Detroit Agency Sues Former Chief Creative Officer for Allegedly Conspiring to...
Detroit-based shopper marketing company The Mars Agency is suing its former U.S. chief creative officer Suzanna Bierwirth. The lawsuit accuses Bierwirth, who was appointed to the position last year,...
View ArticleFacebook Celebrated the Second Anniversary of Its Instant Games Platform
Facebook launched its Instant Games platform in closed beta in November 2016, with just 20 games available in 30 markets. In May 2017, the platform launched for users worldwide, while all developers...
View ArticleFacebook Overhauled Its Life Events Feature
Facebook revealed a thorough revamp of its life events feature, which enables people to easily share important milestones with friends and family. The redesign will be introduced globally over the...
View ArticleFacebook and Mark Zuckerberg Took a Tumble in New Rankings From Comparably
Facebook didn't fare so well in the Best Places to Work in 2019 list released earlier this month by job and recruiting site Glassdoor, but that was mild compared to the beating it took in similar...
View Article7 Ways Marketers Are Catering Their Campaigns More to Gen Z Girls
For much of the last century, girls have found themselves in an ongoing struggle to have their innate talents recognized and valued on the same level as their guy counterparts. Teen boys were revered...
View ArticleWhite Ops Launched a PSA to Increase Public Awareness About Ad Fraud
In the last few weeks, ad fraud has been propelled into the public spotlight, with U.S. Senators, the FBI and the online industry's largest names waxing lyrical on its potential societal damage. This...
View ArticleBenjamin Moore Sends Lead Creative and Media Duties to Agencies Fig and Horizon
Benjamin Moore, the paint brand owned by Berkshire Hathaway, has named recently rebranded Fig and Horizon Media as its agencies of record for creative and media, respectively, following a review that...
View ArticleHow to Craft an Influencer Marketing Strategy That Will Outperform...
The rise of influencer marketing can be credited to the fact that the most impactful advertising comes from the people in our lives. With reports like Nielsen's Global Trust in Advertising saying that...
View ArticleFlouting Their Big-Time Endorsements, These Athletes Tried a New Product on...
Can you guess the identity of the pro athletes shown in this new ad campaign for fitness apparel brand, Snapbac? You'll have to--because Snapbac and its agency, Mother Los Angeles, won't say exactly...
View ArticleP&G Acquires Walker & Company, Maker of Beauty and Grooming Products for...
Walker & Company Brands, which owns Bevel, the shaving company for men of color and hair care company Form Beauty, which caters to women of color, is joining Procter and Gamble. The deal--Recode...
View ArticleThe Madison Square Garden Company Hires Former Hilton CMO to Lead Marketing Team
The Madison Square Garden Company announced today that it has hired Geraldine Calpin to serve as the company's new evp and CMO, effective immediately. Calpin will report to the company's president...
View ArticleNew Location-Based Features Are In Store for Snapchat Advertisers With...
Snapchat has a holiday present for retailers in the form of new location advertising features on its platform. "We have seen good performance with location targeting and filters, and the new releases...
View ArticleOver 75 Million People Visit Facebook Watch Daily, Spending an Average of 20+...
Who is watching Facebook Watch? Over 400 million people spend at least one minute on the social network's video platform each month, with more than 75 million people doing so each day, Facebook...
View ArticleThe 25 Best Ads of 2018
It's that time. We're looking back at the best ads of 2018, a year when marketing truly ran the full spectrum, from silly and sarcastic to weighty and wonderful. With all the industry hand-wringing of...
View ArticleAppsFlyer Shared Its Findings on 2018 Marketing Trends in Mobile Games
Mobile attribution and data analytics company AppsFlyer released its latest State of Gaming 2018 report, analyzing current marketing trends across various mobile game categories. The report analyzed...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds Shares the Mystical Secrets of How His Aviation Gin Is Made
How is Aviation Gin made? Probably not the way Ryan Reynolds tells it, but it's still worth taking the time to watch his new explainer on the spiritually cleansing process behind the spirits brand he...
View ArticleSynchrony Bank Teamed Up With Giant Spoon to Create This Immersive...
To promote Sony's new animated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Synchrony Bank and Giant Spoon were inspired by the history of the superhero character. The result? An immersive, augmented...
View ArticleDriving Sucks, and Lyft’s New Work From W+K Reminds You All the Reasons Why
The next time you're about to get into a Lyft, pay attention to how you respond when the driver asks your name. I'm willing to put $5* on the fact that a good 90 percent of the time, you probably just...
View ArticleHow Can Your Brand Avoid an Experiential Fail? Envision the Worst Case Scenario
While most experiential marketing activations provide valuable opportunities for brands and consumers to connect in a real-time setting, the ones that fail generate the lion's share of attention and...
View ArticlePinterest Shared Its List of 100 Emerging Trends for 2019
Pinterest shared the 2019 version of its annual Pinterest 100 list, which highlights emerging trends on its platform for the coming year. More than 250 million monthly users come to Pinterest, with...
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