Agency pays tribute to VW marketer

Ogilvy South Africa was enormously proud when Volkswagen SA sales and marketing director, Mike Glendinning, walked off with the Loeries Marketing Excellence and Innovation Award on Saturday night, 26 July 2008, in Margate. The award, introduced last year, recognises outstanding innovation in marketing and is given to an individual in recognition of his/her achievements over an extended period of time. 28 Jul 2008 13:41

Ogilvy - overall Loeries winner

The Ogilvy South Africa group is definitely still celebrating today, the morning after the 30th annual Loeries festival weekend. Its exceptional performance at the 2008 Loerie Awards resulted in the group's agencies garnering a total of 47 awards, including two Golds, four Gold Craft Certificates, 16 Silvers, 24 Bronze Loeries and 34 honours for campaign elements. Not only that, VW SA group sales and marketing director Mike Glendinning won the Loeries Marketing Excellence and Innovation award, which is the second consecutive year this award has been bestowed on an Ogilvy client. 28 Jul 2008 13:25

Show a little respect!

[Tshepiso Seopa] The Loeries Awards have come a long way and have grown in leaps and bounds to become the annual industry event. At the still youthful age of 30, this year the Loeries aimed to make mom proud but, unfortunately, there were incidents that definitely must have disappointed her as much as they did the chairman of Draftfcb Nkwenkwe Nkomo. 28 Jul 2008 12:28

What happens in Margate, shouldn't just stay in Margate

[Sindy Peters] The Loeries weekend is officially over but it didn't go off without a few shenanigans here and there. While it may be very funny to name and shame the drunk and disorderly, we're not going to. We're rather going to post their pics up on Facebook and poke fun at them that way. We've also handed out a few awards of our own. 28 Jul 2008 11:00

Sunday night Loeries winners

On Sunday, 27 July 2008 at the 30th anniversary of the Loerie Awards in Margate, a total of 112 Loeries were handed out, of which only two were Grands Prix: King James in TV & Cinema Commercials for Alan Gray ‘Beautiful', and Net#work BBDO and Gloo Digital Design in Experiential Digital Mixed-Media Campaign for ‘Youngblood5'. 27 Jul 2008 22:53

Loeries heading for Cape Town?

[Sindy Peters] While the atmosphere on the last day of Loeries 2008 turned out to be rather mellow, it seems most people agreed that something was missing this year as the energetic vibe just wasn't here, with most of the daily activities either cancelled or not quite as entertaining as they ought to have been. 27 Jul 2008 22:35

Final Loeries agency ranking

This year, The Loerie Awards implemented the Creative Circle's Creativity Points ranking to determine the value of the medals handed out. All entrants are awarded points, whether they are Creative Circle members or not. With these rankings, Ogilvy South Africa (Johannesburg) comes out on top of both nights with 3850 points. 27 Jul 2008 22:21

A sneak peek at the Velocity pool party

[Sindy Peters] If you're not on the Velocity Films pool party list and you gaze from your balcony trying to get a peek of what goes on at the whole affair, here's what you're missing. 27 Jul 2008 15:39

Saturday night Loeries winners

A total of 172 Loeries were handed out at the Saturday night ceremony, 26 July 2008, of the 30th annual Loerie awards, two of which were Grands Prix - Am I Collective and Trigger Communication - and 15 of which were Gold. Also introduced this year was the Creative Achievement Award, awarded to Mike Schalit, chief creative officer of BBDO South Africa. 26 Jul 2008 21:52

Glendinning scoops Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award

Mike Glendinning, sales and marketing director at Volkswagen, Audi and Seat, was honoured with the 2008 Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award on Saturday night, 26 July 2008, at the 30th annual Loeries advertising festival weekend in Margate. The award was introduced last year. 26 Jul 2008 21:50

Loeries introduces Creativity Points ranking

This year, the Loerie Awards have implemented the Creative Circle's Creativity Points ranking to determine the value of the medals handed out. With these rankings, on Saturday night Ogilvy South Africa (Johannesburg) comes out on top with 3050 points. 26 Jul 2008 21:49

Fun in the sun at Loeries 2008

[Sindy Peters] The Loeries weekend kicked off yesterday afternoon, Friday, 25 July 2008, as festival goers from around the country arrived in busloads, queuing up in the Margate Hotel to sort out paperwork before the annual non-stop party weekend began. It's the year to make your mom proud and the branding all over the place has certainly reinforced that! 26 Jul 2008 20:54

Ad agencies are “bottom-feeders” - Alistair King

[Vivian Warby] Alistair King, creative director of KingJames and one of the judges in this year's Loeries Awards, tells it as it is in the industry these days, no holds barred. “We have become bottom-feeders,” he says, talking quite frankly about ad agencies in the new era. 24 Jul 2008 23:54

Gearhouse SA

Gearhouse at the Loeries

It's time for the annual Loerie Awards, and Gearhouse SA is more involved than ever in this highlight on the advertising industry's calendar. 24 Jul 2008 18:55