The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a TV ad for Sainsbury’s after ruling it misleadingly told consumers they need not shop around at Tesco and Asda for the best branded deals. The ad, promoting Sainsbury’s Brand Match money-back guarantee, depicted customers shopping, with the TV screen split into three and a section each representing Sainsbury’s, […]
The boyfriend of singer Adele has lost a challenge against Pepsi subsidiary South Beach Beverage Company after arguing that the name of the soft drink giant’s SoBe Lifewater was too similar to his Life bottled water product. Simon Konecki, who has a one-year-old son with Adele, had launched proceedings against South Beach, arguing that the […]
Weetabix has launched a campaign starring Jack Wilshere, the Arsenal and England footballer, Rebecca Adlington, the double Olympic gold medallist swimmer, and Jason Kenny, the triple Olympic gold medal-winning track cyclist. The campaign will include three online documentaries featuring Wilshere, Adlington and Kenny’s mothers talking about how important eating healthily was when the sports stars […]
Pringles is breaking into the sweet crisps market with the launch of a limited edition range of Mint Choc and Cinnamon flavoured crisps. The Kellogg’s-owned brand hopes to drive sales by adding an “element of intrigue and fun” to the brand in the lead up to Christmas. The variant was trialled in the US last […]
Dunkin’ Donuts has appointed Nexus/H as its lead marketing and creative agency ahead of its second attempt to crack the UK market. The US doughnut and coffee chain announced a deal last month to open 150 restaurants in the UK over the next five years in an attempt to take on competitors such as Krispy […]
tesa’s innovative Lift & Reseal, a high tech tape developed for the effective reclosure of flexible packaging, was recently showcased at Packaging Innovations London. Confirming the fact that Lift & Reseal is gathering impetus across the food, packaging and retail industries, visitors to the stand commented on how this reclosure system is the first innovation […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h_sOE_y2FM&feature=share&list=PLnaDuH6eNKoFEzResQRasGYR0E5A_gn6q Baileys is releasing a TV spot as part of a £10 million push across Western Europe to promote its Chocolate Luxe drink. The new drink is a mixture of Baileys Irish Cream and Belgian Chocolate, and was created by Anthony Wilson, the principal liquid developer at its parent company Diageo and whose father helped […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGZOPK1UkM Unilever snack brand Pot Noodle has escaped censure from the ad watchdog, despite two complaints from members of the public that it was “offensive” and “encouraged harmful discriminatory behaviour and treatment towards transsexual people”. The ad, created by Mother, featured a male actor with visible stubble wearing various outfits. The character was shown in […]
Waitrose has brought back its ambassador Alan Titchmarsh for a new TV campaign by Bartle Bogle Hegarty, promoting British apples. In the 40-second ad, which launches tonight, gardening personality Titchmarsh tells the story of “the brilliantly British apples” on sale at Waitrose. The film opens on scenes of rainy fields. Titchmarsh explains in a voiceover […]
Pernod Ricard, the owner of Absolut Vodka and Malibu, has awarded its UK media planning and buying business to Havas Media after a final contest against the incumbent, Vizeum. Goodstuff Communications was involved at an earlier stage of the process. Havas Media had handled the business before Vizeum’s appointment in 2006. A spokesman for the […]