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Burger King Takes Laziness to a New Level With Its French Fry Burger
Nothing compliments flame-grilled perfection better than golden fries, right? The problem is, it's too much work to eat a burger, then put it down, and then pick up, dip and eat a french fry. It's...
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H&L and Davis Elen Land Regional McDonald's Accounts
McDonald’s named new ad agencies for a handful of its Eastern regions, covering New England, upstate New York, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. In New England and Albany, N.Y., the fast-food giant's...
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Ad of the Day: Rubio's Gets Deep in Salute to the Ocean
In today's culinary environment, a restaurant needs more than good food, solid service and aesthetically pleasing décor to gain public acclaim. Its ingredients need to be coddled, too. Beef must be...
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The Weird, Sweet Story of Chocolate Bars in Europe That Are Mysteriously...
Chocolate is both the medium and message in this Milka campaign from Paris agency Buzzman. Some 10 million of the chocolatier's flagship Alpine milk bars destined for sale in France and Germany, the...
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Dunkin' Donuts Apologizes for Blackface Ad, but Not Everyone Is Sorry
Dunkin' Donuts in Thailand has just seen a 50 percent bump in sales on the heels of a new print, TV and Facebook ad campaign, and the CEO of the local franchise is crowing about the sugar rush. So...
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Up-and-Coming Actress Frenches the Rainbow in Latest Weird Skittles Ad
Skittles continues to walk the line between cute and creepy. How successfully it does so is, of course, a matter of personal taste. This new spot from DDB Chicago, "Skittles Smile," sets my choppers...
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Universe's Most Indulgent Gum Gets a TV Commercial to Match
Stimorol Sensations, a South African gum that appears to be the same thing as Trident Layers, claims to be the most indulgent gum in the universe. In its latest spot by Ogilvy Cape Town, an office...
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The A.1. Steak Sauce Card: It's Everywhere You Want to Eat
If anyone out there considers themselves a card-carrying A.1. steak sauce enthusiast, you'll soon have the actual card to prove it. The venerable steak sauce and Crispin Porter + Bogusky have launched...
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Kraft Invents a Past That Never Existed for 'New-stalgic' Mac & Cheese Flavors
Here's a fun bit of false advertising from Crispin Porter + Bogusky for Kraft Mac & Cheese. After 75 years, the brand is adding four new flavors: Garlic & Herb Alfredo, Buffalo Cheddar, Three...
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Wheelchair Basketball Ad for Guinness Wins on a Buzzer Beater
The bond among true friends is one forged of iron—hardened, powerful and time-tested. Nothing strengthens that bond more than friendly competition—testing your physical abilities, challenging and...
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Taco Bell Has an Extremely Active Social Marketing Team
There was no time for rest this past Labor Day for Taco Bell’s social marketing team, busy shooting a YouTube video about a fan who started a drawing club out of the chain’s Pacifica, Calif.,...
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Ad of the Day: Chipotle Makes Magic Yet Again With Fiona Apple and a Dark...
Fiona Apple, CAA Marketing and the Oscar-winning animators at Moonbot Studios prove to be impressive collaborators as Chipotle takes the formula that worked so well two years ago—celebrity cover of a...
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McDonald's Remakes Classic Jordan-Bird Ad, This Time on the Football Field
McDonald's and Burrell Communications update a classic Super Bowl spot from 1993, pitting Joe Flacco of the Baltimore Ravens and Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers, the opposing quarterbacks...
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Absolut’s Iconic Bottle Is Its Ticket to Younger Consumers
It started with the Andy Warhol-designed bottle in 1986. Over the years, Absolut Vodka’s squat, glass-printed bottle has been the palette of its artistic ambitions and highbrow marketing. Now, Anna...
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It's Been 101 Years, but It's Still Too Soon for Titanic Jokes in Advertising
Even though more than a century has passed since the Titanic sank, it's still too soon to joke about it in ads. Red Bull got in trouble for this ad hinting that the more than 1,500 people who drowned...
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Dennis Rodman Goes Boom in Pistachios Ad With Fake Kim Jong-un
Keyboard Cat, Snoop, Psy, the Winklevoss twins and Snooki were all in on the joke. Can the same be said for Dennis Rodman and the Prancercise lady? Oh sure, it's just the Wonderful Pistachios campaign...
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Ad of the Day: Adult Swim Cooks Up a Great Faux Infomercial for Subway
Adult Swim is veeeery, very gingerly getting into product placement, and this first big ad from the network, for Subway, is a big win. It's hard to mesh Adult Swim's sensibilities with the innate...
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Ferrero, Cartoon Net Pledge to Limit Food Marketing to Kids
The government may not be able to regulate food marketing to children, but it may not have to. On the same day Michelle Obama used her position as First Lady to push companies to market healthier food...
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World of Pure Manipulation: An Honest Version of Chipotle's 'Scarecrow' Ad
You know you have an advertising hit when the parodies start rolling in. Here is Funny or Die's take on the grand new Chipotle "Scarecrow" ad. The parody is just a joke, but it's not the first time...
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Coca-Cola Apologizes for Vitaminwater Bottle Cap That Read 'YOU RETARD'
The idea? Play off Canada's bilingualism by jumbling English and French words on bottle caps of Vitaminwater. The result? The phrase "You Retard" appeared on the lid of a young woman's drink. Even...
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