Studio that trades decades of mail-order cliche for plain talk, backed by real service upgrades.
Oct 152 min read


Tesco puts influencers on the shelf in a retail-media shake-up
Tesco Media, powered by dunnhumby, has unveiled its biggest retail-media overhaul yet, adding a new ad platform, shoppable formats, on-site video, in-store influencer content and a new measurement framework.
Oct 153 min read


Deliveroo and Tesco star in their own buddy movie
Deliveroo and Tesco have launched WOOHOO!, a buddy-movie-style campaign from Pablo London marking Tesco groceries, Clubcard prices and points arriving on the Deliveroo app.
Oct 153 min read


Just Eat ditches celebrities for a cast of puppet animals
Just Eat has retired its celebrity ads for stop-motion animal puppets in a new UK brand platform, The Joy of Everyday, made by McCann London.
Oct 153 min read


UK Marketing Budgets Hit Their Highest Level in Over Two Years, Says IPA Bellwether
A third straight quarterly rise, led by PR, events and a nine-quarter high for main media, even as firms stay gloomy about the wider industry.
Oct 155 min read


Why Your Small Business Website Isn’t Winning Customers — and How to Fix It
Four fixable reasons sites lose customers — and why fixing beats rebuilding.
Oct 143 min read


What the Google Ads ‘Partner’ Badge Really Means When You Hire an Agency
The three bars behind the badge — and how to use it when choosing an agency.
Oct 143 min read
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