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David Droga on disruption: From case studies to Coinbase QR codes
At Cannes Lions 2025, the Droga5 founder unpacked his creative playbook—from sparking industry format shifts to partnering with consulting giants—all in pursuit of impact over applause.
Havas backs AI bet with €100 million a year
From launching Vermeer at Cannes to revamping operations with Converged.AI, it is wagering €400 million that AI can future-proof creativity.
Big ideas, not big algorithms, will win Cannes
At Cannes 2025, Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen and Publicis’ Arthur Sadoun unpacked why AI may power creativity—but humans still pilot it.
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Creatives, meet your new colleague: AI
It works nights, weekends and doesn’t bill by the hour. Should the creative fraternity be worried much?
Pride is over — now it’s culture or bust
2025 is about ditching rainbow-washed campaigns and making inclusion a deep, year-round business strategy.
Amazon’s Andy Jassy is Cannes Lions’ 2025 Media Person of the Year
Past honourees include erstwhile YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, former Google chairman Eric Schmidt, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Pepsi’s ‘Stiiiiing’ shows culture beats branding
By letting a raw F1 moment become a meme, PepsiCo signals a future where culture drives campaigns—not logos.
From likes to legality: IIGC’s Code of Standards receives resounding industry support
SOUNDING BOARD: With formal contracts, content guardrails, and a taskforce, India’s influencer space has entered a new phase of accountability.
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When kids call the shots, itinerary becomes insight
INSIDE THE AD: Abu Dhabi’s ‘Kids Recommended’ campaign taps data, AI and child-led co-creation to rewrite the family travel playbook for Indian marketers.
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Burson ties reputation to ROI with AI tool
With its new AI-powered Reputation Capital platform, it aims to turn perception into profit—but not without raising questions for communicators.
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Cheil X ropes in Souvik Datta as national creative director
In the latest chapter of its restructuring saga, it has roped in Datta to co-lead creative, signalling deeper shifts post-Samsung split.
'Media isn’t a commodity. Treating it like one is a massive mistake': Ebiquity CEO
Ruben Schreurs tells Campaign why litigation, platform volatility, and outdated media models are distorting decision-making—and why advertisers need to focus less on adjacency panic, and more on strategic clarity.
Mars to switch $1.7 billion media account out of WPP
Review concludes after an eight-month competitive process.
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Mark Read to step down as WPP CEO after seven years
Board begins formal search for new CEO.
My11Circle doubles down on data, distraction and the dugout
From AI-fuelled personalisation to nostalgia hits and data-fuelled retargeting, My11Circle’s IPL blitz reveals how fantasy gaming is evolving beyond celebrity ads and into performance-led marketing theatre.
From cookies to clicks: ITC Foods’ multi-speed marketing play
The FMCG major blends premium biscuits, rural strategy, and data-fuelled media to navigate inflation, q-commerce, and shifting consumer behaviour—all without choosing sides.
When AI thinks fast, creatives must think deep: Saboteur’s Nick Eagleton
At Goafest 2025, the London-based independent branding studio’s co-founder warns the ad world: don’t outsource empathy to algorithms. Cultural insight still needs human hands.
‘Social media has become a visual pollution; we need something disruptive’
Industry veteran Raj Kamble, founder and chief creative officer at Famous Innovations, shares his thoughts on Abby Awards, Goafest and trends in the industry.
Middlemen, meet martech: Brands sync trade and consumer playbooks
In a market that demands cohesion across channels and stakeholders, B2B2C brands are using martech to unify messaging, boost conversions, and keep both intermediaries and consumers equally engaged.
Slack’s new hustle: From free chats to paid productivity
With AI agents, structured integrations, and Slack Connect, Salesforce bets on transforming Slack from a chat tool into a marketer’s operating system.
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