Amazon Ads reporting outage leads to Black Friday mess for brands

An Amazon Sponsored Ads portal reported erroneous ad spend information during the crucial Black Friday sales weekend, leading to a holiday headache for brands.

Bob Iger, Acknowledging ‘Challenging Times,’ Meets With Disney Employees

At a town-hall meeting on Monday, Disney employees seemed overjoyed at the return of Mr. Iger, who replaced Bob Chapek as chief executive.

Simple Always Wins: The Story Behind ‘Speaking in Color’

I remember staring at the 17-foot screen thinking, “It’s so beautiful, so mesmerizing–damn, we might be on to something.” A year earlier, our client, Sherwin-Williams Coil & Extrusion, had tasked us with creating a campaign and platform for the architectural market. Its coatings cover all manner of metal architectural elements, from aluminum cladding around windows…

H&M and Buy From a Black Woman Take Their Holiday Market and Partnership on Tour 

This Black Friday weekend, H&M encouraged its customers in key markets to buy from Black women. And it’s only just beginning. The retailer–now in its second year of partnership with Buy From a Black Woman, a non-profit that works with over 600 Black women-owned businesses across the United States–announced the second annual “Buy From a…

Disney’s Iger tells employees hiring freeze to stay in place

Bob Iger, Disney’s returning CEO, also shot down a rumor about a possible merger between Disney and Apple.

Balenciaga has filed a $25 million lawsuit against production company North Six and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins

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By now you will have heard of the controversial campaigns that featured child porn references and children holding teddy-bears dressed in bondage.

Elon Musk Takes On Apple’s Power, Setting Up a Clash

In a series of tweets on Monday, Mr. Musk accused Apple of threatening to pull Twitter from its App Store and of trying to censor.

Hive: How to Change Your Color Theme

The Hive social networking application allows users to choose from a variety of color themes that will change the appearance of certain parts of the app. For instance, the active color theme will determine the color of the “Asking” icon (the question mark icon) on a user’s profile. Our guide will show you how to…

Musk says Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter

Elon Musk said that Apple has cut back its advertising on Twitter and even threatened to withhold the social network from its app store.

Freedom United – FIFA World Cup Qatar – "Those Who Fell"

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PSA & Public Interest

Freedom United is the world’s largest anti-slavery community, and on their Instagram they are changing the meaning of every fall in the 2022 Qatar Fif

Freedom United – FIFA World Cup Qatar – "Those Who Fell"

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PSA & Public Interest

Freedom United is the world’s largest anti-slavery community, and on their Instagram they are changing the meaning of every fall in the 2022 Qatar Fif

WhatsApp Lets You Send a Message to Your Favorite Person: Yourself

Post-it Notes? Those are so last week. WhatsApp began rolling out its Message Yourself feature Monday, enabling users to send messages to their own accounts on the Meta-owned messaging application. WhatsApp had been testing the feature, which users can take advantage of to send themselves things like notes, reminders and shopping lists. The feature is…

Holiday TV season heats up and Petco reports earnings: The Week Ahead

Marketing and media events to watch in the days ahead.

NAAMAT – The Future of Your Children? (2022) Israel

PSA & Public Interest

November 25  is the  International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and on that day this ad was released in Israel. 

The BAM Connection Unveils Agency Corporate Rebrand – a new Logo and new website.

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As The BAM Connection, the creative agency founded by Rob Baiocco and Maureen Maldari, moves into their 10th year of business they have introduced its

It Was a Busy Holiday Weekend for Elon Musk, Twitter

Twitter owner Elon Musk issued several updates via tweet over the long holiday weekend involving new user signups and active minutes on the platform, progress on hate speech and impersonation, new performance advertising solutions, the next steps of its verification process and new features for users. Musk said in a tweet Saturday that the social…

To Dine For Podcast: Fox Sports Host Emmanuel Acho

In this week’s episode of To Dine For, host Kate Sullivan is joined by Emmanuel Acho, New York Times Bestselling Author, host of Fox Sports and creator of “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.” Growing up in Dallas, Texas, the son of Nigerian immigrants, Acho never dreamed his life would take him all over the…

Kim Kardashian re-evaluates Balenciaga relationship after child ad backlash

The luxury fashion house has since pulled and apologized for the controversial photo shoot.

Carbon Capture Companies – Occidental and Vicki Hollub's Ambitious Plan to Clean The Sky

(TrendHunter.com) What are Carbon Capture Companies and what do they do?  Put simply, the goal is to capture CO2 pollution from a smokestack or from the sky, which you can use to create new products, like carbon…

55 Jewelry Gifts – From NFT-Like Jewelry Collections to Superhero Jewelry Collabs (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) This list of jewelry gifts boasts eye-catching designs and even some cutting-edge innovations—Charles & Colvard’s lab-grown jewelry capsule certainly feels like it’s out of this…