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JCPenney trolls off-price retail with a satirical 'wellness retreat'
JCPenney's Mischief-made 'Retail Rejuvenation Retreat' parodies off-price chains and ties the joke to a real trade-in offer — comparative advertising done right.
Aug 183 min read


Publicis London hires two creative directors as it rebuilds its bench
Publicis London has hired creative directors David Anderson and Ian Brassett — a talent-side signal the network's UK flagship is chasing creative reputation.
Aug 182 min read


VCCP wins Sekonda as its new-business machine rolls on
Sekonda has appointed VCCP as its creative agency after a pitch — another win for 2026's busiest UK new-business machine.
Aug 182 min read


Samsung imagines a lifetime of fatherhood for 'Life's Little Moments'
Samsung's 'Life's Little Moments' for the Galaxy Z Fold8, by PR agency Taylor Herring, sells foldables through fatherhood — emotion over specs.
Aug 183 min read


St Luke's keeps South Western Railway and says 'spread your wings again'
St Luke's retained South Western Railway and launched 'Spread your wings again', reviving its CGI 'bird-fluencers' — a lesson in protecting distinctive assets.
Aug 182 min read


iD Mobile builds 'Mugsville' with a deadpan Diane Morgan
iD Mobile's 'Mugsville', narrated by Diane Morgan via Trouble Maker, turns the cost-of-living squeeze into comedy — and names the mobile category's villain.
Aug 183 min read


KFC's 'Coq au Vin': how a wine nickname became a pop-up
KFC UK turns La Vieille Ferme's 'Chicken Wine' nickname into a four-day 'Coq au Vin' wine bar in Shoreditch.
Aug 173 min read


VML Germany loses creative chief Simona Suman — and won't replace the role
VML Germany's chief creative officer Simona Suman has left — and the agency won't replace the role directly, a small move that reveals how WPP's networks are reshaping creative leadership.
Aug 143 min read


Specsavers puts over-50s ravers back on 'The Testlist'
Specsavers' 'The Testlist' taps 90s club culture and Groove Armada to nudge the over-50s rave generation into free hearing checks. Here's why the audience insight is so sharp.
Aug 103 min read


Sky Bet sends Keane and Richards back in time in 'The World's Gone Football'
Sky Bet has kicked off the Premier League season with 'The World's Gone Football', an Anomaly-made campaign starring Roy Keane and Micah Richards on a time-travelling romp. Here's our read on football's marketing land grab.
Aug 103 min read


Asahi’s ‘Infinite Can’: an AI Piccadilly ad that’s never the same twice
Asahi Super Dry's ‘Infinite Can’ takeover of Piccadilly Lights uses AI to generate 400+ unique designs that never repeat — a masterclass in using generative AI to amplify a human artist, not replace one.
Jul 293 min read


UK crowned world’s second most creative market at Cannes Lions 2026
British agencies contributed to 183 winning entries at Cannes Lions 2026, including seven Grand Prix, cementing the UK's status as a global creative hub.
Jul 202 min read
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