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Sales were hurt by the Nook division, where revenue fell 32 percent, to $109 million.

(TrendHunter.com) These stunning x-ray portraits are by Japanese photographers Ayako Kanda and Mayuka Hayashi.

Kanda and Hayashi captured these eerie x-ray portraits using an actual Computed Tomography (CT) scanner…

L’Oreal has named Marc Speichert global chief marketing officer, giving him his second promotion in four months.

Mr. Speichert, 39, who became CMO of L’Oreal USA in 2010 after 13 years at Colgate-Palmolive Co., was named CMO-Americas of L’Oreal in July. He now takes over as global CMO, succeeding Marc Menesguen, who retained global marketing duties in July after becoming president of L’Oreal’s global Consumer Products Division.

In the new role, Mr. Speichert will remain based in New York and continue report to Frederic Roze, exec-VP of the Americas Zone, but will now have global duties.

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(TrendHunter.com) There is something so unbearably beautiful about fashion illustrations. Maybe it’s the alluring idea of being about to draw yourself into clothing you normally would never be about to afford…

Hasbro is set to consolidate the majority of its global media-buying and -planning business with Omnicom’s OMD and retain WPP’s MediaCom in Latin America, pending contract agreements, the toy company told Ad Age.

The appointment follows what the company called “an extensive review process.” Finalists included Interpublic Group’s Initiative, a team from WPP’s Group M and OMD.

Initiative, the incumbent in the U.S., won the business in 2010 from MediaCom.

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With slogans like “poop your plants” and “get locally laid,” the four young companies still standing in Intuit’s competition for a Super Bowl ad are showing gusto in the chase.

About 15,000 small businesses entered Intuit’s “Small Business, Big Game” competition this summer, a pool that has been whittled down to four finalists. The winner will be determined by popular vote, which continues online through Dec. 1. The three runners ups will each get a spot that will air on Fox Sports 1, while the grand prize winner will earn a 30-second ad, developed by RPA, during the third quarter of the Super Bowl. Meet the four contenders:

Barley Labs, Durham, N.C.

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Gavin McInnes, Vice co-founder and current Rooster NY creative director, is back with more helpful tips for the modern man.

As you may remember, McInnes also starred in Vans’ OffTheWall.TV’s beloved “How to Piss in Public” and another video, “How To Work Out From Home,” which featured him using his children to lift weights. Since being uploaded yesterday, “How to Fight a Baby” has already racked up more than half a million plays. While it’s not McInnes’ funniest video, it’s perhaps his cutest. And, because it’s the Internet, “cuteness” it worth more that BitCoin. (Timeliness rimshot!)

It’s honestly hard not to be a fan of McInnes. The guy is super endearing, a trait that many CDs attempt to exude but fail to deliver on. Any way you see it, McInnes’ (wince) personal brand building strategies continue to make Rooster look like a really fun place to work. And, when was the last time an agency did that this well?

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Gavin McInnes has come a long way since his days at Vice. He rebranded himself as an adman (creative director at Rooster), and now he's even comfortable rolling around with his baby for the cameras. But of course, he still has an edge—so it's not just rolling around with the baby, it's fighting the baby. And Gavin has good moves, too. Predictably, there's some griping in the YouTube comments about whether he could hurt the baby, though of course Gavin is the one bandaged up at the end.