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Marketing, branding, and memory, told around a company called River West that acquires the intellectual property around “dead” brands: “In most cases … gulfstream/2438

Odd hand-drawn stop-motion ad for the Russian Gmail apparently created by Saatchi Moscow demonstrating the various features. gulfstream/2416

Search terms are replacing URLs as the suggested way to find out more about a product in Japanese advertising. (Requires that the site get indexed before … gulfstream/2418

Have I posted this before? Small story on Sao Paolo’s near-complete eradication of outdoor advertising. gulfstream/2320

Some proper Aussies in this (fake?) market research video for Drambuie Australia. gulfstream/2361

Story on a well-placed semi-colon on some MTA signage is currently the most frequently emailed story at the Times! gulfstream/2397

Prize-winning commercial: “I think I was er, always misunderstood. People just didn’t seem to like me... I think I annoyed them, I got on their nerves. … gulfstream/2304

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Surreal ad for German hardware store. More: 1, 2, 3. gulfstream/1902

Are take-away pizza menus good design, or bad? “The fact is, pizza flyers set up precisely the right expectations about the product and the service: … gulfstream/1929

The Red Cross is apparently running an ad that ridicules almost all well-meaning attempts to “save the world”—except donating blood, … gulfstream/1944

Um, is it not really weird that the purchaser of the 1 billionth song on iTunes gets (as well as Apple goodies) a scholarship at Julliard established in … gulfstream/1997

Don’t be mean, Apple! Also, the iLife ad is a bit unfair in that Microsoft wouldn’t be allowed to bundle anything vaguely similar with Windows. (It … gulfstream/2075

The perils of introducing too many snack variants: in the last two years, after Nestle introduced Kit-Kats in flavours like lime crush, blood orange, red … gulfstream/2106

Disappointing new Sony Bravia ad: a lot of it looks computer generated (though I don’t think it is) the paint explosions aren’t fun (and the clown … gulfstream/2178

How ad agencies would market tap water. (Some silly ideas, but largely provocative.) I don’t think it’s inherently difficult to sell tap water—the … gulfstream/2226

The unfortunately named “(RED)” campaign for the Global Fund has raised just $18 million; up to $100 million is estimated to have been spent advertising … gulfstream/2253

Apple’s ads—and the artists and commercials they ripped off to get them. gulfstream/2301

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