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Outdoor advertising is often seen as a blight on the landscape by millions of passers-by in their cars. In many cases, the critics (and would-be shoppers) are spot on in their disdain for the medium. There are a great number of ads in the environment, and a great number of them fail to connect, entertain, or inform. Corona Peru is on another page with this innovative out-of-home effort made in collaboration with …
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Actors. They're always acting. Ryan Gosling, for instance. Even when he's lifting an expensive timepiece, he's acting like it's no big deal. But it is a big deal. No one—not even a Hollywood movie star—walks off with a TAG Heuer Carrera and gets away with it. https://youtu.be/DDKKB5KaROU The watches in this heritage collection from TAG Heuer range in price from $3200 to $24,050 (expensive, but well within …
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Banana Boat protects you from the sun's harmful rays. Now, the skincare brand is extending its reach into wildlife preservation. During the last four years in Colombia, 99 percent of sea turtles have been born female. The sand's warmth influences their sex during the incubation phase: if a turtle's eggs incubate below 27.7°C the turtle hatchlings will be male. If the eggs incubate above 31°C the hatchlings will be …
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In an innovative, relevant, and health-conscious move, Heinz Brazil is developing a proprietary "Heinz red" tattoo pigment using only non-harmful ingredients and making the ink available to tattoo parlors throughout Brazil. The action comes on news that color tattoo ink faces growing restrictions and outright bans in countries around the world. The European Union alone has banned over 4,000 ingredients used in the …
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If these walls could talk... In this new campaign for Hotels.com, these walls can talk. And why not? If mayhem itself can be personified why not a website for hotel bookings? But what would a hotel say? "I might have a rocky exterior but I've got soft pillows and breakfast on the house." -Beachfront hotel (not humble) https://youtu.be/KleO5z72pxI In this new campaign from W+K/Portland and Expedia’s …
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University of Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian received a six-year deal worth $34.2 million when he was hired on Jan. 2, 2021. The school's athletic department brings in over $200M per year. College sports is big business in Texas and across the nation, which is news to no one. What is noteworthy today is the inclusion of student-athletes in the lucrative paydays. According to Austin Business Journal, Wrangler …
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In a new campaign video, Eric Greitens, the former governor of Missouri who is now running for U.S. Senate, asks Missouri voters to "Get a RINO hunting permit. There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country." That's right, he wants to kill people in his own party who are not ideologically pure, a.k.a. people who've been ruined by their blind allegiance to the Great …
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Sign Off, Dine-In, Bon Appetit. This summer, Stella Artois wants people to recognize that home is where the dinner party is. In this new campaign the beverage brand highlights the need for consumers to flip their mindset - and their tables - to once again savor the meal occasion. Too much work from home makes Johnny a dull boy. https://youtu.be/jhaLcW-yNnQ “Many of us have normalized eating meals whenever …
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Retro is in. To get a sense of how nostalgia is used in advertising today, let's travel back to 1972 with luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet. The brand's celebratory flashback sequence also makes quick visits to 1982, 1992, 2002, and 2012 before pulling into the present. https://youtu.be/YP4mbGPy0vA Since its launch on April 15, 1972, the Royal Oak—the flagship model of luxury watch brand Audemars Piguet—has …
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VICE Media and Razorfish recently surveyed Gen Z gamers and learned that they spend twice as much time hanging out with friends in the metaverse than they do in real life. Survey respondents spend 12.2 hours per week playing video games versus 6.6 hours hanging out with friends in person. These gamers don’t only view their time in the metaverse as pure escapism, but also as an extension of real life. Notably, …
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Cheers is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from 1982 to 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across eleven seasons. For those of a certian age, the show's theme song is beyond familiar, it's iconic and instantly recognizable. A couple of notes from the tune and visions of Norm at the bar, Sam and Diane flirting, and Woody being Woody float into view. https://youtu.be/JhVRzh4_j50 Now, …
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Creative people have been toiling away at their work-from-home desks for almost two years now. Sadly, many have not ventured outside. The impact of this unnatural stasis and social deprivation is starting to show in today's advertising. For example, Busch Light is out with a new spot that is positively hallucinatory. It's also a good beer commercial. https://youtu.be/FqnSby7BKao David Gianatasio for Muse by …
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