"Unintentionally Hilarious Local Commercial" Thanks to The Consumerist (one of my favorite blogs), we get "Great Moments In Commercial History." I give you one of many gems, Don's Guns: Who gives a crap about Singaporean two-page spread ads for Legos when this spot is just begging for a pencil? …
Circuit City’s Loss May Be Aaron Rents’ Gain
In the wake of Circuit City dumping its most experienced and highest paid workers, other, better-managed companies are looking to hire. Most notably Aaron Rents, as BusinessWeek reports: Just one day after the electronics chain Circuit City Stores announced that it would lay off 3,400 workers and replace them with lower-paid employees, Charles Loudermilk, chief executive of the rental retail company Aaron Rents began …
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This Day In Advertising Blog History
Our fearless leader, David Burn, was born on this day in...well, sometime in the last century. Happy Birthday, big man. …
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Bob Barrie’s Agency Gets Off The Ground With United
At the Chicago Sun-Times, Lewis Lazare doesn't usually have breaking news, but today he's got an exclusive story: United Airlines will stun the ad world today when it shifts its advertising account from Fallon/Minneapolis -- its home for a decade -- to a startup boutique agency, Barrie D'Rozario Murphy/Minneapolis. United now will become the new shop's flagship account. Per United Senior Vice President of Marketing …
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Sammy Hagar Can Drive His Brand To Success
Me, I always preferred David Lee Roth as my Van Halen singer of choice, but Sammy Hagar's doing just fine. BusinessWeek reports (yes, freakin' BusinessWeek) reports on Sammy's not so small business. As the founder and front man of the 200-employee, Novato (Calif.)-based Cabo Wabo Enterprises, with about $60 million in revenue, Hagar is behind a top-selling line of premium tequilas, as well as a growing chain of …
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Omnicom Beats Omnicom, Omnicom, And Omnicom
The Jeep account, previously held at an Omnicom agency, is now moving to a new Omnicom agency, after a pitch that involved other Omnicom agencies. Adweek clears it all up: Omnicom Group's Cutwater has won creative duties on Jeep, the client confirmed. Cutwater, the newly launched San Francisco agency led by former TBWA\Chiat\Day creative executive Chuck McBride, beat out other Omnicom shops such as Element 79 in …
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Slate Takes On Crispin
Over at Slate, ad critic Seth Stevenson takes a look at Crispin's ads, and their effect as a whole: It's not personal. Every Crispin employee I've ever spoken with has been friendly and likable. And it has nothing to do with how effective or ineffective Cripin's ads are as sales tools. The jury's still out on that. No, my distaste is purely aesthetic. Crispin ads annoy me. And I'm not alone. Every time some new …
DraftFCB Merger Looking Like A Loveless Marriage
Today's Adweek takes a look at all the fallout from the DraftFCB merger: Draft's top managers are grappling with the challenges any new entity faces when combining corporate cultures. One former FCB employee described the mood at FCB's New York flagship as "grim." "Everyone knew from the beginning that Draft would take the lead, but still, it's as if 100 years of FCB heritage is being shredded by Howard …
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