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UK: Argos Brings Its Catalogue to Commuters at Paddington Station

12 December 2011 21 h 21 min

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Argos has just installed an interactive QR-code purchase Pop-up Store at Paddington Rail station. The week long experiential campaign will enable those leaving their Christmas shopping late to point their smartphone at the gift they like and scan the QR code, reserving the gift to be picked up later that day at one of 750…More

UK: Campaign – Range Rover Evoque Euston Domination

21 November 2011 22 h 45 min | 2 Comments

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Land Rover is taking over Euston Station in a marketing campaign for the all new Range Rover Evoque. Range Rover imagery surrounds travellers on their way through the main hall and along the escalators down to the underground platform. As passengers descend the escalators, Range Rover Evoques will appear to travel alongside demonstrating the Terrain…More

UK: Kinetic Charts Rise in Mobile Technology Recognition

15 November 2011 21 h 08 min | 3 Comments

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Emerging mobile technologies such as Google Goggles, augmented reality and Near Field Communications (NFC) are gaining recognition amongst UK consumers, new research by lifestyle and environments communications agency Kinetic Worldwide has found. In its latest study of consumer lifestyles and behaviour outside the home, Kinetic found almost a third of consumers were aware of the…More

UK: ITV and Kinetic Bring Rugby World Cup Updates to DOOH Networks Across London

12 September 2011 11 h 14 min

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ITV and Kinetic launched last week, an innovative Out of Home campaign to bring the Rugby World Cup to commuters. The campaign  keeps fans up to date with results and pictures from the games as they come in overnight and in the morning. The updates, run by an RSS feed, are pulsed through to a…More

WW: Kinetic Launches Fuel

7 September 2011 13 h 15 min

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Kinetic is expanding its in-house digital, design and creative planning resources with the launch of a dedicated creative division, called Fuel. The launch of Fuel is a response to the increasing scope of Out of Home advertising including opportunities to integrate digital interactivity, dynamic displays, experiential and bespoke design into client brand campaigns. Fuel will…More

UK: Argos Starts Weather-Sensitive Digital Out Of Home Campaign in London

15 July 2011 14 h 24 min

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Argos has incorporated the flexibility of Digital Out Of Home advertising as part of a £4 million new ‘order online today, enjoy today’ ad campaign. UK’s leading multi-channel retailer has chosen to take a seasonal approach and focus on weather-sensitive creative to further demonstrate the benefits of not having to wait for products you want…More

UK: Number of Digital Sites to Grow 48% by 2020, says Kinetic

7 July 2011 12 h 03 min

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Kinetic has just released its must-read report The Future of Out of Home Media in the UK” (check here for the executive summary). Amongst others, the agency anticipates a 48% increase in the number of digital sites in the country, growing from an estimated 72.603 at present to 107.470 in 2020. This growth is to…More

UK: Colgate Wants You to Smile

6 July 2011 9 h 39 min

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Last weekend Colgate-Palmolive extended its “Keep Britain Smiling” campaign by initiating experiential activity staged around Ocean Outdoor’s large format digital billboard at London’s Westfield Shopping Centre. The team handed out free samples and also took pictures of shoppers who wanted to ‘share a smile for charity’ and be featured on the billboard itself in support…More

UK: Kinetic Introduces the Future of Out of Home Media

23 June 2011 15 h 44 min | 2 Comments

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Kinetic Worldwide has released the executive summary of its report on the future of poster advertising in the UK. The agency has analysed industry data, consulted around  20 media and advertising experts and carried out new research to draw a series of conclusions including: – Digital technology will grow Out of Home’s (OOH) total share…More

UK: Ford Runs Augmented Reality Campaign on JCDecaux Innovate’s Mall Screens

17 February 2011 18 h 45 min

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Ford of Britain will this week, at selected shopping centres nationwide, launch an augmented reality campaign featuring the new 7 seat Grand C-MAX car on JCDecaux Innovate’s mall six-sheet screens. The campaign, created by Ogilvy & Mather in London and digital production company Grand Visual, allows people to handle and explore miniaturised 3D ‘virtual’ models…More