Campaign articles from July 2006

Campaign archives from July 2006

John Lewis to award pounds 13m brief to Lowe.(contracts of John Lewis Partnership PLC and Lowe London)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Lowe beats two to creative task as retailer prepares for planning and buying review. Lowe London is poised to snatch the pounds 13 million John Lewis account after a three-way pitch. The incumbent, Burkitt DDB, is understood to have...

Beattie ends feted relationship with French Connection after ten years.(Beattie McGuinness Bungay)(Trevor Beattie)(French Connection Group PLC)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Trevor Beattie has ended his decade-long relationship with French Connection. The move follows news that the brand is in talks with the specialist retail ad agency Yellow Door about a new campaign. The Beattie McGuinness Bungay...

Lucozade ditches Ogilvy for M&C.(advertising contracts of M&C Saatchi London and GlaxoSmithKline PLC)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... M&C Saatchi has been handed the pounds 5 million UK creative account for GlaxoSmithKline's flagship drinks brand, Lucozade Energy. The decision sees Ogilvy & Mather, the incumbent on the business, removed from Lucozade's roster in the UK....

HTW fills chief exec vacancy with Butler.(John Butler joins Harrison Troughton Wunderman)(chief executive)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Harrison Troughton Wunderman has hired a chief executive, poaching John Butler from TBWA's The Disruption Consultancy. Butler replaces Martin Troughton, who left almost two years ago. He joins next week. In his new role, Butler will run HTW...

Coke holds public vote on ad strategy.(Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, Georgia) to market its new drink)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Paul Shearer, one of the Nitro partners, has been splashed all over Italian television as part of a Coca-Cola marketing trial to launch Aquarius in Italy. The soft drinks giant is introducing the new water product by asking the public to...

Unilever embarks on AFP with Persil.(television marketing campaigns of Unilever Group)(advertiser funded programming)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Unilever is promoting its Persil brand with an advertiser-funded programming initiative on Nickelodeon. The campaign marks the first time Unilever has embarked on a significant branded-content push in the UK. The activity, co-created...

Warburtons to call pounds 5m media review.(advertising contracts of Warburtons Ltd. and MindShare United Kingdom)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Warburtons, the independent baking company, is reviewing its pounds 5 million media planning and buying account. The baker is conducting a review through the AAR and the incumbent, MindShare, has been asked to repitch. Agency sources...

MPs to investigate BBC plans to launch international ad-funded website.(British Broadcasting Corp. to be investigated over its website launching plans)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... MPs are to investigate the BBC's decision to set up an international website, funded by advertising, next spring. The move was criticised this week by advertisers and agencies as the 'thin end of the wedge' which could lead to widespread...

Harbinson named new Maxim editor.(Derek Harbinson joins Dennis Publishing)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Dennis Publishing is attempting a fight-back in the battle against men's weeklies with the appointment of the Nuts deputy editor, Derek Harbinson, as Maxim's new editor. The appointment ends a four-month hunt for an editor after Greg...

Agencies line up for Sixty Group creative.(advertising campaigns for Sixty Group )(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... The Italian women's fashion company Sixty Group is talking to UK agencies about its creative advertising account. The company has approached an undisclosed number of agencies to produce an ad campaign for its Miss Sixty and Energie labels....

Gonsalves joins BBH as engagement planning director.(Jason Gonsalves)(Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd.)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Kevin Brown, the head of engagement planning at Bartle Bogle Hegarty, has made his first senior hiring as the agency builds a communications planning team. Jason Gonsalves, a partner at Michaelides & Bednash, will join BBH as its...

Tribal DDB picks up Panadol digital task.(contracts of GlaxoSmithKline PLC. and Tribal DDB)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... GlaxoSmithKline is understood to have appointed Tribal DDB to handle digital advertising for Panadol, following a pitch against undisclosed agencies. Tribal will now develop a tactical campaign for the pain-relief brand following a pitch...

Bowley leaves Kendall Tarrant.(Martin Bowley)
July 7, 2006... Head of media exits headhunter after seven months, to be replaced by She publisher Becky McBride. Martin Bowley, the head of media at the headhunter Kendall Tarrant, is leaving the company. Bowley, who is departing after just seven...

