The Week: Mother beats Publicis to £20m global Stella Artois brief

Campaign 05-Dec-08

Mother has scooped the £20 million global advertising business for Stella Artois after a final pitch against Publicis.

The agency was informed of the Stella parent InBev's decision on Monday,
putting an end to a three-month pitch process, which began when the
incumbent, Lowe, resigned the account in August.

Mother will now produce a campaign that will run in 2009 across the beer

brand's global markets.

Sources close to the pitch suggest it was a closely fought contest, with
both Mother and Publicis' pitch work going through an extensive global
research phase over the past three weeks. It is understood that Mother
pitched a more humorous approach to the brief, which will undergo
further development before going into production next year.

A spokeswoman for InBev said: "The work done by Mother on the 4% launch
campaign and on the pitch convinced us of their great creative
capability and their ability to help us grow Stella Artois
globally."