P&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 ArticleThis Finnish Newspaper Put the Year’s Ugliest News on Ugly Christmas Sweaters
One brand trend that seems to keep moving at pace is that of the ugly Christmas sweater. Coca-Cola's 2013 popular "Coke Zero Sweater Generator" scaled the exposure of the phenomenon, and everyone from...
View ArticleIndustry Reacts to Google CEO Pichai’s Hearing on the Company’s...
On Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sat in front of the House Judiciary Committee for a couple of hours to explain how the tech company collects data and deploys its algorithms. It was the first time...
View ArticleLuke Wilson Will Star in a Comedic Super Bowl Spot for Colgate
Colgate is taking a comedic route this year, as it returns to the Super Bowl after first appearing in 2016. The 30-second national spot will air during the second commercial break of the third quarter....
View ArticleGreenpeace Delivers a Surprisingly Grim Yet Touching ‘Handmade’ Holiday Tale...
"The Handmade Gift," an exquisitely crafted stop-motion holiday film from Greenpeace France, is stylistically pretty chill. Even so, cold weather isn't the real scourge in this story of a little French...
View ArticleAccenture Interactive Confirms It Intends to Purchase Social Media Outfit...
Amid reports of Accenture's aspirations in the media business, the consultancy's digital media arm has confirmed its intention to buy social media outfit Adaptly. The proposed purchase is set to...
View ArticleNew GroupM North America CEO Talks WPP’s Plans for Its Largest Media Region
WPP's media network GroupM announced today that Tim Castree would be its new CEO for North America, filling a position left empty since Brian Lesser left approximately 16 months ago to help oversee...
View ArticleThis Amusing Device Protects Against Holiday Double Dipping Party Fouls
It's one of the great conundrums of the holiday party--you want some dip, but you don't really know what your fellow revelers have been doing to it while you weren't looking. Kraft Heinz's Philadelphia...
View ArticleInstagrammers Put Their Hearts Into 2018
Instagram's 2018 year in review was filled with love. Instagram The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network said Heart Eyes was the most-used face filter in Instagram Stories, while the Heart...
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...
View ArticleFacebook Opens One-Day NYC Pop-up to Talk to Users About Data and Privacy...
Nestled inside New York City's bustling Bryant Park Holiday Village (an annual holiday market filled with booths from local food vendors and other small businesses) you'd expect to see a lot of...
View ArticleBravo Was One of the First Brands to Use Instagram’s New Countdown Sticker
Instagram users can now add an interactive countdown sticker to their Stories to help track how much time is left until events like vacations. The countdown sticker is available via the sticker tray in...
View ArticleTwitter Users Say No to Dollar Shave Club After It Advertises on Hannity
After a story in Fast Company detailed digitally native razor darling Dollar Shave Club's continued relationship with Fox News firebrand--and Michael Cohen client--Sean Hannity, Twitter users were not...
View ArticleFiat Chrysler Sends Its $950 Million U.S. Media Business to Publicis Groupe’s...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles completed a six-month review of its U.S. media business by awarding responsibility for the company's most important global market to Publicis Groupe's Starcom, according to...
View Article495 Scripted Shows Aired in 2018 as Streaming’s Output Surpassed Basic Cable...
Peak TV has peaked yet again. The number of original scripted TV series this year jumped to 495--just barely missing 500--as the annual output from streaming services surpassed the tallies from...
View ArticleHow WestJet’s Real-Time Giving Set the Bar for Brand Generosity
When looking at brands' benevolence during the Christmas holiday season, it's hard to find a program that outdoes WestJet's 2013 real-time giving. It's still a favorite for many (yours truly included)...
View ArticleThe Soundtrack to Your Winter Solstice Comes Courtesy of Trojan Man and His...
Just in time for the winter solstice--or rather, "the longest night of the year" (Dec. 21)--Trojan is offering up an album to get people and their partners "in the mood." The record from Trojan Man...
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