BBC hands Mundo to Agency Republic.(Agency Republic to market for British Broadcasting Corp. BBC World Service)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... BBC World Service has appointed Agency Republic to the digital advertising and media account for BBC Mundo, its Spanish-language radio, TV and internet service. Republic won the business following a pitch against its fellow roster agency...

Weight Watchers and JWT end relationship.(J. Walter Thompson Manchester)(WW Group Inc.)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Weight Watchers UK and JWT have parted company after just 15 months, having failed to get an ad on air over the period. Weight Watchers confirmed the split, citing changes in its creative strategy as the reason. However, the company refused...

Ntl:Telewest calls review of digital business.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Ntl:Telewest is holding a review of its digital advertising account as it gears up to give online a more strategic role in its marketing programme. The cable giant is understood to be talking to seven agencies about the business, including...

VH2 music channel faces axe from MTV.(service discontinuation of MTV Networks Europe)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... MTV Networks UK & Ireland is considering closing down the music channel VH2 and is believed to be looking at using the bandwidth for another channel. Sources said VH2's audience share has been robust this year, but the channel is largely...

Mark Earls quits Ogilvy & Mather executive planning director role.(Mark Earls leaves Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Inc.)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Mark Earls, Ogilvy & Mather's London and European executive planning director, is quitting the agency for personal reasons. Earls, who does not have a job to go to, has recently been on extended sabbatical from the agency. During his...

JWT loses Reckitt task to Euro.(JWT London)(Reckitt Benckiser PLC)(Euro RSCG)
July 7, 2006... Euro RSCG gains control of entire dollars 1.5 billion business after McCann is also forced to withdraw. JWT London is bracing itself for a round of cost-cutting measures and redundancies following the loss of its Reckitt Benckiser business...

Grey London picks up Hugo Boss brief.(Grey London to market for Procter & Gamble Co.)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Procter & Gamble has handed Grey London a pan-European brief to launch a new Hugo Boss fragrance. The perfume, which will be launched across the whole of Europe on 1 August, will be called Femme and is part of the Boss Woman range. ...

Laura Holme moves to Proximity London.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Proximity London has hired the former Harrison Troughton Wunderman and Leo Burnett new-business director Laura Holme to be its marketing director. In her new role, Holme will be responsible for driving new business and marketing the...

Fegent joins AAR to head procurement arm.(Tina Fegent)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... The AAR is setting up a procurement consultancy to help clients and agencies negotiate contracts and fees. The matchmaking company has hired Tina Fegent, the former Lowe London commercial director, to head the new division. Fegent, who...

Alliance & Leicester calls media review.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Alliance & Leicester is reviewing its pounds 30 million media planning and buying account. The business is split between Carat, which handles press buying, Latitude, which handles online buying and MediaVest Manchester, which handles TV...

EHS Brann names Baglee top creative.(Patrick Baglee)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... EHS Brann has promoted Patrick Baglee to the role of executive creative director. Baglee's promotion fills the gap left when the role, held jointly by Lu Dixon and Trevor Chambers, was axed in November. Baglee was selected from a list...

Liz Harold and Jan Mac in merger deal.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Liz Harold, the creative headhunter, is merging her operation with the business founded by her former partner, Jan MacGregor. LIZH and Jan Mac will combine from next Monday to become Liz Harold + Grime, offering a headhunting service that...

Correction.(Correction notice)
July 7, 2006... Bartle Bogle Hegarty has asked us to point out that the Flora Pro-Activ ad, criticised by the Advertising Standards Association for making unsubstantiated health claims, was created by Lowe London.

Grand Union takes on brief to revamp the Army's websites.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... The British Army has appointed Grand Union to redesign its websites and is planning to issue a brief for its digital strategy account. Grand Union, which triumphed in a pitch against undisclosed agencies, will create an online identity for...

Starcom wins South Africa Tourism account.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... The South African Tourism Board has handed Starcom its international pounds 4 million media buying and planning business. The win covers markets including Italy, France, The Netherlands and Australia as well as the UK. The account was...

