Day: 2 December 2018

Havas Chicago Brings Diversity & Inclusion Platform #BLACKATWORK to 3% Conference in Chicago

Stuart Mitchell

As the cultural conversation around equality in America continues to evolve, there is a need to approach the subject in a way that is provocative, authentic and that creates a deeper understanding of the specific barriers that diverse candidates in various industries face. To evoke this dialogue around the advertising industry specifically, Havas Chicago will bring its diversity and inclusion platform, #BLACKATWORK, to the seventh annual 3% Conference, a two-day event that addresses and examines the importance of diversity in creativity. The exclusive #BLACKATWORK activation aims to purposefully transform the…

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Books-A-Million Spreads Joy with Holiday Book & Toy Drive Through Mid-December

Stuart Mitchell

Make spirits bright this season by joining Books-A-Million for its sixth annual Holiday Book & Toy Drive. Now through December 16, customers can visit their local Books-A-Million store to donate children’s books and toys to local charities across the country, such as Children’s of Alabama, Toys for Tots, Ronald McDonald House and more. Taking place at all Books-A-Million locations, this year’s “Grow Your Heart 3 Sizes” campaign brings joy and warmth to the hearts of children and families in need this holiday season! “Our annual holiday book and toy drive…

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New CAP Code rules on the use of data for marketing

Stuart Mitchell

Following public consultation, CAP is introducing new rules on the use of data for marketing. These changes are intended to ensure that its rules cover data protection issues most relevant to marketing, and that they align with the standards introduced by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679, the GDPR). Until 25 May this year, CAP’s regulation of data protection issues was carried out under two sets of rules: section 10 (Database practice) and Appendix 3 (Online behavioural advertising). Section 10 regulated the use of data for direct marketing generally,…

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20 artists present worldwide street art exhibition to end deforestation for palm oil

Stuart Mitchell

From Jakarta to London, New York to Istanbul, artists have made city walls their canvas to draw attention to rainforest destruction for palm oil in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The Wings of Paradise project has spread 20 giant murals in 20 cities worldwide [see here for full collection] as part of a Greenpeace campaign calling for global brands to protect rainforests, its biodiversity and communities and stop buying palm oil from forest destroyers. The huge murals, many larger than 25 square metres, include a towering painting in central Taipei.…

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Choose Love, the store that sells products for refugees, is back for 2018

Stuart Mitchell

The charity pop up store that took London by storm last year is back with more ways to help displaced people this Christmas. The Help Refugees ‘Choose Love’ store will open simultaneously in London and New York offering a totally unique take on the traditional shopping experience. Choose Love invites visitors to ‘shop your heart out, leave with nothing, and feel the love’. From new items like solar lamps and women’s services to emergency blankets and school bags, every purchase goes towards a similar item for a refugee, distributed by…

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