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A Woman on the $10 Bill Would Mean More If Women Didn't Earn $7.80 to Men's $10
Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony. There are plenty of solid suggestions so far on who should grace the new female-fronted $10 bill, replacing Alexander...
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This Paypal Ad Is Getting Hundreds of Complaints That It Spoils Christmas
Paypal has accidentally played the Grinch in Britain this holiday, according to several hundred viewers who have lodged complaints about its Christmas ad, claiming the commercial implies that Father...
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Google and Facebook Made These Posters to Illustrate the Unstoppableness of...
The 20th Annual Webby Awards has a pretty cool call for entries campaign—featuring 20 prior Webby winners creating posters inspired by the theme "The Internet Can't Be Stopped." We highlighted several...
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GoldieBlox Imagines If Indiana Jones, James Bond and Other Movie Heroes Were...
GoldieBlox has definedits advertisingwith feminist messages, so it makes sense that the brand would launch its new action figure, Ruby Rails, with an ad that rails against sexism in Hollywood. The...
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Coke's Failed White Can, and How Packaging Actually Affects the Taste of Food
Charles Spence probably isn't a familiar name to anyone outside the field of multisensory integration, but his experiments with food—most notably, Pringles—have made a huge impact not just in his...
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Why Saatchi New York Allowed a Rock Band to Destroy Its Office for This Music...
Saatchi & Saatchi New York is one of the ad industry's most storied agencies, and its office at 375 Hudson in downtown Manhattan is something of an icon unto itself. Last month, the shop announced...
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Watch People in Other Industries React Hilariously to Being Asked for Free...
People in other industries don't provide their would-be clients with "spec work" for free. That would be asinine. So, why do advertising agencies continue to do it? It's not a new question. (This...
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The Untold Story of This Bald, Toothless Baby and Her Adorable 1993 Print Ad
If you were the baby girl in the 1993 print ad below—by The Martin Agency for Healthtex baby clothes—you might have had reason to be a little miffed. You just got called bald and toothless in the...
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John St.'s Latest Merciless Satire Just Destroys the Dove Style of Marketing...
The trend toward female empowerment ads—or so-called "femvertising"—has been largely celebrated both within and outside the ad industry, with brands like Dove and Always earning plaudits and prizes...
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Christmas Is Really All About the Food, Says This Mouth-Watering Ad for a...
Last month, U.K. grocer Waitrose delivered a cheerful ad celebrating classic autumn meals and the warmth they bring to a chilly season. Now the supermarket is back with a similar paean to Christmas...
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Anna Kendrick and Zosia Mamet Are Unlikely BFFs in Kate Spade's Adorable New Ad
Anna Kendrick is great at waiting. She did plenty of it in her first holiday commercial for Kate Spade, a year ago at this time. Now, she's back for another holiday spot. And in addition to her...
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Jeff Goldblum Shows You Exactly How to Act When You Get a Crappy Christmas Gift
Some of us have better poker faces than others when it comes to reacting to disappointing holiday gifts. The Brits, despite their stiff-upper-lip reputation, appear to need some help in this...
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Netflix Just Came Up With the Perfect Trick to Get Your Kids to Finally Go to...
In just five minutes, Netflix will help you win your nightly bedtime war with your children by brokering a compromise between you and your reluctant sleeper(s). The streaming TV service polled parents...
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Romeo Beckham Is Billy Elliot in Burberry's Giddy, Star-Studded Christmas Ad
A star-studded cast featuring Romeo Beckham, James Corden, Naomi Campbell and Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery recreate the opening scene of the 2000 film Billy Elliot for this Burberry Christmas ad....
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Why You Might See a National Ad for Death Wish Coffee on Super Bowl 50
Tune in to CBS's telecast of Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7 for a commercial from … Chubbies Shorts, Death Wish Coffee Company or Vidler's 5 & 10? Those are the top-three finishers, culled from thousands...
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Indie Film Suffragette Wages Its Own Campaign for Women's Rights 100 Years Later
This would appear to be an easy quiz, even if you have no head for statistics. Are the following numbers true in 1915 or 2015:• Women make up 70 percent of the population living on less than $1 a...
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Oreo Gets Into the Trend of Adult Coloring With Holiday Packaging You Can...
If you weren't aware, coloring books for adults are enjoying a bit of a renaissance—as they offer a playful framework for both creativity and anxiety/stress reduction. And brands, of course, are...
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Say Sorry for Dressing Up Your Cat at the Holidays, With Temptations Cat Treats
There aren't too many ways to mitigate the confusion, embarrassment and despair your cat may feel upon being dressed up in festive costumes, photographed and paraded about on human social networks...
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Harvey Nichols Battles 'Gift Face' This Christmas, Where You Grin and Bear a...
Harvey Nichols always has a bit of a snarky Christmas campaign—most notably, "Sorry, I Spent It on Myself" from 2013, which won a slew of ad awards for adam&eveDDB. The British retailer on Monday...
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Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal Explains Why He Runs in This Cool, Funny Saucony Ad
Saucony, the running shoe and apparel brand, has been running what it calls "seeker stories" since last spring, part of its "Find Your Strong" campaign. The "seekers" are Saucony's target—individuals...
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