Moore takes on new Blue Barracuda role.(Bradley Moore)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Bradley Moore, the media director at Agency Republic, is leaving the agency to join the full-service digital independent Blue Barracuda. In what is a new role for Blue Barracuda, Moore will head its media planning and buying and search...

Media Forum: Is NatMags right about digital?
July 7, 2006... Will the centralisation of digital activity work this time round? During the first dotcom boom, the theory was the consumer magazine publishers were going to make a mint because the website experience was closest (in old-media terms) to...

Media: Chatter.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... 'The intent to socialise on a site like Yahoo! isn't really there because the brand doesn't stand for anything and there's no real voice to it.' - Chris DeWolfe, the chief executive of MySpace.com, isn't concerned about Yahoo!'s community...

Media: IPC Media appoints ad 2-one.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... IPC Media has appointed ad 2-one to handle its online sales. Ad 2-one, which has previously handled online sales for IPC ignite! titles including NME and Nuts, won the business after a competitive pitch. It will also now handle online sales for...

Media: ITV Sales signs sponsorship deal with Clerical Medical.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... ITV Sales has signed a deal with Clerical Medical to sponsor primetime dramas across ITV channels. The pounds 2 million deal, negotiated by Vizeum, is the financial services company's first broadcast sponsorship activity. It covers dramas...

Media: MEC Interaction appoints insight and research director.(appointment of Julian Smith)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... MEC Interaction, the digital arm of Mediaedge:cia, has appointed Julian Smith, the European online advertising and marketing analyst at Jupiter, as its insight and research director.

Media: Carat restructures into six client-facing business units.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Carat is restructuring into six client-facing business units. Steve Hobbs, formerly the head of media, will oversee the business units as the head of planning and integration. Helen Davies, previously the head of direct, has been appointed the...

Media: The Department for Work and Pensions appoints MindShare.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed MindShare to handle its communications planning to tackle benefit fraud. Cheethambell JWT and VCCP are competing for the creative task.

Media: Emap Entertainment launches spin-off website.(Closerdiets.com)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Emap Entertainment is launching a spin-off website from its women's title Closer. Closerdiets.com will launch on 4 July as a subscription service offering healthy-eating and weight-loss plans.

Media: Ofcom invites applications for new FM radio licence.(frequency modulation)
July 7, 2006... Ofcom is inviting applications for a new FM radio licence in the Manchester region. The licence covers an area with an adult population of around 1.4 million. The closing date for applications is 5 October.

Media: Media Planning Group wins New Covent Garden Food Company account.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Media Planning Group has won the pounds 2 million New Covent Garden Food Company buying account. Starcom previously handled the business. The appointment follows the recent selection of Edwards Groom Saunders to handle the planning account.

Media: PHD North closes its Yorkshire office in Harrogate.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... PHD North has closed its Yorkshire office in Harrogate and consolidated the operation into a Manchester headquarters. The move follows the departure of the Yorkshire office's senior management team to launch their own agency.

Media: The Independent launches series of photography magazines.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... The Independent is launching a three-part series of photography magazines to run alongside its Saturday Information supplement. The glossy titles will be published in conjunction with the Photo Imaging Council and Photo Marketing Association.

Media: Titan Outdoor takes majority stake in Ad Bus.(Titan Outdoor to acquire Ad Bus)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Titan Outdoor is taking a majority stake in the bus advertising company Ad Bus. The business, which will have a UK and European presence, will continue to be managed by the Ad Bus managing director, Andrew Walker. Viacom currently handles...

Media: IPC ignite! signs deal with Mean Fiddler.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... IPC ignite! has signed a deal with Mean Fiddler to promote its summer festival Latitude. The three-year deal will see Uncut magazine sponsoring one of the festival's live arenas. Uncut's website and that of NME.com will promote and cover events...

Media Headliner: Channel 4's launch junkie gets a FilmFour fix.(Channel 4 Television Co.)
July 7, 2006... Channel 4's marketing director Polly Cochrane is telling the nation that FilmFour is now free-to-air. Sky doesn't mess around with its advertising. Its latest promos for Sky Movies hit you right in the face with the message that nine out...

