Epica Awards give boost to France – and WPP
This year’s Epica creative advertising awards – the 24th in the series – sprang some interesting surprises. France was the lead country – both in the number of winners and total awards – for the first...
View ArticleThe real winner at Cannes? John O’Keeffe, WPP’s worldwide creative director
When you can’t come up with a great idea, do the next best thing – plump for an all-star cast and baroque production values. If the ad is slick enough, maybe no one will notice the difference. Except...
View ArticleThe jury’s out on Cannes’ creative verdict
One way or another the “C” word defined this year’s Cannes International Festival of Creativity. Naively, I came away from the ad industry’s annual Rivièra fest thinking “C” stood for Chipotle and...
View ArticleCannes awards spat masks war to the needle between de Nardis and Sorrell
WPP chief Sir Martin Sorrell has rightly been basking in the reflected glory of the Cannes sunshine. Three successive years, three successive triumphs as holding company of the year at the...
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