John Lewis defies the sceptics with another Christmas winner from Adam&Eve/DDB
Drat! Not that we’ve anything against John Lewis or agency Adam&Eve/DDB but this year’s eagerly-awaited ad from the retailer with a heart on its sleeve, and just about everywhere else, held out the...
View ArticleMorrisons takes the John Lewis route for Christmas – is this entirely wise?
It’s not that there’s anything wrong with this Morrisons Christmas ad from DLKW Lowe, in fact it’s rather good. It encapsulates the gruesomeness of it all very well, and wrestling the Christmas turkey...
View ArticleCurrys and PC World sidestep annoying ‘geniuses’ with new M&C animated...
Dixon Retail’s Currys and PC World are still plugging away on the UK’s high streets despite lots of people saying they’d be nixed by online sales and the likes of John Lewis, which is currently...
View ArticleB&Q ships out of McCann for Karmarama – well it’s not surprising really if...
This is McCann London’s last effort for big UK DIY retailer B&Q (not an advertiser who’s often succeeded in getting the creative juices running). The business, worth a supposed £40m a year...
View ArticleCoke thinks big (again) at Christmas
Coca-Cola thinks big at Christmas – most notably with its famous big red Coke-laden trucks – and this year it’s gone for a humungous Santa that’s brought to life by hordes of eager revellers. ‘Together...
View ArticleCartier cuddles up to Christmas leopard cubs
That’s Christmas sorted then. Cartier, the little jewellery shop on the Place Vendome in Paris, created a stir back in May with this film epic Odyssee de Cartier by Bruno Aveillan featuring a...
View ArticleBBH Christmas ad for Matalan is a sign of the times – make the best of a bad...
BBH and main retail client Waitrose may have imposed their own self-denying ordinance this Christmas – preferring to expend Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal on a charity pitch – but it’s wheeled out...
View ArticleAdidas turns Christmas into a ‘Merry Holiday Day’ with animated Snoop Dogg...
Have you noticed the way ‘Christmas’ has become ‘Holiday’ in the US? They’re all it, retailers for example and now we have a cartoon Snoop Dogg (playing Ebeneezer Snoop aka Scrooge) wishing everyone a...
View ArticleLeo Burnett produces short but sweet Christmas winner for McDonald’s
Here’s a charming little Christmas ad for McDonald’s UK from Leo Burnett, proof that some people anyway can still produce a bit of magic in thirty seconds. Hope it doesn’t snow though, it’s getting...
View ArticleAre the John Lewis snowmen actually white British consumers in disguise?
I’m beginning to wonder if there is an unspoken conspiracy at large across the nation. It’s to do with a very tricky topic of political correctness, specifically regarding race, that we all suppress...
View ArticleDebenhams out of the Christmas blocks first with JWT ‘Wishes Made Fabulous’...
Don’t'cha love Christmas ads? We’re still waiting for Marks & Sparkle’s epic which is due out on Wednesday (I think) but we know it features Rosie Huntington-Whitely (a posh model) and a Highland...
View ArticleAMV pulls off crowd-sourcing Christmas triumph for Sainsbury – and we never...
OK, here’s the Sainsbury Christmas ad that we referred to this morning. It seems to be a cut from a documentary Sainsbury has commissioned showing how ‘real people’ celebrate Christmas. This is due to...
View ArticleKmart scores 13m YouTube hits for Joe Boxer
US retailer Kmart has had a number of big viral hits recently, courtesy of under-fire agency DraftFCB, and this latest Christmas effort for Joe Boxer boxers is packing them in with over 13m YouTube...
View ArticleApple says a traditional Christmas needs an iPhone
Apple’s advertising is slowly returning to form after the ‘Designed by Apple in California’ nonsense and this new one, from TBWA Media Arts Lab, has caused a bit of a stir with its reveal that the...
View ArticleMother gets real for Halfords Christmas campaign
Here we go then: first out of the blocks with an avowedly Christmas ad is Halfords and agency Mother, making the point that a bike is a pretty good Christmas present for kids. Not very nice if you’re...
View ArticleAldi disappoints with Christmas jollity and Jools Holland
McCann Manchester has produced some pleasing campaigns for Aldi – featuring a selection of grumps – but nerves seem to have failed a bit with its Christmas offering. ‘Everyone’s Coming To Us This...
View ArticleA Christmas bummer from Marks & Spencer
Blimey, this is getting exhausting. Christmas ads in the UK are becoming our version of the Super Bowl. Anyway, here’s Marks & Spencer from RKCR/Y&R. ‘Two Fairies’ to the tune of ‘Fly Me To The...
View ArticleTesco tries to light up Christmas
Here’s the impossible Christmas number; a feel good ad for, possibly, Britain’s most unloved company. So Wieden+Kennedy is proposing that ‘Tesco is here to help every step of the way.’ And it all fits...
View ArticleApple hits the right note with TBWA’s ‘The Song’
Here’s a Christmas winner from Apple, ‘The Song’ from TBWA/Media Arts Lab. Shame we have to communicate via gadgets – but a charming story, well told.
View ArticleMulberry’s Christmas ‘miracle’ from adam&eveDDB
That well-known Santa’s Grotto of adland – otherwise known as adam&eveDDB – is quick out of the blocks this year. First up is struggling bag maker Mulberry, hoping for a Mulberry Miracle. It’s a...
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