Media Lifeline: BBC Worldwide.(BBC Worldwide Ltd.)(Company overview)
July 7, 2006... The BBC's commercial arm has unveiled plans to expand around the globe. 1960: From its earliest days, the BBC has owned a couple of programme-oriented magazines, Radio Times (launched in 1923) and The Listener (1929); and by the 50s it has...

Media: Perspective - BT and Sky still hold plenty of aces in the internet arms race.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)
July 7, 2006... BSkyB, usually such a trailblazer in the UK media market, has seemed more cautious in recent months despite frenzied activity from other established players. First, there was ntl's Virgin Mobile deal, which created a business that, in...

Media: All About ... The World Cup online.(Yahoo! Inc.)
July 7, 2006... Newspapers have lost out to specialist football websites. We have been, according to Blake Chandlee, the commercial director of Yahoo!, witnessing the first 'internet' World Cup. This is a confusing pronouncement for those able to cast...

Media: Things we like.(Walt Disney Studios ranked for its services)(Hard Rock Cafe International Inc. celebrates its birthday)(Toyota Motor Corp. on its marketing)
July 7, 2006... THE GUARDIAN'S WORLD CUP PODCASTS Available via The Guardian's football website (football.guardian.co.uk), the World Cup podcast (called 'World Show of Pod') is a cut above most rival efforts. Hosted by the excellent James Richardson, a...

Media: Double Standards - 'Wayne Rooney drenched in blood - awesome'.(Interview)
July 7, 2006... Impressive Postar, the revolution in out-of-home digital media and why a Bon Jovi gig is the riskiest thing in outdoor advertising. JAMES COPLEY - CLIENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, KINETIC - What World Cup campaigns have really stood out for...

Media: Strategy Analysis - DfES competition pushes good diet.(Viacom Brand Solutions Ltd.)(Department for Education and Skills)
July 7, 2006... Client: Department for Education and Skills Brief: Promote the benefits of healthy eating to children in an engaging and entertaining way Target audience: 11- to 18-year-olds Budget: Undisclosed AGENCIES Media and strategy: Viacom...

Media: A Moment with Marquis.(Channel 4 Television Co.)(ITV PLC)(British Broadcasting Corp.)
July 7, 2006... Last week, the chief executives of ITV, Channel 4 and five wrote to Tessa Jowell, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, asking her to support Ofcom's position and not ban so-called 'junk food' ads before the watershed. Only...

The World: Chicago - Supple stands down as Carmichael Lynch's chairman.(Jack Supple to leave Carmichael Lynch Inc.)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Jack Supple, the chairman and former chief creative officer of Carmichael Lynch, is leaving the Interpublic Group agency after 27 years. Supple is looking for a new role in an independent agency, but does not have a role lined up yet. ...

The World: Prague - Rival publishers plan to take Stratosfera to court.(Hachette Filipacchi Magazines Inc. and Ringier AG files a case against Stratosfera)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Bauer Media, Hachette Filipacchi 2000 and Ringier CZ are taking legal action against the Czech publisher Stratosfera. The companies are accusing the publisher of falsely claiming its Spy title was the 'Magazine of the Year'. The celebrity...

The World: Berlin - Bertelsmann's owners to take 40 per cent cut in pay.(Bertelsmann AG)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Bertelsmann's owners have agreed to take a 40 per cent cut in income this year to ensure the media group remains a privately owned company. The Mohn family, and its charitable foundation, have decided to take a dividend of EUR100 million...

The World: New Delhi - Dabur India plans consolidation of media roster.(Dabur India Ltd.)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... The Indian FMCG giant Dabur India is reviewing its pounds 45 million media account with a view to reducing its roster to two. The review, which will cover Dabur's entire portfolio of brands, includes all five of the company's roster...

The World: Hong Kong - Jaques leaves Y&R Asia chief executive position.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Chris Jaques, the chief executive of Young & Rubicam Asia, is leaving after three years at the helm. His decision follows the appointment of the former chief executive of Y&R Brands Australia, Hamish McLennan (pictured), as the global...

The World: New York - Kirshenbaum Bond picks up dollars 150m Diageo brief.(contracts )(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Diageo has handed Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners the dollars 150 million global account for its Reserve Brand portfolio. The agency picked up the business in a final shoot-out against StrawberryFrog. The newly formed Reserve Brand...

