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Cannes, and the Art of the Smaller Shop
Agencies

Cannes, and the Art of the Smaller Shop

The annual gathering on the Croisette has always presented independent agencies with a particular challenge: how to be noticed in a town temporarily populated by holding company executives with larger yachts and more comprehensive bar tabs. This year's festival, which opens next week, will offer the usual opportunities for smaller shops to make their case to marketers who

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The Social Network That Isn't
Advertising

The Social Network That Isn't

The term "social media" may be approaching the linguistic fate of "horseless carriage" — a description that reveals more about what preceded