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Heinz caters to the nation’s prejudices
Posted in Advertising, Media, Marketing, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs June 25th, 2008 by Arif Durrani
Baked beans specialist Heinz finds itself in the middle of a PR disaster this week after pulling a tame TV ad created by Abbott Mead Vickers for all the wrong reasons.
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Tags Heinz ad, ASA, Abbott Mead Vickers, The Daily Mail, Gaydar
Nation’s sensibilities go up in smoke
Posted in Advertising, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs April 30th, 2008 by Arif Durrani
Last year it was an ad designed to help the gay community, this year the most complained about advertising campaign in the UK came with the government’s attempt to help people stop smoking; sometimes it just doesn’t pay to care.
Tags Smoking, Advertising, NHS, ASA
In the red corner Ryanair
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs April 4th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Ryanair has evidently had enough of the ASA – and vice versa as in a tit for tat spat they have referred each other to Ofcom after the ad watchdog made a series of rulings against Ryanair’s ads.
Tags Ryanair, ASA, Travel Industry, Michael O’Leary
McGregor is better with his head down the toilet
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs March 26th, 2008 by Arif Durrani
It was only a few months ago when Davidoff was being investigated by the advertising watchdog ASA after complaints its ads starring Lost actor Josh Holloway encouraged tombstoning – better known as throwing yourself off a cliff. Now the aftershave brand, together with ad agency Swan Media, finds itself in the dock once again, this time for crimes against sentient beings; its current spot starring the once respected Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is as enjoyable as poking your eyeballs out with a pencil.
Scared of a little competition, Tesco?
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Latest reporters' blogs, Lucy Tesseras March 17th, 2008 by Lucy Tesseras
Tesco is threatening to go to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after home grocery delivery rival Ocado promised it would match the supermarket on 3,500 household products, in a bid to combat its expensive image.
Tags Tesco, Ocado, ASA, Supermarkets
ASA makes a boob?
Posted in Advertising, Creative, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs February 1st, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Ryanair has hit out at the advertising watchdog using typical blustering and colourful language after one of its ads, featuring a model posing as a schoolgirl, was banned. Typical posturing from O’Leary’s airline driven by paranoia and the need for publicity at any cost? Or does Ryanair have a (dubious) point?
Gunning for the ASA
Posted in Advertising, Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs November 20th, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
The ASA is to take a look at violence in advertising as the number of complaints has gone up by nearly a third in the past 12 months and the number of ads complained about doubled. Anyone want to hazard a guess why?
Tags ASA, Violence, Advertising
Drink and girls: Still a boy’s staple
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs November 16th, 2007 by Arif Durrani
Young people are no longer being targeted by so many alcohol ads following the tightening of restrictions in 2005, trumpets a joint study from Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority today.
Tags Alcohol, Advertising, ASA, Youth Culture
Lost Innocence?
Posted in General, Advertising, Marketing, Oliver Milman, Latest reporters' blogs October 3rd, 2007 by Oliver Milman
Does the latest blow to the Innocent brand – which has seen the ASA slam its healthy credentials – prove that you can have a product that is almost too perfect for its own good?
I actually met an advert ‘complainee’
Posted in Advertising February 26th, 2007 by Jo Wallace
Jo Wallace, writer and director at Quiet Storm, gets to grips with an ad complainer - and wonders if some times they do have a point.
Tags ASA, KFC, Advertising
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