The World: Stuttgart - Omnicom expands PHD and OPera into Germany.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Omnicom is rolling out its PHD media network and its media negotiation unit OPera in Germany. PHD will replace OMD's offices in Stuttgart and Frankfurt. It will take on the offices' clients, which include Daimler-Chrysler and Hugo Boss....

The World: Ljubljana - Modern Times Group purchases Slovenia's Prva TV.( )(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Sweden's Modern Times Group is expanding into Central and Eastern Europe with the acquisition of the Slovenian channel Prva TV. MTG bought the company, which is Slovenia's third-largest free-to-air channel, for EUR8.1 million. The...

The World: Hong Kong - Y&R/Wunderman names Hui its chief executive.(Young & Rubicam Advertising)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Y&R/Wunderman Hong Kong has named Benny Hui as its new chief executive. Hui joins the agency from a role as the managing director of the WPP design and branding shop Underline Fitch. Hui has been tasked with getting the agency back on...

The World: Sydney - Three agencies share pounds 50m Telstra media business.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... The Australian telecommunications company Telstra has split its pounds 50 million media planning and buying account between three agencies. OMD has picked up the largest portion of the media business and will be the lead agency. Naked...

The World: WPP's Chinese partner elopes with Omnicom.(Citic Guoan)
July 7, 2006... Following a row with Sir Martin Sorrell, Citic Guoan's Yan Gang has switched his agency's allegiance. In one of the most bitter salvos from a corporate executive in recent years, Yan Gang, the chairman of the Chinese advertising agency...

The World: Insider's View - Austria.(Industry overview)
July 7, 2006... Austria's advertising industry is not doing too badly out of living in the shadow of its economic giant of a neighbour, Thomas Mas writes. I'll spare you the football references. The sport isn't everything in Austria. We failed to qualify...

Close-Up: Live Issue - AMV's 'balls'-busting duo swap sides for Fallon.(Matt Doman and Ian Heartfield appointed at Fallon London)
July 7, 2006... The Cannes Grand Prix-winning duo joined Fallon straight after denying the agency's 'balls' top prize. Matt Doman and Ian Heartfield are in a state of shock. Understandably. They have had a busy couple of weeks: winning the Grand Prix...

Close-Up: Live Issue - How does the merger of Farm and Leith add up?(Farm Communications and Leith London merges)
July 7, 2006... The combined agency has a greater weight in London, but will it suffer from top-heavy management, Emma Barns asks. According to all of the parties involved in the deal, the merger of Farm Communications and Leith London last week had...

Close-Up: 24 Hours with ... Steve Aldridge, Parnters Andrews Aldridge.(Calendar)
July 7, 2006... Name: Steve Aldridge Job: Creative partner, Partners Andrews Aldridge Professional mission: Good enough never is Personal mantra: Treat others as you would expect to be treated 7.30am In the gym. Hate running, hate rowing, hate...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Is there a dearth of senior planners?(Industry overview)
July 7, 2006... Why are agencies in the UK finding it difficult to fill their top planning positions, Noel Bussey asks. For the past six months, JWT has had the unenviable task of finding a head of planning. After meeting numerous pros-pects, the...

Editorial: Reckitt's account move shows JWT's weakness.(Vincent Bollore and Martin Sorrell speaks on JWT's appointments)(Editorial)
July 7, 2006... Havas' chairman, Vincent Bollore, and WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell have been careful to compliment each other in the press recently. Bollore, in his recent profile with Campaign, noted how much he would like to do business with Sorrell, and...

Editorial: AFP practitioners are still its biggest fans.(Editorial)
July 7, 2006... So you think branded content is the future? That investing in advertiser-funded programming is money well spent? Well, Campaign's review of some of the most high-profile examples to date (page 24) reveals the sector has a long way to go....

Opinion: Perspective - Why adland needs to unite over food advertising.
July 7, 2006... It has been a crucial week for advertising freedom. The ad industry joined forces to make its do-or-die proposal to Ofcom on the future of food advertising to children. Hours, days, weeks, months, even years of intense debate have gone...

