Why Did These $68 Shorts From Stitch Fix Show Up With a $24.97 Price Tag From...
Blogger Kat Bouska usually loves being surprised by what's inside her monthly Stitch Fix fashion box deliveries, but the most recent one included something she truly didn't expect: an original price...
View ArticleArt Takes Over 50,000 Outdoor Ad Spaces in the U.S., and Wow Is It Beautiful
The next Campbell's Soup billboard you see might just be a masterpiece. In fact, it could be Andy Warhol's iconic "Campbell's Soup Can" from 1964. Reproductions of that particular work, along with 57...
View ArticleFive Red BMWs Drift Together in Automaker's Latest High-Octane Stunt
If you like watching pretty cars dance with each other, check out this new stunt driving ad from BMW South Africa. Five cherry red M235i coupes spin around each other in a tightly choreographed...
View ArticleApple's New iPhone Ad Shows You More Incredible Ways You'll Never Use Your...
Apple's new ad for the iPhone 5S is called "Dreams," though it might have been called "In Your Dreams." Like other recent iPhone spots (and iPad spots, for that matter), it shows people using the...
View ArticleHyundai Will Air an 11-Minute Sci-Fi Film During the Ad Breaks of TNT's...
Serious commercials are hard to do well, but when you're doing content specifically for TNT's upcoming Sean Bean spy thriller, Legends, it's sort of mandatory. So Hyundai and TNT turned to New Form,...
View ArticleMillions Are Thankful for This Feel-Good Bank Ad and Its Overly Generous ATMs
TD Canada Trust proved it knew its customers better than most banks by turning a few of its ATMs into Automated Thanking Machines and rigging them to hand out more than cash. A single mom got two...
View ArticleRed Bull's Danny MacAskill Rides the Playboy Mansion in the Best Action It's...
Traditionally, the Playboy Mansion's main attraction has been the small army of Playmates who hang around it. But professional cyclist Danny MacAskill manages to overshadow even the bunnies, as he...
View ArticleSee the Ad That Just Eclipsed Volkswagen's 'The Force' as the Most Shared Ever
The mighty Empire has fallen … thanks to some yogurt. Deutsch/LA's 2011 Super Bowl spot "The Force" for Volkswagen, which enjoyed an astonishing 41-month reign as the most shared ad of all time, has...
View ArticleBret Michaels Is the Newest Endurance Test for Nissan's Commercial Vans in...
This fun clip of glam rocker and reality TV star Bret Michaels performing a high-octane take on the '80s ballad "Endless Love" as a paean to Nissan's commercial vans is approaching 1.6 million YouTube...
View ArticleHonda Accosts Twitter Users With Videos, Memes, GIFs and Other 'Morsels of...
It's a special week in Honda land, as ad agency RPA is enacting a sweeping plan to spread good cheer—online and off—as part of a five-day "Summer Cheerance" event. A key part of the campaign involves...
View ArticleWell-Crafted PSA Shows How Subtle Racism Makes People 'Feel Like Crap'
Racism doesn't just manifest in overt statements and gestures. It can also take shape in more subtle ways—and still have devastating effects. A powerful new spot from Australian public mental health...
View ArticleClass Act: Outgoing Pitcher David Price Buys Full-Page Newspaper Ad to Thank...
Today is David Price's first day as a Detroit Tiger, and while most pro athletes would be focused on winning over the new home crowd, he made it clear this morning that he'll never forget Tampa Bay....
View ArticleScottie Pippen Says He's the Greatest Chicago Bull Ever in Foot Locker Ad
Michael Jordan's Hanes must be in a twist now that Scottie Pippen has proclaimed himself the greatest player in Chicago Bulls history in this Foot Locker commercial. Pippen's cheeky claim comes toward...
View ArticleAgency Wants You to Hire Its Laid-Off Staffers, and Will Pay $5,000 If They Flop
Layoffs after client losses are a harsh reality of the ad business. But one agency leader is putting a $5,000 cash guarantee behind each of the 50 employees he has to let go because a major account...
View ArticleHere's the Most Adorable Use of Those Personalized Coke Cans and Bottles Yet
When we looked recently at the best/worst uses of the personalized #ShareACoke bottles, many of them were angry, bitter or weird. (My favorite was the Nativity scene that showed up on Reddit). But...
View Article9 Sneaky Marketing Tricks We Fall For Every Time We Shop
We all know we're being manipulated every time we shop, but it can still be unnerving to see the true extent of mind games being played on us. That's why I was fascinated (and mildly traumatized) to...
View ArticleThis Hair Clip Can Saw Rope, Tighten Screws and Measure (Tiny) Things
The MacGyver of hair clips has been created. Not only does it keep your hair from falling in your face during Pilates, but it's also a flat-head screwdriver, ruler, wrench and teeny-tiny saw. Oh, and...
View ArticleMaybelline's 'Ideal Woman Rubber Mask' Makes All Cosmetics Obsolete
Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's a horrifying latex mask. The Onion just rolled out this spoof Maybelline ad mocking conventional standards of beauty. In it, the brand introduces a new product,...
View Article'I ♥ NY' Designer Milton Glaser Tries to Create an Iconic Logo for Climate...
Is it hot in here, or is it Milton Glaser? The graphic design legend expresses his concern for climate change in a new awareness campaign ominously tagged, "It's not warming, it's dying." Glaser, 85,...
View ArticleUnwitting Star of Burger King's 'Blow Job Ad' Finally Lashes Out at the Company
Five years after a famously suggestive Burger King ad ran in Singapore, the woman who appeared in it—without her permission, she says—has publicly excoriated the fast-food chain for humiliating her....
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