Brand Strategy: Page 12

  • Scotch-Brite campaign imagery for "The Brite Side of Clean"
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    Scotch-Brite jams to ‘So Fresh, So Clean’ to showcase joys of cleaning

    “The Brite Side of Clean” centers around self-expression and spans CTV, social media, out-of-home and the 3M brand’s “Sparkle Squad” ambassadors.

    By • April 8, 2025
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    Beyoncé’s Cécred tells real women’s stories in first brand campaign

    Created with Wieden+Kennedy, “A Deeper Understanding of Hair” revolves around a documentary-style film that details real hair care experiences.

    By • April 7, 2025
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    Trendline

    Multichannel Optimization

    There’s greater urgency around the need to optimize multichannel marketing efforts and unite channels including retail media, social media and others.

    By Marketing Dive staff
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    Domino’s expands remit of AOR WorkInProgress after campaign wins

    The independent shop behind Domino’s popular Emergency Pizza promotion has been named social AOR as brands ramp up work around creators. 

    By • April 7, 2025
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    Sponsored by Brandmovers

    From discounts to devotion: how to build customer loyalty beyond price cuts

    Break free from discount dependency and build real customer loyalty with these smart strategies.

    April 7, 2025
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    Sponsored by Valpak

    Spring some strong offers this Easter

    Attract new customers and drive holiday sales with easy-to-implement Easter and spring marketing offers, ad design and outreach.    

    By Jed Dreben • April 7, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a "Make America Wealthy Again" trade announcement in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025.
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    How CMOs can stay reactive as Trump tariff chaos threatens budgets

    Industry decision-makers must embrace a willingness to scrap some of their plans and reassess what makes commercial sense, analysts say.

    By • April 4, 2025
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    Campaign Trail: ‘Brutalist’ director helms Bloomberg’s ‘Contextualist’ ads

    Director Brady Corbet made his commercial debut with three spots that turn idioms into insights in a campaign by Wieden+Kennedy New York.

    By • April 4, 2025
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    Marketers are moving at the speed of culture — but can they define it?

    Culture has become a central part of brand strategy for companies like Diageo even as definitions remain fuzzy, executives said at an event on April 2.

    By • April 3, 2025
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    How Kellanova’s clean room is improving targeting and lifting sales

    The CPG marketer reworked creative and media plans to help turn around Special K in the U.K. and is using the same approach for brands like Pringles.

    By • April 3, 2025
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    Harry’s resets brand with push beyond product-focused marketing

    The DTC innovator worked with creative agency Zulu Alpha Kilo on a campaign while Mythology developed the brand refresh with support from Collins.

    By • April 2, 2025
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    Why Olaplex is leading with emotion for its latest refresh, campaign

    CMO Katie Gohman explains how talent like “Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan is key to connecting with both salon pros and everyday consumers.

    By • April 2, 2025
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    Trader Joe’s roasts in-store retail media

    In a recent podcast, company leaders emphasized that their marketing model focuses on human interaction, not robots and screens.

    By Peyton Bigora • April 1, 2025
  • Two people sit at a tiled table inside a Chili's with an Awesome Blossom in front of them.
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    Chili’s serves up ‘Office’ nostalgia at new Scranton location

    The Pennsylvania location arrives as the workplace comedy, which stopped airing over a decade ago, continues to resonate strongly with consumers.

    By • March 31, 2025
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    PepsiCo names new US beverages CMO amid soda category disruption

    Mark Kirkham, a 14-year company veteran, is taking over the role long held by Greg Lyons as PepsiCo ramps up a focus on better-for-you offerings.

    By • March 31, 2025
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    Hellmann’s turns ketchup into currency to push mayo, fries combo

    Consumers can use the cameras on their mobile devices to scan spare ketchup packets and generate a coupon for Hellmann’s Mayonnaise.

    By • March 31, 2025
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    Q&A

    Danone’s CMO on adapting advertising as GLP-1 upends the food industry

    Linda Bethea details how the marketer of brands including Oikos and Silk is approaching artificial intelligence and emerging channels like Pinterest.

    By • March 31, 2025
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    FRAME Studios

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    Sponsored by GSTV

    Amplify campaign reach and avoid the retail media tax with on-the-go video advertising

    How to leverage a more efficient method for your ad spend and maximize your consumer reach.

    March 31, 2025
  • Doechii appears on Hot Ones with a Jack in the Box segment
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    Retrieved from First We Feast on March 20, 2025
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    How Jack in the Box is working its brand into ‘Hot Ones,’ ‘Call Her Daddy’

    Agency TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles is looking beyond quirky TV ads to drive cultural impact for a new “So Munch More” brand platform. 

    By • March 28, 2025
  • Busy Phillips holds a pizza box in a California Pizza Kitchen campaign
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    Why California Pizza Kitchen faked a midlife crisis with a rebrand stunt

    CMO Dawn Keller explains why a social-first approach is required for a brand that doesn’t have a massive advertising budget.

    By • March 27, 2025
  • Actress Parker Posey for Gap's spring 2025 campaign.
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    Gap Inc. CEO: ‘If you’re relevant enough it eventually drives revenue’

    The flagship brand has been working to insert itself back into the cultural conversation with dance-focused ads starring Troye Sivan and Parker Posey.

    By Cara Salpini • March 26, 2025
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    Coke refreshes ‘Share a Coke’ to reach Gen Z with digital experiences

    The effort includes a QR code-powered digital hub and a digital experience that can help consumers create and share videos.

    By • March 26, 2025
  • Two cars, one flipped on top of the other, drive down a desert highway in a new ad from Twix.
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    Twix ditches left-right divide for new brand position around unity

    The $70 million effort acknowledges young consumers are sick of polarization and capitalizes on the growing fondness for maximalism.

    By • March 26, 2025
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    Walmart builds gaming experience, merch tied to ‘A Minecraft Movie’

    The launch of a Minecraft Java server and accompanying Discord presence allows consumers to interact with the retailer in an immersive way.

    By • March 25, 2025
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    JCPenney embraces social-first marketing with VaynerMedia hire

    The department store chain will take advantage of services like a social influencer seeding offering intended to boost relevance.

    By • March 25, 2025
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    Inside H&M’s digital relaunch and approach to multichannel experiences

    Head of Digital Jenn Volk explains how the retailer reimagined digital to increase brand storytelling around moments like its Charli XCX collaboration.

    By • March 25, 2025