What's in McDonald's Food, Anyway? Ex-MythBuster Grant Imahara Is Hired to...
Does McDonald's put horsemeat in its burgers? What about pink slime? Would you feed McDonald's food to your kids? So many questions. But now, taking its cues from a well-received transparency campaign...
View ArticleHow Conde Nast Plans to Make Epicurious the Ultimate Food Resource
Photo: Elizabeth Lippman SpecsName Pamela Drucker MannAge 39New gig Vp and publisher of Food Innovation Group: Bon Appétit and EpicuriousOld gig Vp and publisher of Bon AppétitLess than a year ago,...
View ArticleDavid Beckham Invites You to Travel the World, Drinking His Scotch, in Ad...
If you're the type of jet-setter who flies a seaplane to a Scottish estate so you can put on a tuxedo and have a drink with a handful of your posh friends, David Beckham would like you to buy some of...
View ArticleAd of the Day: KFC Turns to Two Boys for a Lovely Take on Sports Fandom
In recent years, BBH London has focused on family relationships and offbeat stories in its KFC ads, with the product almost as a side dish and strong storytelling as the main course. That trend...
View ArticleBrand of the Day: Why You Should Dress Like the Morton Salt Girl for Halloween
If you haven't figured out your Halloween costume, don't fret! Morton Salt is incentivizing you to dress up as the Morton Salt Girl. Why waste hours trying to come up with an original idea when you...
View ArticleKFC Sets Up Shop in Myanmar, One of the Last Frontiers for U.S. Brands
How do you say, “Finger lickin’ good” in Burmese? It may not translate literally, but KFC is hoping its secret fried chicken recipe will bring in customers when it opens shop in Myanmar, one of the...
View ArticleSnickers Gives You an Early Halloween Treat With This Truly Twisted Ad
Halloween is like Christmas for candy brands, and Snickers usually swoops in, batlike, with some fun and spooky advertising (most notably, perhaps, BBDO's truly odd "Grocery Store Lady" spot from...
View ArticleDavid Beckham Has a Really Difficult Time Keeping His Clothes on in Ads [Video]
We've been gawking at him since he first stepped onto the pitch 22 years ago. Not much has changed since. The footballer turned international star has commanded our attention with his athletic...
View ArticleAgency Gives You Free Beer for Filling Out Your Timesheets, Because Nothing...
The industry is rapidly changing, but one thing remains the same: Literally the only thing that gets agency people to fill out their timesheets consistently is free beer. The latest example comes from...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Oreo Is Creating Adorable Halloween 'Nomsters' in a Tim...
The mad scientists at Oreo are laughing maniacally as they cook up adorable little monsters—called "nomsters"—in a tiny, spooky little lab for Halloween. Beginning today, fans of the Mondelez cookie...
View ArticleThe Latest Crazy Vending Machine Has a Piano on the Side, and Gives You Free...
There's a grand tradition of marketers building fancy vending machines, but it's not every day you see one that doubles as a piano. For the Alfa Jazz Fest in L'viv, Ukraine, this past June, mineral...
View ArticleDiet Coke Prints 2 Million Unique Labels in Latest Stroke of Packaging Genius
You thought Coca-Cola was getting personal when it rolled out 250 bottle labels featuring people's first names. Well, Diet Coke just went and individualized 2 million bottle designs. Coca-Coca Israel...
View ArticleThis Is Hands Down the Most Messed-Up Halloween Ad You'll See This Year
You remember Vytautas Mineral Water. The Lithuanian water brand was the subject of the single craziest commercial of 2012—a spec ad from director Tadas Vidmantas that the client ended up loving and...
View ArticlePeeps Do Their Best to Get Scary for Halloween
More sweet. Less scary. That's the promotional campaign, not the ingredient list. The perennial Easter favorite Peeps continue to try to become a year-round candy with these "peepified" illustrations...
View ArticleChobani Dresses Dogs Up in Costumes in Adorable Ad for Halloween
Petco had a whole Halloween contest around dressing up pets this month, but you don't have to be a pet brand to get in on that action. Droga5 did this cute ad for Chobani, featuring pooches in their...
View ArticleThis Texas-Based Agency Sets Up Shop In a Bar
SpecsWho Executive creative director Craig Mikes (l.) and president Bryan ChristianWhat Full-service agencyWhere Austin, Texas Some of Proof Advertising's most creative work takes place at Proof Annex,...
View ArticleCarl's Jr.'s Latest Sexed-Up Burger Eater Is Less Classically Beautiful Than...
If you thought there was no way to top a Paris Hilton-Hannah Ferguson slow-motion car-washing, sex-eating burger-palooza, you'd be wrong, Carl's Jr. want to tell bros.Supermodels and celebutantes...
View ArticlePepsi Max Did the One Halloween Prank That Was Pants-Crappingly Awesome
Welp, it's basically Christmas now, but we've got one more Halloween ad to share with you. Yeah, it's November now, but this gem is still as fresh as that stash of Twix bars you stole from your child....
View ArticleCan You Make a Great-Looking Fast-Food Ad Using Actual Fast Food and an iPhone?
It's an accepted truism that the food in fast-food ads looks nothing like the food in real life. But can it be made to look that way? Is it possible to transform a regular McDonald's burger into...
View ArticleConcord Grapes Become Chatty Sitcom Characters in Welch's New Campaign
Is the time ripe for a sitcom starring a bunch of grapes? The VIA Agency's new campaign for Welch's mimics/spoofs the prime-time sitcom format to deliver the message that grape juice has heart health...
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