Last year, global ecommerce sales totaled nearly $6 trillion and are expected to grow 10% this year. People expect nothing but the best shopping experience every time, and expectations increase every time they experience something better. This represents a sharp departure from how commerce has traditionally been approached–as a mere transaction after all the creative…
Prolific actor Owen Wilson has a new gig, and at first glance, it may seem like he’s playing tech entrepreneur Steve Jobs, complete with the trademark black turtleneck and PowerPoint presentation in front of a cheering crowd. “Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything,” Wilson tells a rapt audience…
There’s a wide range of messy and emotional territory covered in just shy of three minutes in a new campaign from a legacy Swedish brand called Lindex. It’s a multigenerational story, centered on a mother-daughter rite of passage, that flows from the combative teen years to the relative contentment of middle age, weaving in the…
Flaky friends, gotta love ’em, are a menace to society. The missed reservations and leftover concert tickets alone can really build up over the years. If only there were some way to have a backup bestie available in the event of a last-minute cancellation. If only… Anticipating a flaky friend’s last-minute change of plans is…
If you caught my LinkedIn post, you know I’ve got some serious beef with the current ad agency model. I mean, let’s call a spade a spade–it’s broken. Outdated. And in desperate need of a shake-up. Apparently, I struck a nerve because that post blew up. We’re talking over 800,000 impressions, 5,000 reactions and a…
The U.S. Cannes Young Lions Competition has its newest set of winners hailing from TBWAChiatDay LA, Weber Shandwick, Initiative and FCB New York. The 2024 winners will represent the U.S. in the global competition during the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in June. The competition is growing in the U.S. with more 500 teams ultimately…
At Milan Design Week, where the world’s most innovative design is on display, one of the buzzworthy launches could be a throwback phone with basic features from the early 2000s. Heineken collaborated with streetwear retailer Bodega to create The Boring Phone, a device purposefully designed with reduced tech capabilities. Produced by Nokia manufacturer Human Mobile…
Season 3 of Shonda Rhimes’ hit Netflix series Bridgerton focuses on the relationship between Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington, a pairing fans have dubbed “Polin.” Inspired by the similarity to the word pollen, Shondaland’s agency Creative Artists Agency reached out to GSK’s Flonase to produce a campaign tied to both allergy season and the show’s…
You’ve aced the interview process and made the final shortlist. But there’s one more step: Write a comprehensive test assignment (entirely for free) and hope you get the role. It requires days of work with no guarantee–and often, the job isn’t even available. Employment scams vary, and there are times when companies seek your ideas…
Time can seem to stand still in action movies when the star gives a big speech during a disaster or while a countdown ticks towards calamity. French broadcaster Canal+ pokes fun at this trope with an ad where the classic inspirational monologue doesn’t go as planned. The nearly four-minute film starts with a frantic call…
After its viral Super Bowl campaign featuring actor Michael Cera, skin care brand CeraVe is again blurring the lines between advertising and entertainment with a movie trailer for a romantic comedy. The trailer previews a fake film, The One Under the Sun, that has all the makings of a Netflix romcom sensation, with a woman…
Dating app Hinge has found plenty of creative ways to kill off its furry mascot in its “Designed to Be Deleted” campaign, which positions the brand as a way to find real love instead of temporary connections. The fifth iteration of the platform uses real dating success stories to show its mascot, Hingie, being rewarded…
It’s the summer of 2023 and our team is putting the final touches on a 100-page social playbook for a client. Boom, another social platform launches. It’s not the first (or last) time this has happened. But at the time, this thought occurred: Why are we spending hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars on…
While some A-listers shirk the paparazzi, others accept the press pack are part and parcel of show business. Some celebrities even stage their own photoshoots, inviting photographers to capture seemingly candid moments and shop them around the tabloids. Now advertisers including Velveeta, CeraVe and Italian luxury brand Bottega Veneta are taking a leaf out of…
Dunkin’ is now Donuts’. If you were groggily scrolling social media on April 1, you may have briefly fallen victim to one of many brand pranks: Califia Farms unveiling a pickle-flavored creamer, the Duolingo owl starring in a multilingual musical on ice, and Nathan’s Famous hotdogs coming aboard JetBlue. April Fools’ Day has evolved from…
Dunkin’ is now Donuts’. If you were groggily scrolling social media on April 1, you may have briefly fallen victim to one of many brand pranks: Califia Farms unveiling a pickle-flavored creamer, the Duolingo owl starring in a multilingual musical on ice, and Nathan’s Famous hotdogs coming aboard JetBlue. April Fools’ Day has evolved from…
Brazil consistently receives numerous awards at Cannes each year. AKQA Sao Paulo’s “Never Done Evolving” campaign for Nike won the Grand Prix in the Digital Craft category in 2023. AlmapBBDO’s “E4RTH” campaign for B3 Stock Exchange was recognized with a Grand Prix in the Creative B2B category. Brazilian creativity has been recognized and celebrated for…
Having observed a growing connection between marketing and the film industry, Tribeca Festival is responding by broadening Tribeca X, its programming track for the creative marketing and advertising industries. Tribeca X debuted in 2016 as a one-day program, and it is now growing to a two-day festival event June 10 and 11. To accommodate the…
Charlie the animated charcoal briquette has kind eyes and purposeful energy and, despite his diminutive stature, he’s the magnetic star of a new campaign from The Habit Burger Grill. In the span of a 45-second spot, it’s easy to get attached to the itty bitty anthropomorphic character with a big heart. But maybe that’s not…
On a typical afternoon in a sunny suburb, all-American teenagers Piper and Addison fawn over their favorite goth rocker in Corpse Beat magazine, snack on vegan goat’s blood and paint their faces like hard-core metalheads. Of course they do. This is, after all, Liquid Death’s twisted version of a slice of life, with e.l.f. Cosmetics…
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