Opinion: On the Campaign Couch ... with JB.
July 7, 2006... Q: I am a digital marketing specialist who is sceptical that anybody really knows what 'the line' is anymore. Please explain. Above, below, on, off or through. What is it? A: Once upon a time, O Best Beloved, there was an ingenious device...

Diary: On the QT ..(Michael Baulk to leave Abbott Mead Vickers/BBDO Ltd.)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... On Friday, Michael Baulk officially left the AMV BBDO building for the final time. So the agency spent the afternoon in Regent's Park celebrating his career. In an all-staff jape, everyone turned up in blue jeans and white shirt with a red...

Diary: Mother is the frontrunner in race to be Pick of 2006.
July 7, 2006... It appears that a combination of Welsh noodle miners, gun-toting shopping channel presenters, unpredictable British sunshine and Ozzy Osbourne are the ingredients needed to head the Pick of the Week league table at the halfway stage of 2006....

Diary: Pick of the Week - M&C Saatchi/Transport for London.
July 7, 2006... Noel Bussey feels like getting on his bike every time he sees M&C Saatchi's latest poster ad for Transport for London: 'It's a difficult task convincing lazy Londoners to swap their Chelsea tractors or people carriers for eco-friendly push...

Diary: Turkey of the Week - Grey London/Fairy Active Bursts.
July 7, 2006... Larissa Bannister cringes every time she sees Grey London's 'chefs to dinner' ad for Fairy Active Bursts dishwasher tablets: 'The combination of the TV chefs Ainsley Harriott, Antony Worrall Thompson and Gary Rhodes was never going to be...

Diary: Water-cooler monitor.
July 7, 2006... WHAT TOPICS HAVE THE INDUSTRY BEEN DISCUSSING THIS WEEK? THE TALK TIME SPENT Amanda Walsh replacing Garry Lace as the Lowe 29 mins 43 secs chief executive. We should knock this...

The best of branded content.(Orange Wednesdays film sponsorship programme)
July 7, 2006... Larissa Bannister gets the verdict from three different perspectives on the big consumer brands attempting to woo customers through providing entertainment. THE CAMPAIGN - ORANGE WEDNESDAYS The UK is the only country in which cinema...

Russia: Special Report.(marketing industry booms the economic conditions)(Industry overview)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Russia is Europe's answer to China. Its economy is growing faster than that of any other European power, and it is expected to become the continent's leading economy by 2020 (possibly before, if oil prices continue to rise). The country's...

Russia: The great bear awakes.(advertising market)
July 7, 2006... In the 15 years since the fall of the USSR, Russia's volatile ad market has been growing at breakneck speed, Mark Johnson reports. The pace of business in Moscow is so fast that for some ad executives it can be addictive. That is why Lowe...

Russia: The media and the mob.
July 7, 2006... Editorial independence still carries too high a price for many publishers in Russia, Maria Esposito writes. Publishing a rich list doesn't usually come with a death warrant attached, but that seems to have been the case for the US-born...

Russia: In need of creative love.(advertising innovations)
July 7, 2006... While Russia's ad market is growing, creative standards are still lagging behind. But the Russians are a creative people and a generation of David Abbottskis will soon emerge. Russia is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and...

Russia: Adman in Moscow.(words with Alexei Kovylov )(Interview)
July 7, 2006... Much has changed for advertising since Vladimir Putin was elected. Edward Cowley interviews Grey's Alexei Kovylov and dispels a few Russian myths. Ask your average Westerner to describe contemporary Russia and you'll probably be given a...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.(new advertising contracts in United Kingdom)
July 7, 2006... ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR - Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot - Never miss a shot Project: Never miss a shot Clients: Julian Mack, director of global sponsorship; Jo Coomber, senior campaign manager, Sony Ericsson Brief: Create a stand-out...

The Work: New Campaigns - The World.(new advertising contracts)
July 7, 2006... INVEST IN GERMANY - LAND OF IDEAS - INTERNATIONAL Project: Land of ideas Client: Mike de Vries, managing director, FC Deutschland GmbH Brief: Attract investment in Germany Creative agencies: Scholz & Friends Berlin, Scholz & Friends...