Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) is a British advertising agency, responsible for some of the more notable advertising campaigns of the last twenty years. The company was founded by John Bartle, Nigel Bogle & John Hegarty in 1982. John Hegarty and Nigel Bogle still lead it today, together with Simon Sherwood. In 1997, Leo Burnett Worldwide purchased a 49 percent share in BBH; that share is now held by the Publicis advertising group. Leo Burnett Worldwide, generally referred to simply as Leo Burnett, is the organization overseeing all the regionally based advertising agencies in the family of advertising agencies created by ad man Leo Burnett. ... Logo Publicis Groupe (Euronext: PUB, NYSE: PUB) is a multinational advertising and communications company based in France. ...

It has just six offices worldwide - London, New York, Singapore, Tokyo, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. BBH employs more than 600 staff globally. The agency has worked for global brands including Audi, Vodafone, Levi Straus, British Airways, Johnnie Walker, Omo/Persil & Axe/Lynx. {{Infobox Company | company_slogan = Vorsprung durch Technik (Advancement Through Technique) | Never Follow | company_name = Audi AG | company_logo = | company_type = Public (Xetra: NSU) | | foundation = 1909 | location_city = Ingolstadt | location_country = Germany | key_people = August Horch, Founder Rupert Stadler, Chairman | industry = Automotive | products = Luxury Automobiles, Engines | revenue = € 28. ... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England. ... Levis is a brand of riveted denim jeans manufactured by Levi Strauss & Co. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name, see British Airways Ltd. ... Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced in Kilmarnock, Scotland. ... Persil is a brand of laundry detergent made by Henkel in some countries (including Germany and the Netherlands) and by Unilever, since acquiring rights to the brand in 1919, in others. ...

The company was responsible for commercials such as Levi’s ‘Laundrette’, and Levi's ‘Flatbeat’ featuring Flat Eric, a small yellow puppet. They were also responsible for 'Vorsprung durch Technik' for Audi, ‘The Axe Effect’ for Unilever and ‘Keep Walking’ for Johnnie Walker. Levis is a brand of riveted denim jeans manufactured by Levi Strauss & Co. ... {{Infobox Company | company_slogan = Vorsprung durch Technik (Advancement Through Technique) | Never Follow | company_name = Audi AG | company_logo = | company_type = Public (Xetra: NSU) | | foundation = 1909 | location_city = Ingolstadt | location_country = Germany | key_people = August Horch, Founder Rupert Stadler, Chairman | industry = Automotive | products = Luxury Automobiles, Engines | revenue = € 28. ... Unilever is a widely listed [1] [2] multi-national, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage, that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ... Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced in Kilmarnock, Scotland. ...

BBH has been Agency of the Year twice at Cannes, and has won 32 IPA Effectiveness Awards since 1988. BBH London was Campaign magazine’s 2005 UK Agency of the Year, an honour it also held in 1986, 1993, 2003 and 2004. In the USA, Advertising Age recently voted BBH Global Network of the Year and, in Singapore, Ad Asia has chosen BBH as its Agency of the Year for the region. Cannes Film Festival logo. ...

In 2006, BBH opened what it called the first virtual advertising office in Second Life.^[1] Second Life (abbreviated as SL) is an Internet-based virtual world launched in 2003, which came to international attention via mainstream news media in late 2006 and early 2007 [4][5] and a libertarian anarchy developed by Linden Research, Inc (commonly referred to as Linden Lab). ...

References

1. ^ Carter, Meg. "BBH launches virtual advertising agency", The Guardian, 2006-29-09. Retrieved on 2007-01-06. 

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External links

• BBH Website
• Adbrands profile of BBH
• BBH Second Life Office