For International women's day Hershey's "Her for she" – where he is a she (2023) (Canada)

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Here’s a new twist on the Hershey’s HER for SHE chocolate bars, her for she where he is a she.

8 Lessons From Season 1 of Touch of Truth With Jackie Cooper

The first season of Touch of Truth With Jackie Cooper is officially wrapped, so we’re sharing the top 8 truths revealed over the course of the show. Cooper is the global chief brand officer at Edelman and has spent her storied career in communications and marketing living under a single philosophy: Meet everyone once. The…

Turner Brothers Bring Distinctive Style to Invisible Collective

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The Red Flags to Watch for When Buying a Fast-Growing Agency 

There are some marcom agencies where growth in their early years is nothing short of spectacular. Often–though certainly not exclusively–they’ll be in emerging, ultrafast-growth disciplines. This was once the case for “social” or even “digital” back in the day; now, it’s more likely to apply to areas such as influencer or the metaverse. For buyers…

Ron DeSantis Usually Avoids the Press. For Murdoch, He’ll Make an Exception.

The Florida governor granted a rare interview to The Times of London, one of several Murdoch media properties he’s spoken with as he prepares a possible presidential bid.

PepsiCo Marketing VP Hopes Its ‘No Lays No Game’ Concept Will Run for Years

The idea of a world-famous sports personality coming to your door to watch a game is one that fans all around the world dream of. It is also one that PepsiCo may make a reality through its “No Lays No Game” campaign, which the brand’s most senior marketer believes has a core concept that could…

Apple should allow Lauren Fry to be more active in the industry than its other execs, advertisers say

Industry execs who know Fry say she’s got the expertise for her new role but will have to forge better relationships with advertisers to build Apple’s video ad business.

Band "Absolute Purity" and FRED & FARID Shanghai Release Dystopian Music Video 'Crime Fiction'

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As Axel Springer Expands, Its US Identity Remains a Question

The German media company Axel Springer SE announced plans in February to shift its commercial focus toward the U.S. and its lucrative advertising market. But it will need to more clearly define its identity and the value of its portfolio of publishers in order to realize its goals, according to interviews with media buyers and…

Watch the newest commercials from Manscaped, 7-Eleven, Empower and more

A couple contemplates the cost of having a third child in a spot from financial services company Empower.

Fanatics Collectibles Brings On Red Bull’s Ken Turner as First-Ever CMO

Hobbyist brand Fanatics Collectibles, which designs, manufactures and distributes trading cards, has hired Red Bull’s evp and chief marketing officer Ken Turner to lead its brand strategy and marketing. Fanatics Collectibles, which acquired trading card brand Topps last year, creates cards for sports properties including MLB, the NBA, and the players associations of MLB, the…

Ogilvy North America appoints new leadership team

The agency has named Carina De Blois chief operating officer of Ogilvy North America; Darla Price becomes president of Ogilvy New York.

Wavemaker and Publicis Media Win Adobe’s $500 Million Global Media Review

Adobe’s media review concluded this week with its decision to split its approximately $500 million global b-to-c media business between WPP and Publicis Media. The holding companies will co-operate a new global center of excellence to service the account. GroupM agency Wavemaker not only retained Adobe’s Americas business spanning the U.S., Latin America and Canada,…

Top 5 food and beverage marketing ideas to know about right now

Ad Age’s ranking of the most interesting recent food and beverage campaigns.

Marketers Prove Skeptical of Advertising In Chat-Based Search Engines

As Microsoft and Google race to integrate the next wave of language artificial intelligence into their respective search engines, the push has left agencies with questions about what these new conversational platforms will mean for how ads are served. So-called large language model AI systems like ChatGPT could offer users a more interactive way to…

Calling all young creatives—Ad Age's annual contest returns with TikTok

What you need to know before you enter the 2023 Young Creatives Contest.

How a Ukrainian agency survived a year of war

Three strategies that diversified the business, empowered staff and reassured clients.

Weak TV Ad Market Fuels Buyer Uncertainty as Upfront Negotiations Loom

The consensus among publishers and buyers is that the TV ad market has seen better days. However, no one would’ve guessed that those better days were during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. “This is weaker than it was during Covid,” Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said at an RBC conference last…

How Ulta Beauty is avoiding the de-influencing trend

Ulta Beauty is trying to avoid the de-influencing trend by booking longer-term contracts with influencers.

Watch live at 12:30 p.m. ET: Wieden+Kennedy global CEO on the agency's plans, new business across the industry and more

Neal Arthur discusses the future of big advertising moments like the Super Bowl, remote work and more.