We recently reported on Casa Camper, the Spanish shoe manufacturer's boutique hotel in Barcelona. According to Hotel Chatter, Apple Computer is now getting in on the hospitality action. The Tribeca Grand Hotel has just announced their new iStudio - a premium room outfitted with Apple's latest multimedia technology. The iStudio comes equipped with: *a fully-loaded G5 computer outfitted with film, photo and sound …
AOR Is So Last Century
All agencies want to be Agency of Record. Just like all agencies want to be a partner, not a vendor. All agencies need to get over it. According to Adweek, Old Navy, which used to do some great advertising in-house, is over it. "We've changed our model," Jonathan Finn from Old Navy said. "We're looking at our business from a long-term perspective. Our creative needs are complex and they're evolving. Interactive, …
Corporate Raider Has His Way With Havas
Ad Age: Havas shareholder Vincent Bollore won the four seats he demanded on the holding company …
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Go South Old Man
Adweek: After more than 20 years working in New York at some of the nation's biggest agencies, Bob Potesky abandoned the capital of advertising for the capital of Mississippi. A former creative director at WPP Group's Young & Rubicam, Potesky last month accepted the position of executive creative director at The Ramey Agency, a 55-person shop in Jackson, Miss., that claims about $30 million in billings. That may seem …
Nazis Adopt New Logos
According to Spiegel, German neo-Nazis are sporting New Balance running shoes and other brands that meet their approval (for reasons surely lost on the brands themselves). So now they wear something they call the secret insignia of the right-wing scene: New Balance shoes. The "N" on the shoes is supposed to stand for "national." Brands like Masterrace, Pit Bull Germany and Thor Steinar are especially popular among …
Lay Your Hard-Earned Green On Blue
Given that only slightly more than half of our eligible voters make an effort to go to the polls during any given election, we know what people think about the political process. But hey, you can (and do) vote with your pocketbook--a more meaningful and frequent act. Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ideas points us to Buy Blue, a site that analyzes the campaign giving of major corporations. Naturally, Red Staters can …
Rousting Rost
While watching 60 Minutes last Sunday, I was impressed with their piece on the artificially high pricing of pharmaceutical drugs in this country (and the simple remedy to this corporate ill). The centerpiece of the story, Pfizer's marketing vice president, Peter Rost, impressed me as a brave and honorable man. Of course, Pfizer is going to see him a bit differently, since he's calling them on their bullshit on …
Well Done Web Sites
The Webby Awards--the leading international award honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality--held their gala celebration Monday, June 6, in NYC, at the landmark Gotham Hall, a majestic turn of the century ballroom. The Webbys were emceed by comedian Rob Corddry of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (which was surely worth the price of admission). There are simply too many winners to list …
