Heineken Execs To Marketers: Take Creative Risks, Subdue Excessive Drinking

Heineken Execs To Marketers: Take Creative Risks, Subdue Excessive Drinking

Heineken CEO Jean-Francois van Boxmeer told a crowd at the Cannes Lion that marketers of alcoholic beverages need to do more to encourage customers not to consume their products excessively. Van Boxmeer spoke at Cannes during a session hosted by Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy. Also participating was Heineken CMO Alexis Nasard. “Abuse is not […]

Kabuto Noodles Stages First Live Improvised Ad

Kabuto Noodles, a food brand launching its first marketing activity, has bravely staged the world’s first live improvised ad break to get the cut-through required to succeed in a competitive market. Kabuto is an upmarket noodle snack bridging the gap between good quality, healthy Asian food and instant noodles found in supermarkets. The brand was […]

W+K Amsterdam’s Heineken Ad Wins Cannes Lions Grand Prix, Creative

A Heineken ad campaign from Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, the brand’s first global campaign effort, has won the Cannes Lions Grand Prix award in the creative effectiveness category, festival organizers confirmed. Separately, a campaign from McCann Melbourne for Metro Trains called “Dumb Ways to Die,” won the Grand Prix in the direct category and a […]

Beer Brand Turns The Moon Into A ‘Lime Wedge’ For Billboard Ad

In a clever combination of astronomy and advertising, beer brand Corona installed a fun billboard in New York City that cleverly turns the moon into a lime wedge. On certain nights of the month—from certain angles—the crescent moon would align itself with the billboard, making it look like a piece of lime resting on a […]

Deutsch LA Bring Pizza to Drunk Cannes Revellers

Deutsch LA Bring Pizza to Drunk Cannes Revellers

If you’ve been to Cannes Lions, you know that you can get booze any time day or night, but it’s almost impossible to find food after midnight. The result is a lot of drunk, hungry people stumbling around town at 3 in the morning. Deutsch LA wants to help those people this year with scooters […]