Agency news you need to know this week

Attending George Lois’s memorial, GroupM hires a North America CMO, and more.

Behind Clairol’s nostalgic partnership with Amazon Prime’s ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’

Brand banks on nostalgia for ’70s hairstyles to aid its own comeback, but avoids trying to drop Clairol boxes into the show.

Agency IP investments are growing—client frustrations are among the reasons why

While far from a new phenomenon, investment in intellectual property has been increasing over the last few years.

Brands Still Aren’t Grasping How to Sustainably Support Black-Owned Media. BOMESI Can Help

The summer of 2020 ushered in more than a life-shifting pandemic. At the time, the murder of George Floyd was considered the mark of collective reckoning, a definitive tipping point as multiple industries honestly and, in many cases, publicly reevaluated their tacit participation in systemic racism. While protesters across the globe demanded equal and just…

Marketing winners and losers of the week

Temu attracts millions of users and Bose tries to equalize the music industry—plus, Powerade faces scrutiny for its new Ja Morant campaign.

Why parenthood is good for creativity

5 unexpected ways children can enrich imagination and innovation.

Unwrapping Durex and Diesel’s Unexpected Collaboration

Diesel earned its brand provocateur status through decades of surprising stunts and taboo-busting ads, and its latest collaboration with Durex shows it’s not stopping now. The Renzo Rosso-founded fashion house rose to fame in the ’90s for creative like “Kissing Sailors,” which showed two men locking lips, and billboards that depicted the Virgin Mary wearing…

Lay’s lança campanha “No Lay’s, No Game” com participação de Messi e Thierry Henry

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A marca de batatas fritas Lay’s lançou uma nova campanha para dizer aos torcedores de futebol na Europa que… “No Lay’s, No Game”. O primeiro filme da campanha, intitulado “Thierry Visits”, traz o ex-jogador francês Thierry Henry visitando torcedores do Barcelona para perguntar batatinhas da Lay’s em casa. Quem tivesse, ele ficava para assistir a …

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Big Spaceship Helps Gatorade Launch New Drink Fast Twitch (2023)

Drinks & Alcohol

Sports

“Every fan houses an urge to understand the lives of pro athletes. What do they do in the locker room? How do they train?

Hometeam Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023

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The World’s Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company’s signature franchise and one of its most highly anticipated editorial efforts of the year.

Stagwell Revenue Hits Record $2.7 Billion in 2022 Amid International Growth Spree

Stagwell Inc. continued its growth spree last year despite global economic headwinds, with total revenue up 21% compared to 2021. It’s racked up six consecutive quarters of double-digit growth, according to financial results released today. The holding company’s full-year 2022 revenue reached a record $2.7 billion. Meanwhile, its fourth quarter revenue grew 16% from the…

Royal Bank of Canada – Auston Matthews Stars in New RBC Campaign from Battery "MakeItCount" (2023) (Canada)

Business & finance

“Make It Count,” created by creative agency Battery, features Auston and his sophisticated, charismatic and hilarious sidekick Gene Raymond – a play o

EIBWC Podcast: The War of the Social Media Platforms

We’re kicking off Season 2 of Everything Is Better With Creators with Kaya Yurieff, creator economy reporter at The Information. With over 100,000 followers reading her creator economy newsletter, Yurieff is the go-to expert for all things related to business strategies and the creator economy ecosystem. In this episode, Yurieff and Whalar’s chief growth officer…

Stagwell's organic revenue rose 14% in 2022 and its CEO is bullish on AI

Agency holding company Stagwell posted its sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth.

For International women's day Hershey's "Her for she" – where he is a she (2023) (Canada)

Food

Here’s a new twist on the Hershey’s HER for SHE chocolate bars, her for she where he is a she.

8 Lessons From Season 1 of Touch of Truth With Jackie Cooper

The first season of Touch of Truth With Jackie Cooper is officially wrapped, so we’re sharing the top 8 truths revealed over the course of the show. Cooper is the global chief brand officer at Edelman and has spent her storied career in communications and marketing living under a single philosophy: Meet everyone once. The…

Turner Brothers Bring Distinctive Style to Invisible Collective

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The Red Flags to Watch for When Buying a Fast-Growing Agency 

There are some marcom agencies where growth in their early years is nothing short of spectacular. Often–though certainly not exclusively–they’ll be in emerging, ultrafast-growth disciplines. This was once the case for “social” or even “digital” back in the day; now, it’s more likely to apply to areas such as influencer or the metaverse. For buyers…

Ron DeSantis Usually Avoids the Press. For Murdoch, He’ll Make an Exception.

The Florida governor granted a rare interview to The Times of London, one of several Murdoch media properties he’s spoken with as he prepares a possible presidential bid.

PepsiCo Marketing VP Hopes Its ‘No Lays No Game’ Concept Will Run for Years

The idea of a world-famous sports personality coming to your door to watch a game is one that fans all around the world dream of. It is also one that PepsiCo may make a reality through its “No Lays No Game” campaign, which the brand’s most senior marketer believes has a core concept that could…