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Fisherman's Friend Makes Its Cola Variant Permanent With an AI-Generated Nightlife Spot
Fisherman's Friend is making its Cola flavour permanent with a WeCreate campaign that blends authentic social content with a fully AI-generated nightlife film — a smart template for AI in brand work.
Sep 82 min read


French Influencer Fees Jumped 30% in a Year, Matriochka Study Finds
A Matriochka Influences study finds median French influencer fees rose 30% in a year — with money flowing to the middle of the market and away from the biggest creators.
Sep 83 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


Aldi and Buzzman Turn 'Spot the Difference' Into a Price Argument
Aldi and Buzzman reworked 'spot the difference' to attack the assumption that own-label means worse — letting shoppers reach the conclusion themselves.
Sep 82 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


France Runs a Domestic-Violence Prevention Campaign in Stations and 300 Relay Shops
France's government has launched a prevention campaign against intrafamily and sexual violence in stations and 300 Relay shops — a case study in treating media placement as part of the creative.
Sep 83 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


BETC Stages Nine Eras of Human Birth to Launch HUMANKIND II
BETC's 95-second launch film for Amplitude Studios' HUMANKIND II shows newborns across nine historical eras — and was made entirely without generative AI, a statement in its own right.
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


Alzheimer's Society Puts the Carer Centre-Stage in Its Latest 'A Personal Appeal'
Alzheimer's Society has launched the second film in 'A Personal Appeal', shifting to a husband and carer — and pairing the emotion with the stark fact that only 23% of the public understand what dementia is.
Sep 83 min read


The Academy Launches an Advertising Division Led by Dave Dye
London agency The Academy has launched a dedicated advertising division led by renowned art director Dave Dye — a bet on human craft as AI floods the market with sameness.
Sep 82 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


Argos Turns Connie and Trevor Into Mafia Bosses to Prove It's 'Not Just for Toys'
Argos has recast mascots Connie and Trevor as mafia bosses in a new T&P campaign to shake off the 'just toys' perception — a smart lesson in making distinctive assets do commercial work.
Sep 83 min read


AstraZeneca Uses an AI-Generated Llama to Break Pharma's Ad Clichés
AstraZeneca has built a 'wonderfully weird' campaign for its COPD inhaler Breztri around an AI-generated llama — proof that AI creative has crossed into even the most cautious categories.
Sep 82 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


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


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


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
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