As part of the CMO Reboot Playbook: Activating Brand Purpose, Arancha Cordero, SVP, Chief Growth Officer for Danone Waters, shares a play on how sustainability can drive simultaneous change for both the environment and the business and how its marketing can be just as exciting as it is for any other industry. Check out more…
As part of the CMO Reboot Playbook: Reimagining Brand with Purpose, Billy Paretti, CMO, Belvedere Vodka – Mo?t Hennessy discusses how the luxury brand infused innovation, purpose, and sustainability into their company’s vision. Check out more plays from top CMOs and brand leaders here. This transcript has been edited by Adweek and may not reflect…
As part of the CMO Reboot Playbook: Activating Brand Purpose, Women’s Sports Foundation CMO Aleia Taylor shares how the foundation is working with its corporate partners to achieve change, have a deeper impact and move from transactional sponsorships to transformative ones. Check out more plays from top CMOs and brand leaders here. This transcript has…
As she approached the entrance to the club, she gave the frame of her new prescription AR glasses a gentle squeeze. When she got to the door, it appeared to turn green, indicating recognition that she was over 21 years of age. Then, a message appeared along with a friendly voice asking for the 5…
If you’re scared that your role might be eliminated in the post-pandemic economy, concerned about the accelerating speed of innovation, or just worried that artificial intelligence, machine learning or business process automation might take your job, here are some things you can do to make yourself indispensable. A little recent history Before the pandemic, fear…
I missed meeting new people and I missed bumping into people I know. So six weeks ago, we introduced Shelly Palmer Online Networking Salons. They are free, category-specific, weekly 20-minute, super-curated, small Zoom meetings where you meet new people, bump into old friends, hang out for a bit and then get back to work. The…
The velocity of data is increasing and will always increase. Therefore, the need for data literacy is increasing and will always increase. All other things being equal, there is a significant difference between being literate and being fluent. To create value for your business, you need to think strategically about sources and uses of data…
Key Insights: While Quibi is still collecting downloads, its growth rate hasn’t met the company’s own projections. Under-deliveries for advertisers and an ad sales climate centered on flexibility are both likely to affect next year’s advertising discussions. Over the summer, Quibi contacted a production company with a very specific request: Pitch us an interactive game…
For Chris Rock, who has spent his career trying to avoid what he calls “the Eddie Murphy handbook” that Hollywood has for breakout Black comedians, Fargo was the perfect opportunity. Season 4 of FX’s anthology crime series, inspired by the 1996 film, is set in 1950 Kansas City, where the head of the Black crime…
I often think about that key moment that shifted my personal trajectory. In early 2011, when a friend from high school had discovered my Tumblr blog and hit me up to say, “You’d make a great copywriter.” Maybe you couldn’t imagine my disbelief back then. I was a rebounding college flunk out starting over at…
As racial conflict across the world continues brewing, companies are scrambling to figure out how to center their Black employees and consumers. Two of them, Twitter and Netflix, are uncovering fresh insights and fueling their bottom line through community-centered initiatives and employee resource groups, also known as ERGs or business resource groups. I know because…
Every once in a while, an absence of data can paint a much clearer picture of an issue than the information actually provided. Take, for instance, a recent study released by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. To gain a better understanding of how race and gender are currently represented in advertising, the…
To be Black in America is to experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows and to love a country that doesn’t always love you back. But it’s our highs and our lows that put the sauce on everything we touch. One does not exist without the other. This is exactly what advertising…
I’m not supposed to be here. From my time growing up in Atlanta all the way into my freshman year at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, my perspective was always rooted in Blackness. Black faces, Black ideas, Black problems, Black solutions. I thrived in that incubator for years, giving and taking from “the culture” we…
On Aug. 6, the president of the United States signed two virtually identical executive orders (EOs) banning the use of both TikTok and WeChat. TikTok will survive due to a partnership deal with Oracle that as of this writing, the president has approved. But unless a federal judge issues a stay by the time you…
Key Insights: Customers are more conscious of money, health and digital shopping now. Walmart marketing moves much faster now and focuses on employees and customers. When the pandemic hit the U.S. earlier this year, customer behavior at Walmart evolved five years in five weeks. Chief customer officer Janey Whiteside–a 2020 Brand Genius honoree–cites this stat…
When it comes to digital advertising, there has been too much focus on the container and not enough on the content, TikTok managing director and global head of business marketing Katie Puris said during a Brandweek session Wednesday. Puris didn’t provide any details on the elephant in the room for the company (a Brandweek presenting…
Contrary to popular belief, failure is an option, even in today’s cutthroat marketing environment. And it may be inevitable, especially if you’re pushing the envelope as a risk-taking challenger brand. What matters more than the faceplant itself is how you pick yourself up and what you learn from your mistakes. “If you’re breaking the rules…
One of 2020’s most lauded campaigns is the Moldy Whopper, an ad that shows Burger King’s signature sandwich literally rotting over the span of a month. The buzzy stunt, brought to life with help from three agencies, was created to promote the Whopper’s lack of artificial ingredients and preservatives. At this year’s Brandweek, Fernando Machado,…
Since Kory Marchisotto joined beauty brand e.l.f. Cosmetics in early 2019 as CMO, the company has managed to capture that “lightning in a bottle” that many brands find elusive. Speaking at Brandweek today, Marchisotto ticked off the company’s successes during her tenure thus far, including six straight quarters of net sales growth and gaining market…
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