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Tag: advertising news

Kettle & Fire goes full on caveman for first campaign
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Kettle & Fire goes full on caveman for first campaign

By Reel Chicago Oct 8, 2026
Wellness marketing can get complicated fast. Powders. Pills. Gadgets. Hacks. Protocols. Routines. Kettle & Fire and Chicago-based AOR Someoddpilot are taking the opposite a...
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Xero Shoes puts Isaiah Stewart everywhere at once
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Xero Shoes puts Isaiah Stewart everywhere at once

By Reel Chicago Oct 8, 2026
Chicago-based Someoddpilot is putting NBA big man Isaiah Stewart everywhere at once in a new campaign for Xero Shoes, using duplication to capture the Detroit forward’s relen...
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Roman Reigns brings Akuma’s fury to The General
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Roman Reigns brings Akuma’s fury to The General

By Reel Chicago Oct 7, 2026
Getting dropped by your insurance company can feel like a fight. So The General and BBDO Chicago decided to make it one. In the latest installment of the brand’s “The Br...
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Laughlin Constable PR wins PRSA Chicago Skyline Award
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Laughlin Constable PR wins PRSA Chicago Skyline Award

By Reel Chicago Oct 3, 2026
Laughlin Constable Public Relations has earned a PRSA Chicago Skyline Award for its work supporting the transformation of Hollywood Casino Joliet. The agency’s “Hollywoo...
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M&M’S take center stage in TV-inspired spots from BBDO Chicago
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M&M’S take center stage in TV-inspired spots from BBDO Chicago

BY Reel Chicago Sep 28, 2026
M&M’S have jumped out of the snack bowl and onto the screen in BBDO Chicago’s latest campaign, Screentime. Directed by Rami Hachache through PRETTYBIRD US, the campa...
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Havas names BBDO vet Larry Gies Chief Strategy Officer
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Havas names BBDO vet Larry Gies Chief Strategy Officer

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2026
Havas Chicago has named Larry Gies its new Chief Strategy Officer, bringing the longtime Energy BBDO strategist back into the Havas network and onto the agency’s senior leade...
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Danny DeVito gets ‘Stacked and Jacked’ for Jersey Mike’s new NFL campaign
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Danny DeVito gets ‘Stacked and Jacked’ for Jersey Mike’s new NFL campaign

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2026
Jersey Mike’s is heading into year two of its NFL partnership with a new campaign platform and one very unexpected franchise quarterback. Created with Highdive, Game Day Mike...
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HomeGoods goes big with larger-than-life activation
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HomeGoods goes big with larger-than-life activation

By Reel Chicago Sep 22, 2026
HomeGoods took its “Never Shop the Same” platform quite literally, supersizing everyday home finds for a larger-than-life experiential activation in Chicago’s Pioneer Cou...
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Applebee’s brings creative account back to the Midwest with BBDO Chicago
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Applebee’s brings creative account back to the Midwest with BBDO Chicago

By Reel Chicago Sep 19, 2026
After nearly a decade with Grey, Applebee’s is bringing its creative account back to the Midwest. The casual-dining chain has named BBDO Chicago its new creative agency, h...
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twoxfour wins Walter E. Smithe media account
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twoxfour wins Walter E. Smithe media account

By Reel Chicago Sep 15, 2026
Independent agency twoxfour has been named media agency of record for Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, adding another hometown brand to the shop’s growing roster. ...
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One Chicago takes center stage as NBC celebrates 100 years
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One Chicago takes center stage as NBC celebrates 100 years

By One Chicago Sep 9, 2026
NBC is marking its 100th anniversary with a massive fall push, and The Windy City is right in the middle of the celebration. The network’s new “Our Biggest Fall in 100 Year...
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Highdive helps Jeep declare ‘This Is Jeep Country’
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Highdive helps Jeep declare ‘This Is Jeep Country’

By Reel Chicago Sep 9, 2026
Chicago-based Highdive is helping Jeep celebrate 85 years of freedom, grit and adventure with a new national campaign declaring one simple idea: “This Is Jeep Country.” ...
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Danny DeVito saves the day with a Jersey Mike’s sub
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Danny DeVito saves the day with a Jersey Mike’s sub

By Reel Chicago Sep 8, 2026
Sometimes the best advertising idea is also the dumbest idea in the room. And we mean that as a compliment. This week’s Reel Ad of the Week goes to Jersey Mike’s “Bus,”...
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Havas Chicago puts The Laughing Cow on wheels
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Havas Chicago puts The Laughing Cow on wheels

By Reel Chicago Sep 8, 2026
The Laughing Cow spent the summer taking its signature cheese wedge on the road with The Wedgemobile, a traveling activation created by Havas Chicago. The oversized wedge-on...
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BarkleyOKRP puts families to the test for Lucid Motors
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BarkleyOKRP puts families to the test for Lucid Motors

By Reel Chicago Sep 8, 2026
Lucid Motors and BarkleyOKRP have launched a new global campaign for the Lucid Gravity that turns a familiar SUV advertising premise on its head. Instead of asking whether the ...
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Motion Agency acquires Cincinnati’s Vehr Communications
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Motion Agency acquires Cincinnati’s Vehr Communications

By Reel Chicago Sep 3, 2026
The Motion Agency is expanding its Midwest footprint by acquiring Vehr Communications, a Cincinnati-based strategic communications firm. The deal strengthens Chicago-headqua...
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C-K and ECHO bring Branch Yarderman back for ‘We Are Yarders’
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C-K and ECHO bring Branch Yarderman back for ‘We Are Yarders’

By Reel Chicago Sep 2, 2026
Cramer-Krasselt and ECHO are bringing back Branch Yarderman for a new round of spots under the brand’s “We Are Yarders” platform, once again turning the unwritten rules o...
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Cecily Strong makes mornings a little less terrible with Thomas’
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Cecily Strong makes mornings a little less terrible with Thomas’

By Reel Chicago Sep 1, 2026
Cecily Strong spent years owning late nights. Now Thomas’ is asking the Chicago-born comedian to do something considerably more frightening: become a morning person. Strong s...
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State Farm gets personal with football fans in new campaign
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State Farm gets personal with football fans in new campaign

By Reel Chicago Aug 28, 2026
State Farm is putting a more personal spin on football season. Created with Highdive, the insurer’s latest campaign uses a series of distinct football stories to show what pe...
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Colornation adds colorist Kalvin Johnson
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Colornation adds colorist Kalvin Johnson

By Reel Chicago Aug 25, 2026
Colornation has added colorist Kalvin Johnson to its growing roster of remote post-production talent, expanding its lineup with an artist whose commercial work includes project...
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