Advertising: Fall Campaigns, With an Eye on Holiday Sales

Some brands pass on conventional advertising like commercials or print ads to stand out and to motivate consumers to become customers.

    



Advertising: A Reinvented Condé Nast Traveler Sets a New Course

A print and social media campaign for the revised magazine will carry the theme “I am a Traveler” with the subtheme, “Every Journey Begins Here.”

    



Advertising: A Small Upstart to Oversee Ad Agencies

The Water Cooler Group is being formed to serve as the parent of four agencies that specialize in tasks like media planning and buying, social media, creative and content development and interactive television.

    



Advertising: A Silicon Valley for Ad Agencies, Only in the Mountains

Project WorldWide is opening an agency in Boulder, Colo., which is developing a reputation as a home for advertising start-ups.

    



Advertising: Clearing the Air on Diesel’s Dismal Reputation

BMW is using a humorous new campaign to promote its diesel cars to consumers in the United States, where the engines were never really popular.

    



Two Ad Giants Chasing Google in Merger Deal

The merger of Omnicom and Publicis signals that advertising is now firmly in the business of collecting and selling the personal information of millions of consumers.

    

Advertising: A Wienermobile Road Rally, Mapped Out by Fans on Social Media

Social media services like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are shifting how brands, like Oscar Mayer, Chevrolet and A.1., use events as promotions.

    

Advertising: Commercials With a Gay Emphasis Are Moving to Mainstream Media

Until recently, ads with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender themes were usually limited to media those consumers watched and read.

    

Advertising on Social Media Bumps Up Against Free Speech

Social media sites are trying to determine what sort of control they have over user-generated content, particularly when it affects advertising.

    

Advertising: Social Marketing Drives a New York Renaissance

Marketers are being drawn to digital realms like social media, in which agencies in New York — home to Silicon Alley as well as Madison Avenue — are increasingly proficient.