Stephen Foster

Adidas is reportedly on its way from WPP's EssenceMediacom to Omnicom's PHD in one of this year's flagship media pitches. Publicis Media also pitched.

Uncommon Creative Studio, now part of Havas, has spread its wings to the US, in this case Philadelphia, the home of client La Colombe coffee. And it's launching 'Must Be The Coffee' with one of those slices of Americana, that were all the rage ten years or so ago. The apogee probably being Wieden+Kennedy's 'Imported

Advertising has certainly paid off for Pepsico's Walkers, the budget seems to go up even as the number of crisps in the pack goes down. For years Paul Weiland directed home-town boy Gary Lineker to a multimedia career and now it's one of the ten World Cup brands (at the last count) deploying the almost-a-galactico

Is there enough business around to support all these creative agencies suddenly appearing on the scene? One, now established, which appears to be doing pretty well is Neverland, formed by ex-Naked and adam&eve alumnus Jon Forsyth. Now it's won Hostelworld, described as a "social network powered online travel agent." CEO Gary Morrison says: "Hostelworld is

Is there enough business around to support all these creative agencies suddenly appearing on the scene?

Advertising has certainly paid off for Pepsico's Walkers, the budget seems to go up even as the number of crisps in the pack goes down.

Was there ever a business like advertising that spends so long noisily fretting about how awful it's become but then doubles down on the awfulness? Bugbear du jour is pitching so The Great Pitch company has been looking into it, with a survey of 134 new biz professionals who don't seem very happy. 1). 80.6%

Waitrose chief customer officer Nathan Ansell is the new president of the UK Advertising Association, which represents advertisers, agencies and media. He succeeds Allwynn's Andria Vidler. Ansell (above) rejoined Waitrose in 2023 as customer director, returning to the business where he held his first retail role 25 years earlier. He has also held senior roles

WPP is reportedly embarking on another round of job cuts and newly-hired chief people officer at WPP Media Darren Minshall looks as though he's been hired to lead the charge. Or maybe retreat. WPP Media employs about 40,000 people. Like all such execs Minshall (left), who's worked at numerous companies including, back in the day,

Waitrose chief customer officer Nathan Ansell is the new president of the UK Advertising Association, which represents advertisers, agencies and media.