Leo Burnett Loses Altoids to Hal Riney

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Late last Friday, Altoids awarded its creative duties to San Francisco’s Hal Riney causing those on the 31st floor of incumbent Leo Burnett in Chicago to, well, get a little unhappy. Though we love Burnett and think the early Altoids work was wonderful, we must say it is, perhaps, time for a change. In fairly clandestine review, we’re told Burnett was bested by Dial House, BBDO and Crispin. Chin up, Leo. It was probably the client’s fault anyway, right?

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