Last Thursday, as we gathered around our closest friends and family, we hopefully all found many things to be thankful for. Steffan Postaer, for one, used the holiday to reflect on how thankful he is for his career in advertising (which appears to be going quite well). No matter how tawdry and desperate things can get in Ad Land there is simply no other vocation I would prefer. For over 20 years advertising has been …
Yes, We’re Obsessed With Bringing You A Highly Condensed, Impactful View of the Marketing & Media Industries
This is our 6000th post on AdPulp. Who knew there was that much material out there waiting to be processed? …
Santa’s A Metrosexual
Seattle agency Creature is giving Santa a makeover this Christmas. Their premise is this: hook Old Saint Nick up with a Palm Centro and the dude will transform into a Sea & Cake fan. There's also a Facebook component to the campaign, in addition to a mix of television, outdoor and viral. Palm Centro will be available for as low as $49.99 during the holidays. …
More Whitewashing And Today’s Not-So-Feel-Good Statistic
"...turnover with minorities is 30 percent higher than whites at IPG." Adweek used a non-staff writer to put together this report on diversity, and the lack thereof, in the ad industry. While much of the report is nothing new, that 30% stat is huge. Because we're talking about IPG--a very, very large holding company, not some small agency where 30% would only amount to a few folks. With the economy and the ad …
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People backed their not new cars away from their houses with upside down mortgages over the holiday weekend and went shopping. Let's hear it for America! The National Retail Federation's 2008 Black Friday Weekend survey--which measured Friday and Saturday, and used estimates for Sunday--indicates that some 172 million Americans shopped in stores and Web sites over Thanksgiving weekend, an increase from last year's …