This Digital and Traditional Agency Hybrid Showed Its Might at Cannes This Year
Brand Marketing
Specs Who (l.-r.) Nancy Daum, COO; P.J. Pereira, CCO, co-founder; Jaime Robinson, vp, executive creative director; Andrew O’Dell, CEO, co-founder What Advertising and communications agency
Barbie Malibu Dreamhouse Listed for $25 Million on Real-Estate Site
Creativity
If you're looking for real estate in Malibu, you'll find one very famous single-family home currented listed on Trulia.com. It has only one bedroom, and the furnishings look almost uniformly [...]
Ad of the Day: Scrabble
Brand Marketing
Gimme a P! Gimme a Q! Gimme a blank square! What's that spell?
Ad of the Day: Barbie
Brand Marketing
What happens when you play with Barbie? Option one: You get strange looks from the other people on the subway. Option two: Your child is mildly entertained for approximately 7-10 [...]
Mattel Buys HIT Entertainment for $680M
U.S. toy company Mattel is buying the British children’s TV producer HIT Entertainment, maker of Thomas the Tank Engine, Barney, and Bob the Builder. The $680 million deal gives Mattel [...]
First-Ever Barbie Spot From 1959 Is So Sweet and Innocent. Isn’t It?
Creativity
We've seen some crazy ads with Barbie (and Barbie-style) dolls lately—David Lynch's nutso coffee spot, and Wieden + Kennedy's Gaga-like dance number for Nokia. So, let's go back to basics [...]