View Post Agencies | Campaigns DDB Canada Shows Organized Retail Theft Mark-Ups for Toronto Crime Stoppers By Erik Oster on Nov. 27, 2013 - 11:12 AM Organized retail theft costs Canadian businesses $4 billion a year, but is often perceived as harmless shoplifting. So DDB Canada created a new campaign for Toronto Crime Stoppers, called “It Costs Us All,” to raise pu ...
View Post Ad Biz | Campaigns | People john st. Wants Us to Know that Toronto is ‘More Than Ford’ By Jordan Teicher on Nov. 21, 2013 - 12:15 PM Making a city self-promo is hard enough without having to compete against a crack-smoking homicidal mayor who has become a big-bellied joke of a scandal around the world. Toronto-based john st.’s “More Than Ford” ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | Digital | People | What The?? Cue the Inevitable Spate of Van Damme/Volvo Parodies (Feat. Rob Ford, Bananas) By Bob Marshall on Nov. 18, 2013 - 1:31 PM Since hitting YouTube on Wednesday, Volvo Trucks’ mind-blowing “The Epic Split” featuring action star Jean-Claude Van Damme has been watched 25 million times. With the amazing amount of online buzz its gotten, wh ...
View Post Campaigns | Politics | Social Media There’s More to Toronto Than a Crack-Smoking Mayor, #MoreThanFord Reminds Us By Erik Oster on Nov. 13, 2013 - 11:06 AM By now (unless you’re completely cut off from all news outlets and/or in a coma) you’ve heard of the crack-smoking shenanigans of Toronto’s disgraceful, conservative mayor, Rob Ford. Ford recently admitted to smo ...
