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Zevia ribs Coke’s AI holiday ads in bigger push for brand awareness
The better-for-you brand’s new commercial, part of a more aggressive ad-spending strategy, shows uncanny AI images nodding to Coke iconography.
By Peter Adams • Dec. 4, 2024 -
Taco Bell’s drive-thru cameras give diners a shot at Super Bowl cameos
Rewards members who stop by the touring camera stations to snap a pic have a chance to be featured in the brand’s big game ad.
By Peter Adams • Dec. 3, 2024 -
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Retail Marketing
Top stories that underscore the leading influences on retail marketing, including the creator economy, '90s nostalgia and Gen Z.
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Deep Dive
7 top campaigns from 2024 and the tactics that drove success
These breakthrough strategies propped up brand results, serving as examples for marketing leaders feeling the pressure to do more with less.
By Peter Adams , Jessica Deyo , Sara Karlovitch , Chris Kelly • Dec. 3, 2024 -
Walmart, NBCU beef up shoppable ads, measurement ahead of retail spree
Walmart Connect is bringing its retail media offering to linear TV for the first time to reach shoppers gearing up for the post-Thanksgiving rush.
By Chris Kelly • Nov. 26, 2024 -
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Super Bowl LIX: Tracking every ad
Mondelēz International brand Ritz will make its big game debut with a 30-second spot handled by The Martin Agency.
By Marketing Dive staff • Nov. 26, 2024 -
How JCPenney’s ‘Really Big Deal Reveals’ campaign is faring so far
The retailer has been averaging 13% to 15% new customers each week during the campaign appearing during Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football.”
By Jessica Deyo • Nov. 26, 2024 -
How Sierra Nevada’s AI-powered CTV campaign captured consumer attention
The brand is an early adopter of Kargo’s Narrative format that uses artificial intelligence to generate connected TV ads from images and scripts.
By Chris Kelly • Nov. 25, 2024 -
Why Google Shopping turned holiday gift-giving into a game show
A campaign around the friendly competition of gifting also includes ads with Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union and Charli XCX and Troye Sivan.
By Chris Kelly • Nov. 25, 2024 -
Mediaocean acquires Innovid to sharpen focus on creative, CTV
Innovid will be merged with Flashtalking to create a new omnichannel platform that can act as an independent alternative to Google, executives said.
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Trade Desk tries to shake up streaming TV with content-agnostic strategy
The new operating system aims to address advertising supply chain issues and conflicts of interest around content in the streaming TV arena.
By Peter Adams • Nov. 20, 2024 -
Lexus marks 25 years of ‘December to Remember’ with nostalgic ads
Two new commercials under the brand’s long-running holiday campaign see it continuing to focus on striking a balance between product and emotion.
By Jessica Deyo • Nov. 19, 2024 -
Viant seeks CTV edge with IRIS.TV acquisition
IRIS.TV uses an artificial intelligence-enhanced proprietary video content identifier that provides contextual and brand-suitability data to advertisers.
By Aaron Baar • Nov. 18, 2024 -
Kroger plans Shop the Scene experience on Hulu for holiday campaign
Central to the effort is a 60-second spot, “The Case of the Disappearing Food,” that details how the act of sharing food can ignite the holiday spirit.
By Jessica Deyo • Nov. 14, 2024 -
Target debuts ‘weirdly hot’ Santa for second holiday advertising push
The retailer is running two distinct holiday campaigns for the first time to appeal to consumers who view the season as too transactional.
By Peter Adams • Nov. 14, 2024 -
Deep Dive
‘Merry and bright’: How marketers are evolving for ambitious holiday shoppers
Amid record spending intentions by shoppers, holiday marketing campaigns reflect more diverse media mixes and experiments with artificial intelligence.
By Jessica Deyo • Nov. 13, 2024 -
Netflix helps brands deepen NFL integrations with new ad partnerships
The streaming platform, which now boasts 70 million global ad-tier users, also collaborated with Kia in Korea around the upcoming season of “Squid Game.”
By Chris Kelly • Nov. 12, 2024 -
DoorDash puts fresh spin on family meals for Hispanic Gen Zers
The delivery platform’s first work from Gut Miami puts a refreshing spin on the common childhood occurrence of being told there’s food at home.
By Jessica Deyo • Nov. 11, 2024 -
DraftKings, Dr Pepper stay live with new sports-focused CTV ad format
Perion’s Stay Live uses AI to place ads by analyzing broadcast streams for moments of high engagement but low interruption.
By Chris Kelly • Nov. 7, 2024 -
Amazon’s holiday campaign spotlights classic song, acts of kindness
“What the World Needs Now Is Love” features heavily in the effort that extends Amazon's focus on music around the holidays.
By Peter Adams • Nov. 5, 2024 -
Nielsen gets shot in the arm from MRC’s livestream accreditation
Advertisers increasingly rely on multiple sources for insight into viewing habits, but Nielsen remains the leading TV currency despite recent setbacks.
By Aaron Baar • Nov. 4, 2024 -
SharkNinja and David Beckham help consumers ‘Ninja the Holidays’
The global holiday campaign positions Ninja’s kitchen appliances as the means to help consumers complete their seasonal meals in record time.
By Jessica Deyo • Nov. 4, 2024 -
Etsy focuses on gifts with a personal touch in sprawling holiday campaign
Waldo, of “Where’s Waldo?” fame, travels the world but only feels seen upon returning home and receiving a thoughtful gift in the platform’s campaign.
By Sara Karlovitch • Nov. 1, 2024 -
Amazon trumpets new AI-powered tools for marketers as costs soar
Image, audio and video generators for making ads are part of an AI strategy that drove capital expenditures up 81% year over year in Q3.
By Peter Adams • Nov. 1, 2024 -
Inside Disney’s increasingly global approach to selling holiday ads
The media giant is helping brands take advantage of an audience that consumed more than 10 billion hours of content during the 2023 holidays.
By Chris Kelly • Oct. 31, 2024 -
Google ads performance robust despite existential threats
The company’s search segment saw healthy revenue growth during a Q3 period where the business was also ruled to be part of an illegal monopoly.
By Peter Adams • Oct. 30, 2024