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Defined by its all-singing Halifax ads, the agency hires an award-winning creative to widen its offering.
Let's all hope that Moray MacLennan, the IPA president, is right when he claims that financial directors in client companies are "getting the message" and are seeing the sense of not slashing adspends, as they have during prior economic downturns. Ominously, the IPA's Bellwether survey revealing deeper...
Warning: our feature on the financial health of ad agencies makes for sober reading; look elsewhere if you want a smile this Thursday morning (try Diary on page 35).
Shares in Aegis leapt by 20 per cent last Thursday on news of the departure of its chief executive, Robert Lerwill, prompting one Aegis shareholder to comment over drinks: "It's the best day's work he's done for two years."
With stalwarts such as General Motors opting out of Super Bowl, Ann Cooper reveals a new attitude to advertising in the US.
Media shops could be out of pocket with the credit crunch.
In adland - as in the world at large - the tumultuous state of the global economy seems both unreal and surreal.
It was hardly in the league of Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy or XL.com collapsing. However, ITV plc's exit from the FTSE 100 last week should be seen as an emotional blow for the broadcaster and the mainstream media sector as a whole.
The Co-operative Group - once a still, small voice when it came to promoting ethical behaviour - is planning a £50 million ad relaunch to reassert its stance. These days, however, it risks being drowned out by all the other companies shouting about how principled they are.
