At a panel entitled “Brand vs. Performance,” the brand marketing, performance marketing and “versus” portions of that thesis were all up for debate. As SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment chief marketing and communications officer Marisa Thalberg told ADWEEK community editor Luz Corona during the Outlook 2024 event, “versus” presents short-term sales–“performance”–and long-term brand building as not…
Outdoor apparel brand Cotopaxi sponsored the Sundance Film Festival this year, after the Sundance Institute ended a decade-long relationship with luxury outdoor apparel retailer Canada Goose. The pivot created space for Cotopaxi, a smaller, Utah-based retailer known for its mission-driven strategy and colorful products. Partnering made logistical sense, since Cotopaxi already operated a store on…
One common misconception in business-to-business markets is that a great product guarantees success. While it’s true that an exceptional product, technology or customer experience can rapidly build your brand in the market’s consciousness, it doesn’t necessarily guarantee it. The real game-changer? The brand behind your product. Recent studies, including the Liquid x Avasta Challenger Index,…
Page Six, the celebrity and gossip arm of the New York Post, has spent one year building a new video studio, Page Six Studio, to help the entertainment title dramatically increase the volume of its video content. The project is the latest in a series of efforts undertaken by the Post to position Page Six…
Enduring client-agency relationships are a rarity in advertising. Between 1987 and 2020, the average length of these partnerships has steadily declined from seven years to less than three, according to The Bedford Group. Consumer care brand Essity, owner of Libresse, Bodyform, Tena and Knix, has bucked this trend alongside Omnicom-owned creative agency AMV BBDO, with…
Anheuser-Busch InBev signed on as the first global beer sponsor of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games through 2028. However, there’s a plot twist: Corona Cero 0.0% beer will be the breakout star. The alcohol-free brew will be the official beer of the Summer Olympics in Paris, joining Coca-Cola, Toyota, Airbnb and others as the…
Peanut butter and jelly. Mac and cheese. Taylor and Travis. Some things just go well together. Like Tiger Woods and Nike. One of the most iconic partnerships in sports has come to an end after 27 years. Nike was one of the few brands that stood beside Woods during his career’s highest highs and lowest…
Five days into 2024, T-Mobile made what could be one of the biggest account moves of the year by bringing in Dentsu Creative as its lead agency for brand strategy. T-Mobile launched its review in June 2023 for work previously covered by Publicis’ Saatchi & Saatchi. The review honed in on agencies that could help…
There was plenty to celebrate for the advertising and marketing industry in 2023, from taboo-busting creative work to media innovation and leaps in technology. However, some are ready to leave this year in the rearview mirror. As marketers look forward to 2024, we would be remiss not to reflect on some of the PR crises…
Doctor Who, the longest-running action-adventure television series in the world, turned 60 in November. And, true to form after all of those years traveling in space and time, it’s only just beginning. The quintessentially British show, produced by BBC Studios, has begun a partnership with Disney that is already taking the show’s brand and commercial…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Spotify Wrapped season. For all those who observe the annual tradition, it’s time to delve into your 2023 listening habits. Did Beyonce or Taylor Swift dominate? How many times you hit play on “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus? Were you the only person who made an unhinged playlist…
LISBON, Portugal — Juan Pablo Ortega, co-founder of global payment management company Yuno, joined Adweek on Web Summit’s Startup University stage to talk about how he turned Rappi, the food delivery company he founded, into a so-called unicorn startup that’s captured a larger market in Mexico than Uber Eats. Ortega plans to replicate the success…
LISBON, Portugal — On Web Summit’s PandaConf stage, Qualcomm chief marketing officer Don McGuire and Code and Theory CEO Dan Gardner spoke with Adweek about introducing AI to the marketing organization. Opening with a video summarizing Qualcomm’s future-looking AI applications, which include seamlessly scheduling a day out with a friend, consumer product design and innovation,…
In 2023, the sports apparel market is expected to generate more than $213 billion in revenue, with the men’s segment driving the highest market share. A growing interest from consumers in pursuing more active lifestyles, along with health and fitness goals, has led to a demand for sports apparel, including athleisure wear. Sports culture has…
Culture and entertainment publisher BuzzFeed Inc. unveiled a strategic pivot during an internal meeting on Tuesday, according to two memos obtained by Adweek. The media company, which houses the editorial titles BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Complex Media, First We Feast and Tasty, is shifting to operate its sales, technical and editorial operations by brand rather than emphasizing…
Strong brand cues increase brand saliency by 52% and have the ability to more than double a company’s future growth prospects, Kantar discovered in 2021. Further data from Kantar through its BrandZ research on distinctive brand assets showed that logos and shapes were the strongest assets, with a distinctive font significantly less so. It also…
Just a few years ago, the social media D2C brand space felt like a utopia of millennial pink and minimalism, in which plucky new beauty brands, razor subscriptions and memory foam mattresses could flourish with little more than a shop link, 100-day trials and a few gushing, unverified reviews. Now, it’s increasingly challenging to build…
Once valued at a mighty $47 billion, WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey. Despite sinking billions into the business, majority investor SoftBank has cut its losses after a tough four years, exasperated by both post-pandemic working trends and the impact of rising interest rates on the commercial property market. In the…
Bed Bath & Beyond, now a fully online retailer, is launching its comeback campaign today, helmed by independent creative agency Arts & Letters. Brand and agency are partnering for the first time to produce the work. The integrated campaign, called “An Icon Returns,” includes a mix of out-of-home, print, digital and film spots. The agency…
CPG marketing is on the precipice of change as technology bears down on the category, with retail media networks revealing more about consumer buying habits. Chobani’s global CMO Thomas Ranese is new to the category and technology-savvy, having previously led marketing at Uber and Google. His plans include unexpected collaborations, retail media partnerships and data…
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