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11 November 2011 - 9:41am | posted by Ishbel Macleod | 9 comments

John Lewis Christmas advert revealed

The John Lewis Christmas advert, featuring a cover of The Smith’s ‘Please, please, please, let me get what I want’ has launched today on YouTube and Facebook.

It will then be launched tomorrow on TV during The X Factor.

The advert was created by Adam & Eve.

CategoryAdvertising Marketing
LocationLondon
SectorConsumer Goods Retail
Tagsjohn lewis YouTube facebook The X Factor

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Very very good indeed. Beats M&S into a horrible X-Factor branded hat

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Yeah, hard not to smile during it. Had hoped it'd end with him not getting the present he wanted and sighing heavily again - but no sure that's the message they wanted to convey. Nice work.

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