We're not quite sure why the ad lists the laptop as "Full HD (1080i)" when the LCD is capable of 1080p, and after Sony has so clearly stated that "True HD, " at least, is 1080p.

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Like many other Japanese firms, but quite unlike a freewheeling European ad agency, it is stuffy and rigid, rewarding people for seniority rather than performance.

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Another marketer, Fortune Brands, recently launched its first major national ad campaign in quite some time for its Jim Beam line of bourbon products.

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As much as we have discussed mass ideas, Indian marketers and ad agencies have proven they can also be quite sophisticated with messaging and targeting.

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Soaps and matchboxes are quite popular. e.g Imran Khan has a match box ad.

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The Nike ad may be offensive to those who don't quite understand sports culture, or work in extremely competitive environments such as sales, or Wall Street, and even politics.

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Back in 2008, many of the leading experts in AD strongly believed in the science behind bapi and they would have been quite negative about ending the bapi program.

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The first political ad ever aired on MTV went on this past week, and it is quite a doozy.

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While the CPMs on mobile are significantly higher (you have to stare at the ads which are quite large relative to the screen size), we struggle to believe Facebook can continue to ramp the ad load on mobile the way they did in Q4 2012.

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