Havas Chicago brings Orbitz back to TV | BBDO, Macy's unveil "Find Your Beautiful" | VB&P's final work for Reebok defies convention
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[Havas Chicago brings Orbitz back to TV](
[Havas Chicago brings Orbitz back to TV](
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Orbitz is running its first TV campaign in almost 10 years, which promotes its unique rewards and experiences to millennials. The push, from Havas Chicago, includes a 30-second spot highlighting "the snap" that demonstrates the simplicity of booking via the brand. [Ad Age (tiered subscription model)]( (3/11)
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[BBDO, Macy's unveil "Find Your Beautiful"](
[BBDO, Macy's unveil "Find Your Beautiful"](
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BBDO New York's spring push for Macy's features a 60-second spot titled "Find Your Beautiful" that is set to an original poem and encourages women to discover and celebrate their best selves. The campaign includes social content that explores individual style and a three-part series collaboration with The New York Times' T Brand Studio that reviews fashion trends and is available on YouTube and the brand's digital destination, "Macy's Presents The Edit." [MediaPost Communications]( (3/11), [The Drum (free registration)]( (3/11)
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[VB&P's final work for Reebok defies convention](
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Venables Bell & Partners' final campaign for Reebok features an anthem 90-second spot titled "Storm the Court," which shows a girl wearing the brand's Aztrek Double shoes interrupting a basketball game and mesmerizing players and onlookers until they join her in some unique dance moves. The push is running across TV, digital and social, and Reebok's Melanie Boulden says, "The message is clear: We're asking you to sport the unexpected -- break convention." [Campaign US (free registration)]( (3/11), [MediaPost Communications]( (3/11), [Ad Age (tiered subscription model)]( (3/11)
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[Moral lessons from SXSW for advertisers](
Discussions at SXSW that related to artificial intelligence and data privacy focused on their effect on human beings and society as opposed to technology, and advertisers must too start addressing these issues, writes Publicis Emil's Justin Billingsley. "[W]e must take a critical view of the long-term impact of automation and AI on our industry beyond the glimmer of the short-term benefits of making something a little cheaper, and balance this with where we are generating true value," he writes. [Campaign UK (tiered subscription model)]( (3/11)
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[Lion of St. Mark to be awarded to GS&P founders](
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[Unstereotype Metric helps marketers eliminate gender bias](
The Unstereotype Alliance debuted a tool on International Women's Day that enables global marketers to easily check their advertising for unintentional gender stereotypes. The free Unstereotype Metric is designed to ensure genders are positively depicted in ads, and Kantar research reveals that advertising using the metric results in an almost threefold boost to positive viewer perception and purchase intent. [Adweek (tiered subscription model)]( (3/9)
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