The Customary Gift On A 10th Anniversary Is Tin

IBM celebrates the tenth anniversary of its partnership with Ogilvy & Mather for strategic advertising.

The Customary Gift On A 10th Anniversary Is Tin

Lisa BairdIBM 

Why is this relevant to a commentary on advertising? This May, IBM celebrates the 10th anniversary of its partnership with Ogilvy & Mather, our strategic advertising agency of record.

As the anniversary of this partnership approaches, I find myself, as the current custodian of the IBM-Ogilvy relationship, in an awkward position. Do I really want to give the IBM team at Ogilvy tin to celebrate such an occasion? Somehow, it just doesn't seem sufficient.

This is a relationship that...

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