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Hargreaves Lansdown Calls Out 'Inactive Banks' in Its Biggest Savings Push
Hargreaves Lansdown has launched its biggest savings campaign to date, urging people not to tolerate 'inactive banks' that leave cash earning poor returns.
Sep 153 min read


McVitie's Bets Millions on 'Together' — Britishness as a Brand Strategy
Pladis-owned McVitie's has launched a multi-million-pound 'Together' campaign that leans into nostalgia and Britishness to position the biscuit as social glue.
Sep 153 min read


Hornbach's 'No Project Without Drama' Wins the Gerety Awards Grand Prix
Hornbach's 'No Project Without Drama' took the Gerety Grand Prix. Why a sharp human creative idea still out-travels flashier tech-led work on the awards circuit.
Sep 143 min read


thjnk Co-Founder Armin Jochum Quits to Run a Brand Client-Side
A thjnk co-founder is leaving to run a brand client-side. Why in-house marketing now poaches agency leadership, and the agency-brand boundary is blurring both ways.
Sep 143 min read


Solly Azar Marks 50 Years With a Fully AI-Generated Absurdist Campaign
Solly Azar's 50th-anniversary campaign is entirely AI-generated. A concrete data point on when generative AI can carry a brand push - and when it can't.
Sep 143 min read


Dacia Goes Big to Launch Its New All-Electric Spring, via Publicis Conseil
Dacia is repositioning the Spring from budget curiosity to credible mainstream EV. Why low price and brand ambition are not opposites - if you invest in the creative.
Sep 143 min read


Lidl Gives Audrey Fleurot Literal Wings for Its Parkside DIY Brand
Lidl put a prime-time actress and a gender-flipping idea behind a private label. Why own-brands are now brand-building in earnest, not just cutting prices.
Sep 143 min read


Cheez-It Seats Fans on the 'Couch Committee' for College Football
Cheez-It's 'Couch Committee' imitates the sports-debate shows its fans already binge. A tidy lesson in building renewable content platforms, not one-off spots.
Sep 142 min read


Currys Goes 'Full Dad Mode' to Sell Energy Saving, via AMV BBDO
Currys and AMV BBDO turn the 'dad energy' meme into a cost-of-living pitch for efficient tech - a masterclass in trend-jacking with commercial intent.
Sep 143 min read


Outvertising Names Tash Beecher as Its First Creative-Leader CEO
Outvertising's first creative-leader CEO signals that inclusion in advertising is regrouping around effectiveness and craft. What it means for brands.
Sep 142 min read


Jung von Matt Wins Hamburg's Transit Account — a Mobility Prize With Digital Teeth
Jung von Matt has won the advertising account for Hamburg's transit authority HVV, with JvM Tech and MaibornWolff also set to rebuild hvv.de — a mobility win with a digital core.
Sep 113 min read


Katjes Asks Six Countries to 'Be Sweet to Each Other' in an Antoni-Made Push for Tolerance
Katjes' 'Seid sweet zueinander' campaign, by antoni_jellyhouse, runs across six European markets with a message of everyday openness over prejudice — without the preachy tone.
Sep 112 min read


s.Oliver Uses AI to Make Heidi Klum Meet Her '90s Self — 'Casual Since Forever'
s.Oliver's new campaign uses AI to pair Heidi Klum with a digital clone of her 1990s self, dramatising the brand's decades-long claim on casual style.
Sep 113 min read


Havas Paris Launches 'The Creator Society' — and Puts Its Own Money on Creators
Havas Paris has launched The Creator Society, a talent-management arm, pledging to reinvest 5% of its fees into the projects of the creators it signs — a new twist on the agency-creator model.
Sep 113 min read


Caesars Sportsbook 'Has Had Some Work Done' for Football Season
Caesars Sportsbook gives Clay Matthews an over-the-top 'looksmaxxing' makeover — real prosthetics, no AI — to dramatise its app upgrades for NFL season, via agency Fellow Kids.
Sep 112 min read


The UPS Store Debuts Its First Brand Character, 'Blu,' to Sell Beyond Shipping
The UPS Store has launched 'Blu,' its first brand character, to unify messaging around printing, shredding and mailboxes — and remind small businesses it's more than a shipping counter.
Sep 112 min read


Johnsonville Puts Sausage on the 2026 Ballot to Cut Through Political Ads
Johnsonville's 'Sausage for Dinner 2026' parodies political attack ads to cut through midterm noise — complete with lawn signs, a gen-AI TV spot and a food-insecurity tie-in.
Sep 113 min read


Co-op Takes On the 'Big Shop Faff' in VCCP-Made 'Pop to Co-op' Campaign
Co-op's new 'Pop to Co-op' campaign satirises the hassle of the big supermarket shop to reframe convenience as no compromise on value, anchored by its Aldi Price Match.
Sep 103 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


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
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