Industry Slump Trickling Down To Detroit Ad World?

An inside rumor has the Detroit arm of ad giant BBDO laying off 120 workers this coming Friday, the 7th, while Campbell-Ewald supposedly comes under the axe the following Friday, November 14th. We're not too surprised about BBDO: With Chrysler as its main source of revenue — and that source of revenue possibly drying… Discuss…
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Pre-Owned BMW Ads Now Completely Indiscernible From Syphilis PSAs

What It's Selling: Pre-owned Bimmers


Where It's At: Greece


What This Ad Literally Says: "You know you're not the first"


What This Ad Intends To Say: Would you say no to a sexy looking woman just because she's not a virgin? Probably not unless you're one of those "religious types." Therefore, BMW hopes you'd respond …

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Ad Watch: The Dodge Nitro — Now With Twice The Time, Twice The…

Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to show you the new 30 second BBDO NY spot for the Dodge Nitro, with a hint we'd seen a bigger version of this breaking-through-the-earth ad over the weekend. Well, we've now got the big and anything but cute 60 second Nitro "Planet" spot, and here it is — but other than being …

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Ad Watch: Dodge's Higher Caliber Of Viral Video — Shoots Bear In Face,…

BBDO already created a silly li'l set of ads to sell Dodge's Caliber CUV — and now, thanks to an enterprising reader we see they've got some silly li'l viral video to go with it. Watch three friends — bear, pig and Caliber — enjoy a lovely afternoon trip to the meadow to dance and sing. What could possibly go wrong?…

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Trail-Mix-a-Lot Marketing

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Who doesn't love trail mix (minus those prone to anaphylactic shock) and otherwise mixing it up on the trail? BBDO-Detroit hopes prospective buyers of the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited are all over the outdoors like a mad squad of earwigs. The agency concocted a series of print ads to promote the new four-door Jeep that…

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