-VCCP marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day with a spot for Nationwide and Normandy Trust Fund, who are advocating for a memorial devoted to British troops who lost their lives at Normandy (video above).
-Wrangler appointed Mother New York as its global creative agency of record.
-U.S. advertising can’t keep pace with the “unusually strong” growth rate of recent years, according to a new GroupM report.
-Big drama at Chrysler yesterday. First, one top sales man filed a lawsuit claiming the company cut his pay after he collaborated with the feds. Then, talk of a the merger with Renault fell apart. Bad news for Publicis.
-BBH London and Audi are facing off in the final stages of the Audi review.
-A new report from Cheq found the cost from ad fraud could exceed $30 billion this year.
-The National Wildlife Federation is building an in-house marketing team.
-Dentsu Aegis Network is bringing media agency Dentsu X to the U.K. by merging it with Fetch, 360i and ICUC.
-The average tenure of a CMO has declined even further. Won’t someone think of the clients!?