McDonald’s Crops the Golden Arches to Direct You to the Closest Restaurant
McDonald's branding is so iconic that it communicates just as well in very minimalist form, as the company's extremely stripped-down advertising in France has long proven. Now, in Canada, the fast-food...
View ArticleThanks to GDPR, Marketers Will Wield Data Like a Scalpel, Not a Broadsword
Remember learning that "there's no such thing as a Magic Bullet"? Over the last decade or so, an onslaught of third-party data and cookies have made brands and advertisers dismiss this basic rule of...
View ArticleDee Rees and Rachel Morrison’s Lovely Samsung Ad Urges You to Make Something,...
Rachel Morrison, the cinematographer behind Dee Rees' movie Mudbound, is up for Best Cinematography at this Sunday's 90th Academy Awards--the first woman ever nominated in that category. Samsung's...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger: Here’s How to Name a Group Chat
Did you know that Facebook Messenger allows you to name your group conversations? For instance, if you're part of a group chat consisting of only your family members, you may wish to name the...
View ArticleHorizon Promotes 3 Women to Executive Vice President Amid Industry Call for...
Horizon Media announced today it has promoted three of its female leaders to executive vice president, as the rising #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have the industry calling for better representation of...
View ArticleAllbirds Celebrates Its Birthday With a Limited-Edition Shoe Collection...
Allbirds, the comfortable shoe that people can't stop talking about, celebrated its second birthday by releasing a limited edition shoe collection. The catch? You can only buy it on Instagram. The...
View ArticleKimberly-Clark Launches Global Creative Review, Forcing WPP to Defend a Major...
CPG conglomerate Kimberly-Clark recently launched a global creative agency review as it seeks to restructure the roster of shops responsible for marketing its extensive brand portfolio. The Irving,...
View ArticleLaura Dern, Sasheer Zamata and Tavi Gevinson Talk Life Advice in Kate Spade’s...
If Laura Dern were to write a love letter to herself, it would say, "You've got this, Dern." That's one of the 22 versions of a new digital campaign that Kate Spade rolled out this week; the campaign...
View ArticleUnivision Is Planning the First Experiential Upfront
Univision is scrapping the traditional Upfront presentation this year and planning a two-day experiential gathering. The leading Spanish-language U.S. media company is also moving out of the stuffy...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Hire a Chief Brand Safety Officer
Earlier this week, Bank of America became the first major company to announce that it had appointed a brand safety officer to ensure a positive customer experience and protect the firm's reputation...
View ArticleFerrero Is Using the Oscars to Introduce Kinder Joy—a Chocolate Treat With a...
If you're going to mimic theatrical trailer tropes like "In a World..." as part of your marketing campaign you might as well do so during the Oscars. Ferrero is doing just that, positioning its Kinder...
View ArticleThis Bostonian Design Director Helps Hotels Find Their Brand Identity
While many people move between jobs over the course of a career, Denise Korn has worked at the company she founded for 25 years. In 1992, Korn established Korn Design, specializing in real estate,...
View ArticleBrands Are Finally Embracing Augmented Reality, but Not Without Speed Bumps
Pok?mon Go and a dancing hot dog: two augmented reality stars that burst into the tech universe over the last two years. One hundred million people downloaded Pok?mon Go. And the hot dog, which was a...
View ArticleA Pioneering Single Mom Created Liquid Paper, and It’s Been Fixing Typos for...
Bette Nesmith Graham was in a terrible fix. It was 1954, and the Texas Bank and Trust, where she worked as a secretary, had just replaced its old manual typewriters with new IBM electrics. Graham had...
View ArticleWhy Brands Are Faking Out Consumers With Ads Disguised as Movie Trailers
In the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, movie buffs were surprised to find IMDb pages popping up online and unexpected trailers dropping for what appeared to be a reboot of Crocodile Dundee. The...
View ArticleInfographic: As Gen Zers Become Parents, Here’s What Brands Need to Know
Sure, children are the future, but perhaps even more so, parents are the future. Now that Gen Z is growing up, how can brands access the ever-changing demo and target them as parents? Pregnancy and...
View ArticleSpike Jonze and FKA twigs Made a Jaw-Dropping Short Film for Apple’s HomePod
Spike Jonze has long been deeply embedded in the dance world. He explored movement in everything from the Fatboy Slim videos he helped to choreograph in the late '90s, to Levi's "Crazy Legs" commercial...
View ArticleFacebook’s New Tool Allows Travel Brands to Shape Vacationers’ Plans From the...
Travel advertisers on Facebook no longer have to wait until vacationers have chosen a destination to begin the courtship process, as the social network introduced new ad product trip consideration,...
View ArticleMarriott International Sends Global Media Account to Publicis
Marriott International has handed its global media buying and planning account to Publicis Groupe. The appointment concludes a review launched last October. MEC had handled media buying and planning...
View ArticleStudy Shows That Every $1 Spent on Radio Advertising Returns $12 In Purchase...
Radio network Westwood One wanted to get a sense of the return its advertisers were getting on their investments--it promised as much last fall, when it established ROI guarantees--so it partnered with...
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