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TrackerThe complete Super Bowl 60 ad tracker for 2026
He Gets Us, the campaign designed to increase cultural attention around Jesus, will return to the Super Bowl for the fourth consecutive year.
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Sponsored by Amazon Ads4 tactics for marketers to help drive measurable lift during peak shopping season
How strategic full-funnel planning can boost visibility and conversions when it counts most.
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WeightWatchers revamps brand identity to better tap into GLP-1 craze
Mrs&Mr, appointed WeightWatchers’ global brand agency of record in September, led the identity refresh, which includes a new logo and typeface.
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Cava experiments with social-first marketing via dating microseries
The second season of “Bowlmates” arrives with more episodes and a bigger focus on cross-promotion on the chain's main social channels.
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Deep DiveHow the best marketing campaigns of 2025 navigated uncertain times
The savviest marketers cut through chaos with strategies and tactics that portend where advertising could head next year.
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Magnum Ice Cream Company names Publicis media AOR, with AI in focus
The standalone business, freshly spun off from Unilever, plans to leverage the agency to anticipate rising consumer trends and cultural moments.
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How NBCU’s new tools boost ads as live TV events take center stage
Ahead of CES, the media giant announced a slew of new tools for advertisers, including AI-powered contextual targeting that scans live content.
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Nielsen’s data-backed panel currency is ‘unstable, unpredictable’: VAB
The measurement giant has strenuously denied the allegations, calling the report about its Big Data + Panel offering “seriously flawed and manipulated.”
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Combating the consumer ‘joy deficit’ this season
Prices are high, shoppers are stressed out and anxiety-inducing marketing doesn’t help. Here’s what retailers can do instead.
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Hi-Chew’s lifestyle marketing strategy helps it savor US growth
The Japanese candy brand, which is celebrating 50 years in business, entered the U.S. market in 2008 and found success with coveted Gen Zers.
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How Zola found its own Taylor and Travis for ‘Wedding of the Year’ push
CMO Briana Severson explains how the wedding platform’s new campaign reorients the cultural attention on megastars Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
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WPP Media enriches influencer offering with YouTube creator data deal
The Goat Agency, which WPP acquired in 2023, is among the first partners to directly integrate a new API for creator matchmaking and campaign delivery.
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Q&AHow AARP built a media network to link brands with consumers over 50
Vice President of Marketing Danielle McMurray discusses how reaching older consumers online is getting easier.
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Pinterest expands into CTV advertising with TvScientific acquisition
This is the first time Pinterest has wedded its intent-based audience data with a CTV engine, pointing to the growing importance of cross-screen capabilities.
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Dollar Shave Club’s first AI-generated ad makes tech the punchline
The brand and partner Too Short for Modeling leveraged AI to animate complex visuals while keeping to a development timeline of just a few weeks.
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Will 2026 be more volatile for marketing? Here’s what the numbers say
Up to one-third of consumers will leave brands for cheaper options as they continue to feel an economic pinch, according to Forrester.
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Maker’s Mark nets first sports league sponsorship with Unrivaled
The bourbon brand will have a significant presence around the women's basketball league both on-premise and digitally.
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How Sprouts cultivated an organic appearance in Apple TV hit ‘Pluribus’
CMO Alisa Gmelich explains how the cameo came about and details other ways the grocer taps into culture, including through women’s sports.
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Meta streamlines brands’ creator partnerships with AI-powered updates
New solutions are designed to help advertisers easily find and turn existing organic content on Facebook and Instagram into partnership ads.
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Q&AHow Zoom’s ‘SNL’-powered campaign moves the brand beyond meetings
Created by Colin Jost’s No Notes agency, “I Use Zoom!” stars Bowen Yang and is a humorous love letter to the platform’s loyal users.
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Home Depot builds bridge to influencers with creator portal
To attract further attention to the offering, the home improvement retailer is touting a roster of creators tied to the World Cup.
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P&G’s Native to debut 50-part microdrama series as genre takes off
P&G is aligning the adventure-romance, which will debut on social platforms in early 2026, with a history of marketing innovation around soap operas.
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Q-tips kickstarts bigger marketing push with nearly 6-foot cotton swabs
An unhinged infomercial and collaborations with Doritos and Goodyear support the launch of Quge-tips and a revamped marketing strategy.
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Q&AGap’s CMO on leveraging the brand’s Katseye success for the holidays
Fabiola Torres details the recent extension of “Give Your Gift,” a campaign that has generated over 30 million views since its November launch.
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Advertising growth resilient in face of tariff, AI disruption: report
WPP Media revised its full-year revenue projections upward by over two percentage points as areas like retail media and gaming attract investment.
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Q&AUS Soccer’s CMO on its World Cup campaign as brands take the pitch
The organization’s “Never Chase Reality” push comes as the sports league prepares for stronger interest and engagement from fans and marketers.
