British street artist Banksy pulled off the most audacious stunt in art history last week, after one of his best-known works destroyed itself after being sold at auction for just over £1m. The iconic ‘Girl With Balloon’ was the final item in an auction at Sotheby’s,...
Augmented reality (AR): It may sound like something out of a sci-fi film, but the mysterious technology has been creeping steadily on to our smartphones and games systems over the last few years, and now it’s making its way into mainstream marketing campaigns. While you don’t...
From Fortnite fitness classes, and Persil’s dirt-activated books, to a sleepover in a Finnish supermarket: the innovative PR campaigns came thick and fast in August. Here are four of our favourites. Persil’s dirt-activated story book encourages kids to play outside In a bid to get children off...
From Paddy Power’s dig at President Trump during his UK visit, to doggy day-care brand Rover’s first ever canine swimming gala, the crazy PR stunts came in thick and fast during July. Here are a few of my favourites, starting with two Trump-inspired campaigns: Trumps controversial...
This year’s World Cup has been full of surprises: defending champions Germany made a swift exit after losing to South Korea in the group stage; Brazil got knocked out by Belgium; and Lionel Messi’s Argentina crashed out in a thriller against France. But the biggest,...
Capturing the hearts and attention of consumers is becoming increasingly difficult through traditional advertising, as we live in a world where we can easily power down, switch off, or opt-out of seeing ads altogether. As a result, brands are having to come up with creative...
Last month’s top PR campaigns saw Tesla break a world record, fashion e-tailer Missguided make a bold body image statement, the BBC promote the World Cup with an animated tapestry, and Smile Asia giving us food for thought with its Cleft Collection. Let’s kick off with...
If you’re a Coronation Street fan, you’ve probably noticed some changes in Weatherfield over the past few weeks, namely the arrival of two major high street stores. On April 28, a Co-op supermarket and Costa Coffee opened for business on the famous cobbled streets. As...
Does your business capture, handle, store, or share any kind of personal data, whether it’s for customers, staff or journalists? If the answer is yes, you’re going to be affected by the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, which comes into effect on May 25th...
The clocks have gone forward, the days are getting longer, and our favourite PR campaigns from March had a spring in their step. From Laithwaite’s new English Sparkling pantone colour, to Yorkshire Tea’s special biscuit brew, March was a month of creative PR campaigns. Here...
