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Starbucks' Red Christmas Cups for 2016 Probably Won't Offend Anybody (Probably)
Starbucks wants consumers to know it's heard their deep concerns about its Christmas cups, and has worked hard to rectify the situation. Last year, the coffee chain sparked the world's most absurd...
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Ad of the Day: Xfinity Turns a Real Grandma's House Into a Digital Paradise...
Entering the gates of hell, where there's no wifi and no shows—aka, Grandma's. For Comcast's Xfinity brand, 72andSunny tore a page out of Jimmy Kimmel's mean tweets playbook. "Hooking Up Grandma's...
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This Agency Made a Virtual Claw Machine for Recruits to Play and Win a Job...
B-Reel is hiring! And it would like you to claw your way, quite literally, to the top. Remember those deeply irritating claw-machine games that no one can win? B-Reel created a digital version,...
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Get Hairy for the Holidays With This Brand's Loopy, Multicolored Skating Yetis
A group of ice skaters (including one Olympian) and hockey players are dressed up as colorful yetis for British retailer Argos' new holiday campaign. Promoting Argos' Fast Track Delivery and Fast...
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This Brooklyn Agency Is Selling Simple Blue Rings as a Way to Fight Trump
As people around the U.S.—and the world—struggle to process the result of last Tuesday's presidential election, many are wondering what they can do to combat the negative impact that Donald Trump's...
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JetBlue Pretends It's the 1960s With a Retro Logo, Pop-Up Store and Airplane
Few airline routes evoke the golden age of flying quite like New York City to Palm Springs. And to celebrate new seasonal service along that route, JetBlue jumped back to the 1960s this weekend—with a...
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A Robin Makes an Epic Journey Home for Christmas in Waitrose's Holiday Ad
British grocer Waitrose on Sunday launched #HomeforChristmas, a holiday ad that follows a robin—apparently the U.K.'s favorite bird—trying to make it home to those he loves. The voyage is based on...
View ArticleInside Fashion's Coolest Ads, From Audrey Hepburn to Lady Gaga
As one of the top fashion-focused creative directors in advertising, Trey Laird has worked with plenty of big names, from Madonna to Missy Elliott. But creating breakthrough marketing is about much...
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Ad of the Day: Organic Valley, in Deadpan Style, Celebrates the End of the...
Sugar is the new heroin, and sitting is the new smoking. But one formerly vilified habit—eating butter—is apparently off the naughty list. Gingerbread cookies and basted turkeys for everyone! In a new...
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This Year's Lovely Christmas Ad for the Spanish Lottery Has a Surprising...
The Spanish Christmas lottery is special. It boasts one of the biggest prize pools in the world, and paid out more than $2 billion in prizes last year. Lotto tickets are typically sold in...
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Benicio del Toro Shows How to Act Like You Love Crappy Gifts in Heineken's...
Nothing says "family" like pretending to love the terrible gifts your relatives have gotten you for the holidays. That, at least, is the basic premise of a new 30-second Christmas ad from Heineken...
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Ketel One Vodka's Funny Films From Barton F. Graf Go Down Smooth
Ketel One offers a tipsy take on its quest for vodka perfection in this new campaign from Barton F. Graf. The work consists mainly of self-consciously wacky "training videos," purportedly aimed at the...
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Georgetown Optician's Eyewear-Crazed Family Is Back in Another Gorgeously...
You remember the Voorthuis family, the optically obsessed owners of eyewear retailer Georgetown Optician. They were the quirky stars of agency Design Army's beautifully weird (and "true-ish")...
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Ad of the Day: Parents Get Their Kids to Ask Santa for a Lexus in Automaker's...
Lexus has rolled out its 2016 Christmas campaign, the latest installment of its "December to Remember" sales event advertising from agency Team One, and it has various adults manipulating kids into...
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What This Creative Director on Liquor Brands Learned From Opening Her Own...
Creative director Melissa Maher knows the alcohol business well. Over the last 12 years, she's worked with Brown Forman, Mike's Hard Lemonade and, in her current role at The Marketing Arm in Dallas,...
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What This Ad Agency Hopes to Learn by Living With an Ordinary Family for a Week
David Ogilvy once said, "The customer is not a moron. She's your wife." It's easy to say, but how many agencies live by the notion that consumers are people we know and love? Italian agency Le Balene...
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A King Escapes Drudgery of His Throne Thanks to PlayStation in New Epic From BBH
My kingdom for a console! A bored medieval monarch abdicates his throne—well, he vanishes, at any rate—to find fantastical fulfillment in the larger-than-life world of Sony PlayStation 4 in this...
View ArticleJeff Goodby Reveals His 3 Favorite Ads of the Past, and the Artists Who...
When he's not making tequila, Jeff Goodby is immersed in the worlds of art and advertising. The co-founder and co-chairman of Goodby Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco sat down to talk about...
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Heathrow Airport's Christmas Ad With Two Old Teddy Bears Makes Britain Feel...
Traveling is probably the least pleasant thing about the holidays, but apparently it's bearable (sorry) if you're a couple of elderly teddies on your way to a loving reunion. London's Heathrow Airport...
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Google Is Telling More Transgender Stories at a Critical Time for LGBT Rights
Google is back to celebrate more transgender stories. Three new documentary-style videos offer a glimpse into the lives of transgender people who are making a difference in their communities, with...
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