Ads of the Week, Slap Edition
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12 trending ads this week
Friday, April 1, 2022
🎙 Skittles - Bring Back Lime Press Conference (Ad of the week)
Since Skittles took away its Lime flavor and replaced it with Green Apple, 130,980 people have filed online complaints. To make amends, they put out this teaser on Instagram, then streamed an apology press conference on Twitch. It’s, no joke, 35 minutes long. Amazing. (DDB Chicago)
🧹 Angie’s List - Oddly Satisfying
Oddly satisfying all over the place in this spot. Thanks, Angie’s List. This campaign had three spots: Caulking, cleaning, and painting. (Maximum Effort)
🐓NUGGS - We made chickens fly
I actually saw these on Reddit, flying around the suburbs of Vancouver. The guy who posted it was pretty freaked out. Cool to see it come to fruition, great spot from Rethink. (Rethink)
🏀 NBA - Playoffs on NBA Lane
The lights, the energy, the Spike Lee + Ludacris duo. NBA Lane is back and, our sponsor Forekast is here to remind us, it’s almost Playoff SZN. (Translation)
🌲 Hornbach - Unleashed
Talk about some bad seeds. I had absolutely zero idea where this was going. (HEIMAT)
👩💻 Squarespace - Everything to Sell Dreams
Whatever kind of dreams or new things you’re selling, Squarespace can help. (In-house)
🎮 Xbox - A Player Like Me
This is the story of Jordan, a 14-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia, who suffers from an extremely rare strain of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. But thanks to the power of gaming and the support from Gamers Outreach, he was introduced to a very special person on the other side of the Atlantic. (McCann/London)
🥛 Chobani - Oatmilk
Oatmilk. It’s like, everywhere. (The Martin Agency, USA)
👟 lulu lemon - Meet the Blissfeel Running Shoe
A shoe made for women first. (Droga5/New York)
🪴 VisitLEX - The World’s First Plant-Friendly Hotel
Plants are the new pets, and traveling is better with friends, so bring those plant friends to Kentucky. What did I just write? There’s no way anyone in the history of the world has ever written that sentence before. (Cornett)
🚗 Waka Kotahi - Road to Zero
A very heavy spot from a New Zealand Transport Agency, reminding you to drive safely. (FCB/Auckland)
🦯 Mastercard - Spotlight
A wonderful ad from Mastercard that highlights one of the tasks many of us take for granted. (McCann/New York)
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