Episode 14 1990's The Madmen sell, Agencies are split – The Media Bucket Shop and Creative Agencies, ending the full service, one stop shop.
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The “expensive” Mad Men skilled Advertising types were consequently, cast out in the cost cutting or, they simply left because they had been bought out in the 1980s. They didn’t want to stay anyway and as I explained, most of those owners were the true advertising creative people. So, through buyouts, it was the creatives that were missing first.These the people who probably drank too much, who turned into work at various times (but worked long hours), who wanted to have fun on expense accoun...
The last Episode in our Story brings us to today.What I set out to understand The Story of Advertising and the reason for a current downfall or, a collapse in advertising standards.We started with the brands from the Egyptians BC, the development of brands through the 1800-1900s with Pears Soap,...
Published 10/29/24
The 1980’s signified too, a change in the general financial business attitude too, just as the advertising power base was shifting from Madison Avenue New York, to London’s Soho as we said in the last episode. And of course, the Saatchis showing that Ad Agencies could be financial business too...
Published 10/18/24