Why Publishers Are Taking Their Brands Offline With New Product Licensing Deals
What's old is new again, and again. Today's digital darlings, from BuzzFeed and PopSugar to Who What Wear, are trying to grab people's attention (and dollars) online--and offline by striking licensing...
View ArticleThis Creative Shop Spread Its Wings With an In-House Publication
Five years ago, co-workers Autumn Berrang and Taylor Harkey took a major plunge: They left their jobs to launch Adjective & Co., a branding and advertising agency based in Jacksonville Beach, Fla.,...
View ArticleSingles Day Is the World’s Biggest Shopping Day, But Don’t Expect to Find It...
Only in American retailers' wildest dreams could they sell more than $1 billion of merchandise an hour, yet that's exactly what happened in China on Singles Day last year. China, which has long been...
View ArticleFearless Girl Transformed Into #FearfulGirl as a Symbol for Gun Reform
For a brief hour last Friday morning, Fearless Girl transformed into #FearfulGirl to deliver a message about gun violence. Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...
View ArticleHiring an International Employee? Here’s Why You Need an Immigration Lawyer
Major advertising agencies lose talent by being poorly served by their immigration lawyers. The demand for skilled and uniquely talented workers has never been higher, yet immigration lawyers hired to...
View ArticleHavas Group Media Hires Chief Data and Innovation Officer From Dentsu Aegis...
Havas Group Media has hired Bret Leece in the newly created global role of chief data and innovation officer. Leece will be responsible for data sourcing, overall data governance, audience planning and...
View ArticleDoubleVerify Saw a 50 Percent Jump in ‘Inflammatory News and Politics’...
Marketing measurement software and analytics provider DoubleVerify marked Election Day in the U.S. by sharing some eye-opening statistics exclusively to Adweek. The company said it has seen a 50...
View ArticleThis TK Maxx Holiday Spot Features a Stocking That Literally Burps Out Gifts...
The competition is heating up for the British holiday advertising season. We'll be treated to a steady drip of cute animals, driving carrots and, apparently, Elton John. While some retailers in the...
View ArticleAir New Zealand Turned Their Legendary Safety Briefing Into An Epic Music Video
Okay, frequent flyers, be honest: when was the last time you actually paid attention to the pre-flight safety video? For those who have flown enough to be able to recite the safety protocol in their...
View ArticleThe Trump Presidency Has Forced Marketers to Completely Rethink Their Tactics
Back in the old days--that is, before Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the president at the bottom of an escalator--there was room in advertising for nuance. Companies lived in a safe place...
View ArticleOutfront Media Teams With the MoMA as It Looks to Move Beyond Advertising
One of the biggest outdoor media companies is adorning subway stations with more than just advertising. Outfront Media announced a partnership on Monday that will feature iconic works from the Museum...
View ArticlePeloton’s Aggressive Holiday Push Features Dueling Perspectives, and 2 Queen...
Peloton, the spin sensation shaking up the fitness industry, is showing two perspectives--his and hers--in its holiday campaign this season. To that end, the company commissioned two covers of Queen's...
View ArticleNatGeo and Verizon’s Oath Are Running Programmatic VR Ads to Promote Season 2...
To promote the second season of "Mars"--a science-fiction show produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer--National Geographic is venturing where no brand has ever dared go before: programmatic virtual...
View ArticleAudio Platforms Panoply and Westwood One Look to Nielsen for Data-Backed Car Ads
Two major audio platforms are tapping Nielsen data to better steer auto ads to the right consumers. Westwood One and Panoply have subscribed to Nielsen's new Auto Cloud product, a targeting and...
View ArticleFarmers Group’s Leesa Eichberger: In a Data-Centric World, Storytelling and...
Leesa Eichberger is every bit as committed to data as any savvy marketer these days, calling it "magical." But the Farmers Group executive thinks that analytics' current VIP status is overshadowing an...
View ArticleWith a Counterintuitive Message, the ‘Greatest Sock Never Sold’ Is Helping...
You can admire this sturdy-looking yet fashionable pair of socks, but you can't purchase it. The cozy foot warmers sit behind glass in a sleek, minimalist display, loom large on billboards and show up...
View ArticleInvestment in Ad Tech Grows Increasingly Scarce, With Forrester Predicting a...
The shakeout cometh. A recent report by Forrester Research claims venture capital investment for ad-tech and mar-tech startups will drop from $7.2 billion in 2018 to $1.8 billion next year as...
View ArticleRoku Ad Revenue Increases by 67% From 2017
Revenue from advertising on Roku was up by 67 percent in Q3 among national marketers when compared to last year, according to the Standard Media Index, ahead of earnings this afternoon. Of Roku's ad...
View ArticleGoogle and Sephora Are Bringing Beauty Tutorials to the Newest Home Device
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder--or in this case, in the voice of someone asking for makeup advice. Google is partnering with Sephora to bring the beauty company's wide breadth of video content to...
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