Advertising

Best in show: Beatbullying (M&C Saatchi)

Claire Beale on Advertising: Parties primed for a digital election

There's no point denying it, advertising doesn't always tell it quite like it is. Of course, all ads have to be honest and decent and true. There are rules about that. But sometimes the truth isn't quite pretty enough.

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Claire Beale on Advertising: An industry bruised by its own hand

Monday, 11 January 2010

Trust the ad industry to kick off the new year in some style. Last week a new campaign which set out to prove the power of advertising imploded embarrassingly under the weight of a serious consumer backlash. And the ad business found itself, bloodied and bruised, under siege. Again.

This man of mischief is in a different class

Monday, 4 January 2010

Proud of his blue-collar roots, Dave Trott has made some of Britain's most popular ads. He talks philosophy to Ian Burrell

Claire Beale On Advertising: Consumers will shape brands in 2010

Monday, 4 January 2010

As the new year breaks, you'll find the advertising industry clutching a whole new set of forecasts and predictions (fingers crossed behind their backs) in the hope of offering their shell-shocked clients some clarity on what lies ahead. Time, then, for a little crystal-ball tickling.

Ian Burrell: 'Career Women Make Bad Mothers'

Monday, 4 January 2010

That caught your attention. Which is exactly the thinking of the Outdoor Advertising Association, which is using the 'Career Women Make Bad Mothers' slogan to convince the public of the power of poster ads.

On Advertising: Compare the best ads of 2009? It's easy

Monday, 28 December 2009

They say that hard times foster great creativity: so in a year of almost unrelenting doom, adland optimists were waiting for a new creative dawn. It didn't come. There were pockets of extraordinary and inspiring work, but 2009 was far from a vintage year for the ad industry. Here, though, are the 10 best ads of the last 12 months.