How Should Brands Approach the Customer Experience Now and After the Pandemic?

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an explosion in online shopping and physical store closures in the U.S. To survive, brands will need to adapt their customer experience to changes in shopping behaviors. In conversation with Adweek’s senior editor of brands Robert Klara during The Future of Shopping virtual event, Jenna Flateman Posner, vp of…

The ‘Brands of Tomorrow’ Will Be Authentic, Community-Led and Forward-Thinking

To kick off Adweek’s The Future of Shopping event today, marketers came together on a virtual stage to discuss how the novel coronavirus pandemic has shifted, accelerated and upended trends in the retail space. The conversation bore three main takeaways: Brands must respond to consumers, employees and outsiders by reflecting their values authentically. Community-building can’t…

Ulta Beauty Shared How the Cosmetics Brand Adapted to the Pandemic

Karla Davis, Ulta Beauty’s senior director, integrated marketing and media, doesn’t want things to go back to normal–she wants them to be better. That’s what Davis told Adweek’s director, Inside the Brand, Heide Palermo, today during Adweek’s virtual event The Future of Shopping. During the conversation, Davis talked about how Ulta has navigated the past…

Governo Bolsonaro usa fotos de banco de imagens como se fossem brasileiros ligando para o presidente

A nova campanha lançada pela Secretaria de Comunicação tem a intenção de mostrar alguns brasileiros falando com o presidente Jair Bolsonaro, em uma conversa sobre as obras realizadas pelo governo federal no Nordeste. Porém, tanto as fotos de Dona Maria Eulina quanto de Francisco Valmar foram retiradas de banco de imagens da internet. – “Alô Presidente…” …

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Watch the newest commercials on TV from Google, Qatar Airways, Michelob and more

Qatar Airways calls itself “the world’s most experienced airline for passenger safety.”

Amid Boycott Pressure, Facebook Agrees to Brand Safety Audit

Facebook has agreed to a brand safety audit amid industrywide pressure over its policies about hate speech and their enforcement. The announcement comes as a number of brands have said they will take their advertising dollars elsewhere this month and generally reexamine their social media spends over what they characterized as the social network’s inaction…

Por US$ 56 milhões, Netflix compra direitos de exibição do novo filme de Aaron Sorkin

Enquanto a pandemia segue no mundo, os serviços de streaming seguem na luta para conseguir novos conteúdos e manter o catálogo ativo durante um dos momentos mais críticos da indústria. O “vencedor” da vez é de novo a Netflix, que nesta quarta (1) confirmou a compra dos direitos globais de exibição do novo filme de …

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Why head of resale site ThredUp says thrifting is popular and Facebook needs to evolve

Anthony Marino, head of resale site ThredUp, talks about why thrifting is still popular during the pandemic and weighs in on the Facebook ad boycott.

5 Walk Out After Periscope Parent Company Bars Posting About Black Lives Matter

At least five employees at Minneapolis agency Periscope walked out today in objection to the actions of parent company Quad. The walkout was created to protest two issues: alleged interference by its parent company in Periscope’s social media communications about the Black Lives Matter movement and staffer concerns that Quad was releasing deceptive data about…

Group of Agencies Band Together to Offers $1.5 Million for Women and POC Founders

A new coalition effort between four agencies and Black-led venture fund Harlem Capital has pledged to commit $1.5 million biannually in pro bono marketing services to diverse founders. The Diversity Marketing Consortium (DMC) launched Wednesday with employee experience agency Cheer Partners, influencer agency Social Studies, SourceCode Communications and marketing firm Superbolt committing to offer free…

Greg Hahn to keynote Ad Age Small Agency Conference

Three-day event and awards show goes virtual this year beginning August 3.

Trump just dropped nearly $100 million on fall TV campaign ads in swing states

Florida is getting 37.6 percent of the outlay.

Hyundai’s Web Series Celebrates Zero-Emissions Road Trips in the Covid-19 Era

For some facets of the travel and hospitality industry–namely airlines and cruises–the worsening coronavirus pandemic has been calamitous. But others–like automobiles, RVs and outdoorsy, social distancing-friendly retreats–have more to hold out hope for. According to an ongoing survey taken by the U.S. Travel Association, 68% of respondents feel safest traveling in their personal cars. To…

Investors Ask Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo to End Relationships With the Washington Redskins

On Friday, three separate letters signed by 87 investment firms and shareholders worth a collective $620 billion asked Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo to terminate their business relationships with the NFL’s Washington Redskins unless the team agrees to change its controversial name. Native American leaders have pushed for the Washington, D.C., NFL team to change its…

Autorizado pela Comissão Europeia, compra da Endemol pela Banijay forma maior produtora fora dos EUA

A Comissão Europeia autorizou nesta quarta (1) a compra da holandesa Endemol Shine Group pela francesa Banijay Group pelo valor de US$ 2,2 bilhões, depois de realizado nas últimas semanas uma investigação para garantir que o acordo não feria quaisquer regulações antitruste do mercado. A decisão não apenas permite a fusão entre as duas empresas …

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‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Revived at Comedy Central

The headbanging cartoon characters, staples of 1990s-era MTV, are coming back with new episodes written and voiced by Mike Judge.

Demand for Packaged Food Continues as Pandemic Concerns Loom

The longer people stay close to home, the more CPG manufacturers continue to benefit. Surging rates of new coronavirus cases, coupled with some states either pausing or reversing their reopening efforts, suggest this trend will last for the foreseeable future. General Mills and Conagra Brands are the latest companies to reveal just how in demand…

USA Today Invests Further In Esports Coverage

USA Today is bringing more esports to its readers. Under a new partnership, the publisher’s Sports Media Group and Super League Gaming, a gaming content and community platform, are teaming up. The new alliance will begin July 6 with a Madden NFL 20 Tournament, where players will compete and the top 10 will win a…

More Advertisers Consider Joining Facebook Boycotts as UK Regulators Eye Big Tech

Nearly a third of major advertisers are considering pulling back ad spend on social platforms, according to research from the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), which comes as U.K. regulators recommend that tech giants be reined in. The international scrutiny of platforms comes as brands pledge to temporarily stop advertising on Facebook as part of…

Dole Pledges to Eliminate Processed Sugar, Food Waste and Plastic Packaging by 2025

A line of superimposed text in a new ad from Dole Packaged Foods, owned by Japan’s Itochu Corporation, states, “We deserve the world we live in. Our children don’t.” The 90-second spot, titled “Dear Leaders of the World,” is part of the company’s push to build a better future. Told through the perspective of a…