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My Code Adds Three C-Suite Leaders as the Multicultural Media Firm Bets on Video
My Code, billed as the largest US multicultural media and marketing company, has appointed a new chief revenue officer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer as it pushes deeper into video and CTV.
Sep 93 min read


Hyundai's 'Little Warrior' Campaign Casts Childhood-Cancer Survivors as Heroes — and Shows No Cars
For Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, Hyundai's Hope on Wheels program launched 'Little Warrior', a campaign centred entirely on young cancer survivors with no vehicles in the creative.
Sep 93 min read


Dunkin' Reunites Two Spice Girls (Plus Rachel Dratch) for Pumpkin Spice Season
Dunkin' has kicked off its fall campaign by reuniting Baby Spice and Ginger Spice with comedian Rachel Dratch, cast as 'Pumpkin Spice, the long-lost sixth member', paired with a free-drink offer.
Sep 93 min read


Duolingo Launches a 'Phonetic' Fashion Line for the Luxury Brands You Can't Pronounce
Duolingo has debuted a fashion capsule and a New York Fashion Week pop-up built around teaching people to correctly pronounce hard-to-say luxury names like Hermès.
Sep 93 min read


Accenture Names Workday's Emma Chalwin as Global Chief Marketing Officer
Accenture has appointed Emma Chalwin, currently CMO of Workday, as its new global chief marketing officer, reporting directly to Chair and CEO Julie Sweet.
Sep 93 min read


Boston Beer Poaches Samsung's US Marketing Chief Allison Stransky as CMO
The Boston Beer Company has appointed Allison Stransky, most recently head of US marketing at Samsung Electronics America, as its new chief marketing officer, effective 12 October 2026.
Sep 93 min read


76% of UK Business Leaders Think Marketers Overstate Their Revenue Impact, Propolis Finds
New research from B2B community Propolis finds most UK business leaders believe marketing overstates its contribution to revenue and needs to speak the language of business.
Sep 93 min read


WPP Seeks to Offload Its London South Bank Campus Under Cindy Rose's 'Elevate28' Plan
WPP is looking to offload its London South Bank campus as part of CEO Cindy Rose's 'Elevate28' strategy of real-estate rationalisation and simplification.
Sep 92 min read


Clearcast Moves Into Digital Ad Clearance With AI Tools 'iClear' and 'allClear'
Clearcast, the UK's TV-ad clearance body, is extending into digital for the first time with an AI pre-screening tool, iClear, and a human review service, allClear, to check campaigns against the CAP Code.
Sep 93 min read


Stanley Tucci Becomes Birra Moretti Ambassador — By Refusing to Appear in the Ad
Heineken-owned Birra Moretti has named Stanley Tucci its UK and Ireland brand ambassador with an unconventional twist — the star deliberately misses the shoot because he is too busy enjoying life.
Sep 93 min read


Boots Unveils New 'Give It Some' Brand Platform in a Rallying Cry From CMO Charlotte Lock
Boots has rolled out a new brand platform, 'Give It Some', celebrating life's beautiful and brutal moments and positioning the retailer as a support system across health, beauty and wellness.
Sep 93 min read


Primark Launches £10 Activewear Sub-Brand 'Form' With a Trope-Busting VCCP Campaign
Primark has launched a dedicated activewear sub-brand, Primark Form, backed by a VCCP campaign that mocks the po-faced conventions of premium sportswear advertising at a £10 price point.
Sep 93 min read


Chief Client Officer Percy Smend Leaves WPP Germany
Percy Smend, Chief Client Officer of WPP Germany, is departing — a senior exit worth watching for what it signals about holding-company client relationships amid industry upheaval.
Sep 82 min read


Serviceplan Culture Partners With OG Collective to Build Gaming Expertise
Serviceplan Culture has partnered with esports outfit OG Collective to deepen its gaming marketing — a reminder that you can't fake a subculture, so borrow authenticity from those who belong.
Sep 82 min read


Publicis Media Study Maps What Actually Makes Advertising Creative for German Audiences
Publicis Media's 'Wirksam kreativ' study finds 61% of Germans consider ad creativity important, with humour and unconventionality the top markers — ammunition against algorithmically safe sameness.
Sep 82 min read


Most German Agencies Welcome the New EU AI-Labelling Rules, GWA Survey Finds
A GWA survey finds around two-thirds of German agencies view the EU's new AI-labelling rules positively — and the 'advising clients' gap is where the real business opportunity sits.
Sep 82 min read


Hirschtec Joins Munich's Venitus Group in an Internal-Comms Consolidation
Hamburg intranet and AI-workplace specialist Hirschtec has been acquired by Munich's Venitus group — a marker that internal communications is becoming a market worth investing in.
Sep 82 min read


Six German Digital Agencies Merge to Form Friends Digital Group
Friendventure's Julian Hansmann has bundled six owner-managed German digital agencies into Friends Digital Group — the squeezed middle of the agency market answering scale with consolidation.
Sep 82 min read


Sparda-Bank München Debuts With Agency Twentyrising in an 'Oberhammer Oberbayern' Music Video
Sparda-Bank München's 'Oberhammer Oberbayern' music video — its first work with Twentyrising — turns regional pride into its hook, then buys Twitch and TikTok to reach a younger audience.
Sep 82 min read


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
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