What’s That Sound? IKEA Shoppers Double Take in This Wookiee-Themed “Solo”...
Maybe it's bring your Wookiee to work day at Ikea. In this Solo: A Star Wars Story tie-in, German shop Thjnk takes us into one of the furniture chain's showrooms to "discover a galaxy full of ideas."...
View ArticleA Brilliant Cannes Lions Mobile Winner Catalogs Corrupt Political Candidates
CANNES, France--A popular mobile app that uses facial recognition is becoming an essential tool for Brazilian citizens as election time grows near, and it impressed the Mobile jury at the Cannes Lions,...
View ArticleWorkplace by Facebook Is Looking to Become a Workplace for Good
Nonprofits and educational institutions have some new, powerful tools to aid their efforts, as Facebook announced that the Workplace Premium tier of its Workplace by Facebook Slack alternative is...
View ArticleHavas New York Beats Out 21 Agencies to Pick Up ADP Account
Havas New York has been named "fully integrated Village" agency of record for ADP, the global provider of cloud-based human capital management, or HCM, solutions across HR, payroll, talent, time, tax...
View ArticleApple Wins 2 Grand Prix at Cannes for Its Mind-Blowing HomePod Ad and...
CANNES, France--It's been a good day for Apple, which today claimed top honors in two categories at the Cannes Lions: first in Music and then in Brand Experience & Activation. "Welcome Home," the...
View ArticleHow These 4 Cannes-Winning Ideas Can Inspire New Creative Direction in...
Cannes Lions Health is the showcase of impactful creativity. It's where ideas from pharmaceutical innovators and healthcare marketers are debated, judged and challenged to uncover the ones most likely...
View ArticleInstagram Announces a New Video App to Directly Compete With YouTube and...
Nothing says more about the release of a new app from a social media giant than technical difficulties or an early released blog post, spoiling the news. That's exactly what happened with the release...
View Article3 Campaigns That Set the Highest Bar for Craft at This Year’s Cannes Lions
CANNES, France--Three craft-centric Grand Prix awards were handed out this evening at the Cannes Lions festival reflecting excellence in digital, film and overall industry work. The latter category,...
View ArticleThese Ad Execs Use Cannes to Solve Some of Their Most Pressing Creative...
CANNES, France--From combating toxic masculinity with a body spray, to a powerful and moving Powerade campaign, to a celebrity-packed PSA about plastic straws, our 2018 Creative 100 honorees are...
View ArticleCreator of Chicago’s ‘Bean’ Sculpture Sues NRA for Using It in a Pro-Gun Ad
Chicago's Cloud Gate, better known as The Bean, is as iconic an image of the city as they come. Since its installation in 2006, it has graced all manner of social (and other) media, with its backdrop...
View ArticleJBL Will Bring the Sounds of the NBA Draft to Instagram via DraftWav
Instagram is a visual social network, but an audio company is looking to change that. JBL, the official sound partner of the National Basketball Association, will debut 60-second audio series DraftWav...
View ArticleL.L. Bean Created a Fully-Functional Outdoor Office, and Is Taking it On Tour...
If you could work outside on a sunny day instead of being cooped up inside the office, you probably would. A new campaign from L.L. Bean is hoping to mitigate the indignities of modern professional...
View ArticleCannes’ Innovation Grand Prix Winner Brings Voice Search to Obsolete Phones...
CANNES, France--While some categories have been more liberal in their awarding of statues at this year's Cannes Lions, the Innovation category doled out a comparatively small number--six Lions culled...
View ArticleCannes Lions Names WPP’s MediaCom Media Network of the Year for 2018
CANNES, France--After falling to Omnicom for the past three years, WPP made a big comeback at this year's Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, with MediaCom scoring the highly coveted Media Network of...
View Article7 Reasons Why EMV Is Outdated for Influencer Marketing Measurement
Last month, social influence analytics service Klout shuttered its doors after 10 years. Klout would rank the influence of social media profiles on a scale of 1 to 100. Given the rise of influencer...
View ArticleThe Speech JFK Never Gave, Now Digitally Assembled, Wins Creative Data Grand...
CANNES, France--President John F. Kennedy never got a chance to deliver his 1963 speech at the Dallas Trade Mart, where he hoped to address America's role in the world and the principles that must...
View ArticleGiant Piles of Garbage Win Big at Cannes
CANNES, France--No one likes to see a bunch of trash win at the Cannes Lions, but in this case, it's worth an exception. "Trash Isles," a pollution awareness campaign from AMV BBDO London for The...
View ArticleTurns Out IHOP’s Burger Stunt Didn’t Do Much to Drive Foot Traffic
Remember IHOb? It feels like ages ago, but really the announcement only broke last week. While the news--that the International House of Pancakes was temporarily changing its name to IHOb, or the...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Rules States Can Ask Ecommerce Companies to Collect Sales Tax
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that states can require ecommerce companies to collect sales tax, upending an industry and possibly pushing the issue towards Congress to ultimately...
View ArticlePhilip Morris Wants to Say Goodbye to Smokeable Cigarettes for Good With the...
When you think of Philip Morris, you probably think of cigarettes. But the 171-year-old tobacco company is now looking to sever that association. Today at the Cannes Lions festival, the company called...
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