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    Olipop’s new ads show how the brand is winning people back to soda

    Stars like Kristin Chenoweth and Joshua Jackson share their nostalgia for soda and love of Olipop in a campaign inspired by “Got Milk?” ads.

    By July 15, 2025
  • JanSport campaign imagery for it's "Always With You" campaign.
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    Why JanSport revived its cringeworthy back-to-school ads to reach Gen Z

    The backpack maker’s TikTok-focused effort returns for a second year after an initial run led to the brand’s highest grossing sales day in history.

    By July 15, 2025
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    Retail Marketing

    Top stories that underscore the leading influences on retail marketing, including Gen Z, pop culture and generative AI.

    By Marketing Dive staff
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    Comscore, iSpot, VideoAmp pass currency audit ahead of broadcast season

    The U.S. Joint Industry Committee confirmed that the three firms’ data held up, even around crucial areas like live sports.

    By July 14, 2025
  • A pedestrian strolls by a KFC ad that shows Colonel Sanders scowling.
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    KFC’s new take on Colonel Sanders is serious about its ‘Comeback Era’

    The usually grinning founder-turned-mascot has taken on a scowl to ensure the Yum Brands chain gets serious about winning back market share. 

    By July 14, 2025
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    ‘Superman’ takes over Roku with first-to-market search integrations

    The integration includes key placements on the CTV platform, a voice query activation and a content hub all themed around the DC superhero blockbuster.

    By July 11, 2025
  • State Farm Gamerhood physical challenge
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    How State Farm is stepping up its gaming-focused reality series

    The brand is boosting its decade-long investment in gaming by bringing new talent and improved production to the fourth season of “Gamerhood.”

    By July 9, 2025
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    Ben’s Original refreshes identity 5 years after dropping ‘Uncle’

    The marketer, previously known as Uncle Ben’s, partnered with agency JKR to update its brand identity to be more consistent and distinctive.

    By July 8, 2025
  • A Star Wars fan dressed as a jedi holds up a blue lightsaber toy
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    Coke brings personalized touch to Disney ‘Star Wars’ collaboration

    “Refresh Your Galaxy” was made by WPP’s bespoke Open X agency for Coke in collaboration with Disney and features an AR experience.

    By July 1, 2025
  • A student sits at a school desk in an back-to-school ad from Target
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    How Target is tackling back-to-school marketing with dual campaigns

    Two new efforts feature tactics like influencer marketing as the big-box store prioritizes promoting value and an on-trend product assortment.

    By June 30, 2025
  • Actor Freddie Prinze Jr, wearing a dark gray shirt,, boards a window shut with wooden planks in a video for DoorDash.
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    DoorDash parodies horror classics in pitch to budget-crunched parents

    A campaign around Summer of DashPass savings stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Ali Larter in content that apes movies like “Final Destination.”

    By June 27, 2025
  • Colin Jost wears a black button-up shirt at an outdoor bar as he smiles at two oranges next to a pint of Blue Moon.
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    Blue Moon slices into comedy for first celebrity partnership

    “Nothing Outshines a Blue Moon” features “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost and was created with agency Adam&eveDDB.

    By June 26, 2025
  • "The Bear" actress Liza Colón-Zayas for Vital Farms.
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    Vital Farms cooks up sponsorship, custom ad for Hulu hit ‘The Bear’

    The pasture-raised eggs brand teamed with cast member Liza Colón-Zayas for a spot that will air ahead of each episode of the series’ latest season.

    By June 26, 2025
  • A couple sits on a pedicure chairs under text that reads "Assigned seating is coming" in an ad from Southwest Airlines
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    Southwest argues seating policy changes are NBD in cheeky new ads

    A new campaign uses tongue-in-cheek humor to emphasize that the carrier is not reinventing the wheel in ditching a decades-old open seating approach.

    By June 20, 2025
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    Amazon, Roku address CTV advertising reach and efficiency in new deal

    The companies, which together reach about 80% of the U.S. market, want to improve targeting and measurement in CTV advertising.

    By June 18, 2025
  • The Biden administration signed into law legislation that gives TikTok owner ByteDance one year to sell the platform or face a nationwide ban.
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    TikTok brings expanded suite of generative AI ad tools to WPP, Adobe

    TikTok Symphony features, including dynamic digital avatars, are coming to WPP Open to provide more “firepower” for agency creatives.

    By June 17, 2025
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    Why Disney’s Compass seeks true north in data collaboration

    A new integration with Amazon DSP demonstrates how platforms are working to bring together first-party data in clean room environments.

    By June 17, 2025
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    Amazon delivers reporting for live shoppable streaming video

    With interest in creator content high, the new capabilities help marketers better understand what is driving sales.

    By Aaron Baar • June 16, 2025
  • E.l.f. Beauty marquee image for "Sunhinged" comedy special
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    E.l.f. gets ‘Sunhinged’ about SPF denial for YouTube comedy special

    Hosted by comedian Marie Faustin, the special addresses Gen Z consumers who, despite being skin care-obsessed, forget to apply sunscreen.

    By June 12, 2025
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    M&M’s promotes cross-generational unity with new creative platform

    Ads show people of different ages and backgrounds bonding over the candy, which is putting fresh emphasis on the ampersand in its name. 

    By June 10, 2025
  • A collage of images created by Amazon's AI video generator show virtual models interacting with record players
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    Amazon widens access to video generator as AI ad tools gain traction

    Agency BTR Media described using the feature to cater videos to different product searches and said it has been a “game-changer” for clients.

    By June 10, 2025
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    Walmart challenges consumer perceptions with ‘Who Knew?’ campaign

    In a 60-second spot set to The Who’s “Who Are You,” “White Lotus” star Walton Goggins dishes on the retailer’s perks following a January brand refresh.

    By June 9, 2025
  • Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger in Venmo's "Venmo Everything" campaign video.
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    Venmo taps ‘White Lotus’ stars for push beyond peer-to-peer payments

    Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger promote the Venmo Debit Card in a spot set to a remixed version of Black Sheep’s “The Choice Is Yours.”

    By June 5, 2025
  • Four Lego figures
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    Lego rebuilds Run-DMC’s ‘It’s Like That’ as girls’ empowerment anthem

    A campaign responding to persistent gender stereotypes around who gets to be a “builder” comes as inclusion initiatives are under fire. 

    By June 4, 2025
  • A quartet of Progressive insurance mascots stand in heroic poses on a rooftop against the backdrop of Metropolis from "Superman"
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    Progressive comes to the rescue when Superman can’t in movie tie-up

    A partnership with the DC franchise reboot shows mascots, including Flo, stepping up to address more everyday problems in Metropolis. 

    By June 2, 2025
  • Tyla in a Coca-Cola ad
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    Coke pushes Gen Z to ditch digital noise and embrace summer fun

    “Enjoy the moment with a Coca-Cola” was created with WPP Open X, led by Ogilvy, with support from VML and Publicis.

    By May 27, 2025