Brand Strategy
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Q&AHow the WNBA is building on a breakthrough season with fans, brands
As the 2025 season begins, CMO Phil Cook details the insights behind a new campaign and how the league is partnering with brands like Skims.
By Chris Kelly • May 16, 2025 -
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ColumnCampaign Trail: Autodesk brings God to Earth to marvel at intelligent designs
Indie agency Giant Spoon turns actor Tony Hale into a deity to show off everything the software company can help people design.
By Chris Kelly • May 16, 2025 -
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TrendlineAI and Marketing Data
Top stories that underscore the key role of artificial intelligence, generative and otherwise, for many CMOs looking to better manage troves of data.
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Pepsi crashes barbecues to rid them of Coke in latest stunt
A new campaign insisting the soft drink goes best with grilled foods is timed to National Barbecue Day and includes a 60-second spot and an Instacart tie-up.
By Jessica Deyo • May 15, 2025 -
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How Warner Bros. Discovery is letting brands tap ‘newstalgia’ for its IP
Along with bringing back the name HBO Max, WBD laid out new ways for brands to buy ads across its portfolio and integrate with its library of content.
By Chris Kelly • May 14, 2025 -
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Why Airbnb booked a social-first campaign for its experiences relaunch
Global Head of Marketing Hiroki Asai explains how the company is replanting the flag around the platform’s vision for travel with a new ad and app refresh.
By Chris Kelly • May 13, 2025 -
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Inside NBCUniversal’s all-singing, all-dancing pitch to advertisers
The media conglomerate boasted a portfolio that drives $1.4 trillion of consumer spending every month — and took shots at its upfront competitors.
By Chris Kelly • May 12, 2025 -
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How Unrivaled built brand partnerships that are more than logo slaps
Sponsors including Samsung Galaxy, Under Armour and Wayfair delivered real value during the first year of the women’s 3-on-3 basketball league.
By Chris Kelly • May 12, 2025 -
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Brand safety comes second amid macro uncertainty: Here’s what the numbers say
Twenty-one percent of advertisers report no plans to align marketing with social issues this year, up five points from 2024, per Advertiser Perceptions.
By Sara Karlovitch • May 9, 2025 -
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Mountain Dew touts new logo with tattoo sweepstakes, TikTok Shop exclusive
The PepsiCo brand is celebrating its refreshed logo hitting store shelves this week with a social media giveaway and collaboration with Dickies.
By Jessica Deyo • May 8, 2025 -
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Inside Disney’s ad playbook as streaming becomes ‘core growth platform’
Brands including Lysol, Amex and Poppi are taking advantage of advertising offerings from the media giant as it prepares for its upfront presentation.
By Chris Kelly • May 8, 2025 -
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Q&A‘For every AI, there’s an NFT’: Burger King’s ex-CMO shares lessons learned
Pat O’Toole, now chief marketer at youth-enrichment company Unleashed Brands, explains how the CMO role continues to evolve.
By Chris Kelly • May 8, 2025 -
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How Sprite surpassed Pepsi by living and breathing pop culture
The brand recently launched Sprite Squad, a text-and-scan activation that gives consumers access to digital experiences tied to cultural passions.
By Chris Kelly • May 7, 2025 -
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Deep Dive5 years of media evolution provide few answers to brands’ chaotic 2025
Planning around tariff disruption echoes the pandemic, a moment the industry did not always meet with agility or savvy investment decisions.
By Peter Adams , Julia Himmel • May 6, 2025 -
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Little Spoon bridges the generation gap with Barney integration
The subscription-based baby food brand is tapping into ’90s nostalgia to appeal to new parents.
By Sara Karlovitch • May 6, 2025 -
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Why QVC is targeting Gen X with a TikTok livestream shopping event
The event is part of the network’s efforts to meet the older generation where they already are, said Vice President of Brand Marketing Annette Dunleavy.
By Jessica Deyo • May 6, 2025 -
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Brawny brings back the Brawny Man for brand refresh
A new campaign includes always-on social content, influencer partnerships and real-time engagement across TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.
By Chris Kelly • May 5, 2025 -
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ColumnCampaign Trail: Seattle’s Best Coffee makes days smoother with humor
The Nestlé brand and agency Haymaker tapped Joel McHale and director Neal Brennan for its first national push in more than six years.
By Chris Kelly • May 2, 2025 -
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Heineken promotes a world without social media with creators, Joe Jonas
“Social off Socials” is meant to inspire consumers to unplug and also includes tie-ups with creators like Dude with Sign, Lil Cherry and Paul Olima.
By Aaron Baar • May 1, 2025 -
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Pantene turns Alix Earle’s viral TikTok post into collection, campaign
The P&G brand tied up with a popular creator who raved about the effectiveness of an expired bottle of Pantene found in her family’s shower.
By Jessica Deyo • May 1, 2025 -
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‘We’re not just a hot cup company’: What’s next for Stanley
Can the water bottle brand live past its virality? Global President Matt Navarro says it already has.
By Cara Salpini • May 1, 2025 -
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How Keebler’s ‘elf-vertising’ experiences bridge the physical-digital gap
The Ferrero-owned brand is bringing its iconic Hollow Tree to life in ads and experiences to promote the new E.L. Fudge Choco Vanilla Cookie.
By Chris Kelly • May 1, 2025 -
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Why 818 Tequila tapped a NASCAR driver to accelerate cultural marketing
CMO Kathleen Braine explains how partnering with trailblazing driver Toni Breidinger helps boost the reach of the Kendall Jenner-founded brand.
By Chris Kelly • April 30, 2025 -
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Chipotle brings trading card mania to Roblox with new experience
Ingredient Quest capitalizes on renewed interest in brands like Pokémon and card-pull social media videos of fans uncovering rare finds.
By Peter Adams • April 29, 2025 -
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Sephora stakes its claim in skin care with multichannel campaign
Made with TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, “Skin Obsessed” riffs on the realities of complex self-care routines and spans CTV, online video and more.
By Jessica Deyo • April 29, 2025 -
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7-Eleven teams with Live Nation for nostalgic music festival activations
Immersive, social-first activations are intended to be reminiscent of in-store experiences as the chain works to connect with consumers around culture.
By Chris Kelly • April 28, 2025
