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RB restores lustre to dulled FMCG careers
Reckitt Benckiser is demonstrating its customary approach to risk and innovation with an ambitious corporate marketing communications campaign. RB has long outperformed its rivals in what to the...
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Carolyn Carter bids adieu to Grey Europe
Grey’s enigmatic ice-maiden is on her way at last. Carolyn Carter, ceo of Grey Europe, has been the target of almost constant speculation about her ‘imminent’ departure since 2006, which she has...
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BBH director defects – but not to WPP
I see the diaspora of talent from BBH has claimed another emigré. This time, it’s from the creative department. Mick Mahoney, a creative director, has quit to become ECD at Euro RSCG – which has been...
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Shane Warne, Cheryl Cole, Gordon Brown and a spate of bad-hair advertising
It must be national bad hair week and I hadn’t noticed. Nothing else would seem to explain the explosion of hair-related controversies in the media. Most recent is the shocking case of Australian...
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Tales of the Recession. Part 3: The Epica Awards
Whether consciously or not, our collective verdict as judges at this year’s Paris-based Epica European advertising creative awards was drenched in la morosité – the all-pervading gloom oozing out of...
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Omnicom closes $100m Communispace deal
Silence reigns at Omnicom Towers on its mooted $100m deal with eCRM and insight company Communispace. Which is odd, for two reasons. First, it is the biggest deal engineered by the marketing services...
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Havas’ David Jones – the man who would be king
What a week to be away. Mark Lund, chief executive of the COI, announces he is quitting after only two years (it’s usually a five-year contract) to return to the private sector. There could be no...
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£1.7bn global ad review is creative solution to Johnson & Johnson’s money...
It would be nice to think that Johnson & Johnson’s newly announced review of its £1.7bn annual advertising spend was driven by a need for greater creative consistency. But it isn’t. Money’s the...
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