Wieden + Kennedy Has Been Selling 'Donald Trump's BS' Out of a Food Truck in...
Fact-checking Donald Trump has been a full-time job for a lot of election observers this year. And Wieden + Kennedy has been doing its part, with a food truck in its hometown of Portland, Ore., that's...
View ArticleThe Scavenging Raccoons From Geico's New TV Ad Are Doing Gross Cooking Demos...
Usually when a brand unveils a TV spot, any related content online is, at best, a marginal value-add. But lately, Geico's online extras have been at least as good—and in many cases, more fun or...
View ArticleHillshire's Ultra-Classy Vending Machine Comes With Its Own Maître d' and Butler
Here's something no marketer has ever tried anywhere before in the history of the universe—a wacky vending machine stunt! This particular machine, set up by VML to plug Hillshire Snacking's meats,...
View ArticleKit Kat's Halloween Ad Shows You How to Fend Off a Homicidal Maniac in a Forest
Could Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees be dissuaded from their homicidal ways by a candy bar? Could a sugar fix be a cure for their mass-murdering tendencies? It's likely no one's ever asked the...
View ArticleThis Coffee Is So Black, It's Being Marketed and Sold Through the Darknet
Need a fix? The darknet's got whatever you need. Even coffee. The Chernyi Cooperative is claiming the dubious title of "first legal product advertisement on the darknet." It's selling its Chernyi...
View ArticleBurger King Dressed Up as the Ghost of McDonald's in This Scary Good...
Now this is a flame-broiled burn. A Burger King location in Queens, New York, has a lock on best restaurant Halloween costume of 2016 after it dressed up as the ghost of McDonald's—covering itself in...
View ArticleDos Equis' Most Interesting Man May Be Different, but the Ads Aren't So Much
Dos Equis is out with its first full commercial featuring its new Most Interesting Man in the World. And he looks, perhaps unsurprisingly, like a rugged twist on a dazzling young Heineken guy. The...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Andy Daly Brilliantly Reads 3.5 Hours of Real Insults About...
What happens when you mix mean tweets, improv comedy, political satire and user-generated content? This new ultra-long-form ad from scotch brand Laphroaig that's so entertaining, you might actually...
View ArticleJim Beam Is Giving Away 10,000 Uber Rides in Chicago Tonight for the World...
If you happen to be a baseball fan in Chicago this weekend without a car, good news: Uber is paying for your ride. The ride-sharing app will start covering 10,000 rides during the seventh inning of...
View ArticleAmid Disappointing Sales, Bud Light Calls for an Early End to Its...
"The Bud Light Party" has ended a little earlier than expected. AB InBev wrapped up its Wieden + Kennedy campaign starring Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen a few weeks ahead of schedule. The news comes on...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Happy Halloween! Here Are Some Very Creepy Ads for Mandarin...
Wonderful Halos seedless mandarin oranges, or a couple of bad seeds. Which would you choose? Those are your options in one of four oddball ads dropping today from Wonderful's in-house team and Hungry...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Picks 72andSunny and Redscout to Handle Its $700 Million U.S....
General Mills has picked a unit comprised of both 72andSunny and innovation shop Redscout as its lead agency in the U.S. after an extended review. The second portion of the review, which will...
View ArticleCats Totally Destroy a Holiday Wonderland in This Raucous Ad for Temptations...
Cats on Christmas Day, capering beneath an impeccably trimmed tree among the presents, sparkly lights and festive food. Sounds cute and cuddly, right? Nah, the aww's turn to argh's as those Santa...
View ArticleKrispy Kreme Hid Cameras in Its Donut Boxes to Film People's Unscripted...
A Krispy Kreme box has quite the Pavlovian effect on the donut-crazed populace. This is demonstrated in novel fashion by North Carolina agency Baldwin& in its latest effort for the brand, in which...
View ArticleJeff Goodby, Famous for Milk, Is Hitting the Harder Stuff With His Own...
Tienes tequila? Jeff Goodby may be best known as the guy who dreamed up "Got milk?"—one of the truly legendary advertising taglines of all time. But lately he's been obsessed with a very different...
View ArticleBudweiser Ran This Classic '80s Ad With Harry Caray Right After the World...
Nike wasn't the only brand that was prepared for a Chicago Cubs victory in the World Series last night—with a special commercial ready to go right after the final out. Budweiser also rose to the...
View ArticleAd of the Day: This Insufferable Wine Maker Just Made an Ad That's Totally...
Charles Faircloth doesn't give a crap about the world. He's busy indulging in all the obscenely frivolous pursuits of any ultra-rich wine maker. But he's fine if you want to help make the world a...
View ArticleCan Spice Maker McCormick Recreate a Lost Family Recipe? R/GA Finds Out This...
For some folks, it's just not Christmas without Julekake. But, what if Grandma's special recipe for this sweet and savory seasonal bread from Norway has gotten lost in the mists of time, and your...
View ArticleAd of the Day: A Man's Hellish Life Finally Gets Tasty in Droga5's New...
There's no shortage of nostalgic advertising that pines for the good old days. But were they really good old days? Or were they, in fact, pretty shitty old days that lacked the comforts, conveniences...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Johnnie Walker Has a Simple Message for America on the Eve of...
Johnnie Walker, the whisky brand that famously traversed the world, makes stops in American cities like Los Angeles, Santa Fe, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., in its latest campaign from Anomaly,...
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