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Coca-Cola's Christmas trucks are so old "carbon dating may be required" says...
Behind the windows of this very special Drum adVENT Calendar you’ll find a different member of the creative industry venting their feelings on a Christmas ad, or ads, they love or loathe. Today it’s...
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The Queen to praise Team GB as her Christmas broadcast goes 3D for first time
The Queen is set to hail the efforts of Team GB as her televised Christmas message is broadcast in 3D for the first time. The annual address is expected to hear Queen Elizabeth II congratulate the...
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Marketing Weak: CSL - Specialists
This week's advertising award that nobody wants to win goes to the latest CSL campaign. Not a classic - even by other furniture ad standards. CSL seem to have decided that other furniture retailers...
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BBC comes out on top in Christmas Day ratings battle
According to overnight figures, the BBC won the Christmas Day TV ratings battle with the special episode of EastEnders averaging 9.4 million viewers, making it the most watched programme. In second...
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BBC tops Brand List 2012, while Apple and Amazon take a hit over tax...
YouGov has revealed its annual BrandIndex, showing the top brands of 2012. YouGov pollsters questioned a different set of 2,000 people every day, asking whether they had heard anything positive or...
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Ad of the Day: Thompson's - Generations
It's hard to know quite how to describe this animated commercial from Northern Ireland... on the one hand, the iconography is quite charming but, on the other, the strange, stilted movement of the...
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“Leaving the BBC is like winning the lottery”: BBC facing investigation as it...
The Telegraph has revealed that The National Audit Office is preparing to examine the scale of severance packages at the corporation following MPs raising concerns that leaving the BBC was like...
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Behind the windows of this very special Drum adVENT Calendar you’ll find a different member of the creative industry venting their feelings on a Christmas ad, or ads, they love or loathe. Today we're...
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In Christmas mass address Pope Benedict XVI says technology is making us “too...
According to Pope Benedict XVI, technology and instant communications are leaving people with “no room” for the important things in life. Despite joining Twitter himself last month, acquiring more...
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Boxing Day sales predicted to attract 126 million website visits from online...
The high street is hoping for a boost as one in ten Britons hit the Boxing Day sales, spending around £2.4 billion. But many people were not willing to brave to rain and beat the in store queues by...
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Rise of e-books results in 50% of bookshops closing down
Due to the rise of e-books and the consumer downturn, the number of bookshops in Britain has more than halved in seven years. According to data from Experian there are only 1,878 bookshops left in...
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Experian reports record increase for online sales on Christmas Eve and...
Figures released by Experian, the global information services company, have revealed that Christmas 2012 was the biggest and busiest ever for online retailers in the UK. Consumers set new records for...
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Virgin Media Business study shows the majority of students believe employees...
According to research from Virgin Media Business the majority of students (70 per cent) at one of the UK's leading technology colleges believe the next generation of employees will ditch the office...
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Ad of the Day: Compare The Market - Spencer's Troubled
This superb addition to the winning Compare The Market campaign introduces us to Alexandr Orlov in human form. Robert Webb plays the man behind 'Compare the Market' and it seems he's as determined to...
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Downtown Abbey suffers Christmas ratings slide losing one million viewers
After being beat by rival BBC in the overnight ratings for Christmas Day ITV has taken another blow as it was revealed hit show Downtown Abbey lost more than one million viewers with its Christmas Day...
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MP3 player sales drop by more than 20% as consumers increasingly turn to...
Mintel analysis has shown that sales of MP3 players have fell by 22 per cent compared to 2011. The drop equates to around £110 million with sales revenue falling to around £381 million. If the...
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Doctor Who beats Eastenders to be named the most Tweeted about Christmas TV show
BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who has been named as the most talked about Christmas TV show on Twitter. Despite Eastenders attracting the most Christmas Day viewers, research by internet service provider...
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Social media related crime increases 780% in four years
According to police figures social media crimes have increased by 780 per cent in the last four years. The number of allegations relating to Facebook and Twitter has increased nearly eight-fold, with...
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Missing Christmas already? Check out the last few submissions to The Drum's...
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US Department of Justice to investigate Hewlett-Packard's takeover of Autonomy
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed it is to investigate Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of UK firm Autonomy. HP was informed last month that the DOJ was looking into the takeover which...
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