Comic Dive: Permanent Promotions

Brands like Domino's and Arby's have upped the ante on marketing stunts, promising food, money and more to consumers who get tattoos or go to other extreme lengths to show their loyalty. 

Old Spice taps scruffy NFL brothers to promote new Amazon-exclusive beard products

Jason and Travis Kelce sport their facial hair and senses of humor in a series of social media videos and a downloadable poetry book.

Consumer passions 101: 3 part webinar series from IBM

Snapchat links with Amazon on visual search function

If successful, the new feature could help to generate much sought after m-commerce revenue for parent company Snap.

Forbes intros 'CMO Next' list to spotlight chief marketers who are redefining the role

Companies as diverse as Wayfair, Boxed and Levi's are included on the inaugural list, which is drawn from qualitative research and editorial analysis. 

WSJ: WPP eyes merging Young & Rubicam with digital agency VML

In a reversal of earlier comments, WPP's new CEO Mark Read has said merging creative and digital agencies now makes the most sense.

Survey: 80% of shoppers plan to spend at least as much as last year on holidays

Mobile is likely to dominate the 2018 holiday retail season, as consumers spend more time on devices than watching TV. 

Starbucks Plans 'Significant Changes' to Company's Structure

Arby's parent company is buying Sonic in a $2.3 billion deal

Google made a subtle change to Chrome that could help it track you online

Dunkin Donuts introduces new line of canned coffee