Advertising: Televising Sizzling Meat to Bump Up Sales of a Brisket Sandwich

Arby’s filmed a brisket being smoked for 13 hours at the smokehouse in Texas that cures its brisket, and that footage will be one long commercial.



Campaign Spotlight: Putting On the Ritz, Six Words at a Time

A hotel company’s marketing campaign relies on “wow” moments created for its guests, told in six words.



Advertising: Beware the April Fools’ Jokes Coming From Madison Avenue

April 1 is a day for pranksters, and businesses and chambers of commerce are vying for top attention.

    



Advertising: Westin Creates Six Pillars of Well-Being in a Program for Guests and Employees

The program is being introduced on Thursday to coincide with the International Day of Happiness, which promotes well-being, among other things, and the first day of spring.

    



Advertising: Former Rivals Come Together in a Campaign to End Childhood Hunger

Procter & Gamble and ConAgra, two consumer-product giants that once battled each other for market share, are combining their ad dollars to advance a good cause.

    



U.N. Women’s Rights Group Seeks Men’s Support

The campaign encourages men to stand up for the rights of the women of the world who are their mothers, sisters and daughters.

    



Advertising: Chips Ahoy! Campaign Brings Back a Familiar (Chocolate-Chipped) Face

Mondelez International plans new Chips Ahoy brand products and a campaign featuring the return of Cookie Guy.

    



Campaign Spotlight: With a Classical Violinist’s Composing Debut, Watch Magazine Adds Music to Its Content

The violinist, Charlie Siem, has composed a score to accompany marketing efforts for the magazine, a CBS Television publication.

    



Advertising: To Draw Millennials, a Stronger Beer Made to Suggest Spirits

Miller Fortune, at 6.9 percent alcohol by volume, is meant to appeal to a generation that buys distilled spirits more than its older siblings.

    



News From the Advertising Industry for the Week of Feb. 3

Scarlett Johansson has resigned her post as a good-will ambassador for Oxfam International, the charity organization, because of her recent agreement to become an endorser for SodaStream, and more news.

    



Advertising: An American Family Returns to the Table

A sequel will run during the Super Bowl to a Cheerios ad that received an unanticipated quantity of baldly racist online condemnation for the interracial family at its heart.

    



News From the Advertising Industry for the Week of Jan. 27

Account assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.

    



Advertising: With Previews, Super Bowl Advertisers Borrow From Hollywood

Chatter on social media outlets like Twitter helps encourage Super Bowl advertisers to release commercials early to whet consumers’ appetite for the game-day ads.

    



Advertising: Super Bowl Ads to Help Start Busy Season

The power of big-event television is on display as perhaps never before.

    



Advertising: Maytag Repairman’s New Job Keeps Him Busy

Semiretired in recent years, he is back in a new role and with a new name. He isn’t lonely anymore.

    



WPP Chief Tempers Buoyant 2014 Ad Forecasts

Martin Sorrell said on Monday that caution remained the watchword for marketer clients of agencies owned by WPP and others.

    



Advertising: Plans Call for Reinforcements at Johannes Leonardo

Johannes Leonardo in New York is hiring a new chief executive, Michael Duda, and bolstering its creative team as well.

    



Advertising: A Shorter Selling Season, So Marketers Take Risks

In one of the most competitive marketing seasons of the year, retailers like Lexus, Sharper Image and Kohl’s are making changes to longstanding campaigns.

    



Advertising: Giving People a Glimpse of What Their Pets See

Nature’s Recipe is giving“collar cameras” to influential pet owners, and resulting photos are posted online.

    



News From the Advertising Industry for the Week of Nov. 11

Account assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.