Bud Light banks on return of cute frogs for UK launch
Budweiser, now owned by AB InBev, won lots of sales and awards back in 1995 with this opus featuring some popular frogs. Adweek probably called them adorable. Now AB InBev is launching the best-selling...
View ArticleDentsu Aegis wins over WPP in global AB InBev media review
WPP’s MediaCom, which looked like it was on the way back after losing £2bn Volkswagen media to Omnicom’s PHD, has taken another big hit: losing brewing giant Ab InBev’s near $1bn US account to Dentsu...
View ArticleNow AB InBev launches Draftline in-house agency
Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (Budweiser and Bud Light among others) is joining the rush to set up a fully-formed in-house ad agency. The agency has grown from an in-house unit handling Michelob...
View ArticleNow Bud Light goes in-house for online blitz
AB InBev has joined P&G and others in making at least some of its own ads, in its case with the in-house Draftline agency. It’s quicker and cheaper they say. Here’s a new effort for Bud Light...
View ArticleAB InBev readies “punishing” global media review
Brewing giant AB InBev is reported to be reviewing its $4.8bn global media account, just two years after it chose Dentsu’s Vizeum in the US and an assortment of other holding company agencies around...
View ArticleAB InBev launches in-house campaign for new Victoria through Hamlet
Giant brewer AB InBev is launching a new blonde beer Victoria with a pop at Belgian world leader Duvel – which means devil – with a spin on Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, the follow-up to the Da Vinci...
View ArticleAB InBev global media pitch is big challenge for Dentsu
Big media reviews seem to happen almost daily these days but AB InBev’s global review is worth noting: it spends around $5bn on advertising including some of the drinks world’s most famous brands. The...
View ArticlePublicis Media lands AB InBev and LVMH
Publicis Media is on a roll, winning most of giant brewer AB InBev’s $5bn global business plus French luxury goods firm LVMH in the UK and France (it previously handled most other markets.) Dentsu...
View ArticleAB InBev’s Cannes Creative Marketer gong backfires – best to treat celebs...
There may well be some red faces at this year’s Cannes Lions – and not caused by lingering over the rosé too long in the sun. AB InBev will be honoured as the first back-to-back winner of Creative...
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