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…
As the world continues to feel the financial pressures of high interest rates, IAG Loyalty, which owns global loyalty currency Avios, highlighted its commitment to supporting customer savings with its first above-the-line campaign in 11 years. “Everyday,” by Uncommon Creative Studio, features the unique sight of 35 e-foil surfers from around the world. But they…
Last year, Pereira O’Dell (POD) employees evaluated the agency’s marketing tactics as though it were one of their clients, and concluded that it needed to reorganize. Aiming to unify the agency’s external messaging, POD leaders merged its new business, public relations and talent teams, incentivizing each group to work toward a common goal. POD leaders…
SiriusXM, following its recent appearance in the Academy Awards telecast, has made another high-profile media buy, this time in Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour concert film now airing on Disney+. The brand is rerunning its poignant 60-second spot called “A Life in Sound” during the exclusive streaming event that kicked off today and allowed less…
Museums are sometimes seen as dusty, irrelevant institutions in the digital era. Young people may be more interested in scrolling TikTok than staring at a painting or sculpture in an art gallery. The V&A Museum in London is tackling that challenge head-on with an elaborate campaign that caters to a wide range of specific and…
Havas Group is on the brink of potential change as its parent company, Vivendi, contemplates spinning off the growing advertising network as its own public entity. If the project were to go through–and it’s not confirmed yet–Havas would be listed as a public company in its own right, a move Havas’ chairman and CEO, Yannick…
Daylight saving time starts this Sunday in the U.S., but Titan Casket and Ryan Reynolds’ agency, Maximum Effort, would like to kill the tradition in order to save lives. The darkly funny campaign starring David Dastmalchian takes aim at what some say is an outdated tradition. Dressed in a shiny black shirt, the Oppenheimer and…
Consumers may not like to think about where their bacon comes from, but the People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals (PETA) forces viewers to confront the realities of factory farming by blending cute animation and a catchy tune with grotesque images. Agency Grey London and production company Biscuit made the animated film, Pig Farm,…
Does heartbreak still feel good in a place like this? Presumably it does, though the oft-repeated and now-infamous line from AMC Theatres’ long-running campaign with Nicole Kidman is missing from a new version of the ad that dropped today. The tweaked spot, which still showcases the Oscar-winning spokeswoman in the bedazzled pantsuit that inspired Halloween…
Despite being a sizable firm, Credit One Bank found itself struggling to amplify its brand awareness. It’s doubling down on those efforts now, having named full-service agency Deutsch LA its agency of record across creative, media and brand work. It began as a media review. The brand team expanded its focus beyond media, inviting integrated…
Ikea is fresh off launching its first global ad campaign at the ripe old age of 80, and its most senior marketer is hopeful a unified approach will help the retailer appeal to customers across borders battling the same cost-of-living crisis. “When Ikea first started in 1943, we were only based in Sweden. Since then,…
Jennifer Aniston couldn’t remember her on-screen soul mate David Schwimmer, and now she’s drawing a complete blank on “the Rachel” hairdo. What kind of mind meld has Uber Eats orchestrated here? In a continuation of the “Worth Remembering” campaign that kicked off during Super Bowl 58, Aniston is back for another round of promoting Uber…
Progressive Insurance’s Dr. Rick made a cameo, Smartwater ad-bombed the proceedings and Dude Wipes declared a premature victory. All in all, Liquid Death’s recently concluded eBay auction lived up to its pre-launch hype, resulting in 200-plus bids, a mostly good-natured brand pile-on and a robust social media discussion, with comments actually worth reading. The winner…
Jonathan Balck, managing director of Boston-based creative agency Colossus, didn’t start his business with B2B work in mind. Founded in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, Colossus worked with consumer brands like Jack Daniel’s and Best Buy before it made a pitch for Athenahealth–a cloud-based network services provider for health care companies. Marketing in Athenahealth’s category…
For the first time in its history, Mediahub competed with the industry’s largest media agencies in 2023. Its work is edgy, and it’s embraced experiential elements for a long time. Six years ago, it created fake human bodies, encased them in liquid and installed them inside local bus stops. It made the news in West…
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