Planning whiz, Russell Davies, recently unearthed an old t-shirt from 1999 …
Mos Def Pimpin’ Big SUVs
According to a GM press release, Emmy and Golden Globe award nominated actor and musician Mos Def, is appearing in a new African American targeted television advertisement introducing the new Envoy Denali SUV. The ad was created by Oakland, California based Carol H. Williams Advertising, which specializes in the African American market. Not everyone is pumped about this development. B-Lo Tim on Rap News says, "In …
Brands Get Back To Basics
New York Times: Charmin has a new low-rent cousin, Charmin Basic. It's slightly less "squeezably soft" - but it's a lot less pricey than Procter & Gamble's other toilet paper. "The premium that consumers were traditionally willing to pay for a brand name is under attack," said Sridhar Balasubramanian, an associate professor of marketing at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Of …
Slick Move
Associated Press: A woman who won a radio contest that promised the winner "100 grand" sued after the station gave her a candy bar …
Brands Begin To Get Marketing Blogs
Steve Hall points to A+E's new Inked Blog, deployed to promote a new show on the cable channel. …
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W+K Gets Some P&G
Adweek is reporting that Proctor & Gamble has given 2 assignments, one for Eukanuba and one for Ivory Soap, to Wieden & Kennedy. In general, P&G uses intergalactic shops like Saatchi for its brand advertising, and some smaller shops, many in Cincinnati, for packaging, POP and the like. So it'll be very interesting to see how the world's largest (and most conservative) marketer makes out with the fiercely independent …
Seems Like Everyone’s, Uh, Hanging Out At Cannes This Year
Check out Ad Age's photo diary from Cannes. But if you're looking for diversity, you won't likely find it in this crop of photos. Cannes just seems like a haven for middle-aged white people. Seriously, though, are the so-called "leaders" of the ad industry too far removed from the real audiences of ads? Would any of these folks be caught dead in a Wal-Mart outside of Tulsa? …
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