Brand Strategy: Page 14


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    Papa Johns names new CMO to elevate data-driven creativity

    Jenna Bromberg, previously director of core marketing at Pizza Hut, joins Papa Johns as it works to improve perceptions around value and loyalty experiences.

    By Nov. 7, 2024
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    Yum Brands says AI-powered marketing is helping drive transactions

    Discussing Q3 earnings, CFO Chris Turner also said the technology is helping to reduce churn and should be easily scalable across brands.

    By Nov. 6, 2024
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    Trendline

    AI and Marketing Data

    Top stories that underscore the key role of artificial intelligence, generative and otherwise, for many CMOs looking to better manage troves of data. 

    By Marketing Dive staff
  • Country fried turkey sits on a table in a Cracker Barrel ad
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    Q&A

    Cracker Barrel’s new CMO on reconnecting a heritage brand to culture

    Sarah Moore discussed changing Cracker Barrel’s approach to partnerships and prioritizing apps like TikTok to keep a finger on the consumer pulse.

    By Nov. 6, 2024
  • A janitor wearing a blue jumpsuit stands in the spotlight on a theater stage in Amazon's 2024 holiday marketing campaign
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    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 Nov. 5, 2024
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    How Oreo’s new DTC platform fits into Mondelēz’s evolving data strategy

    The cookie brand’s work with digital commerce agency Goodness is at the core of its marketing transformation agenda.

    By Nov. 5, 2024
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    Peloton targets millennial men with first part of multiphase campaign

    The friendly rivalry between football-playing brothers T.J. and J.J. Watt is the focus of the first work from creative agency Special London.

    By Nov. 4, 2024
  • David Beckham stars in SharkNinja's 2024 holiday campaign.
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    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 Nov. 4, 2024
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    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 Nov. 1, 2024
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    Nike shakes up senior leadership

    Ann Miller will lead global sports marketing, and Chief Supply Chain Officer Venkatesh Alagirisamy will be elevated to the team. 

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 1, 2024
  • Rao's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade float announcement
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    Why Rao’s picked Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for a marketing breakthrough

    The tomato sauce brand will also debut a campaign highlighting its heritage as it builds on sales growth and a recent acquisition by The Campbell’s Company.

    By Nov. 1, 2024
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    Uber Eats, Princess Cruises debut in-stadium AR experiences with LA Rams

    The marketers leveraged Stagwell’s ARound augmented reality platform to engage sports fans with branded experiences during live sports broadcasts.

    By Aaron Baar • Oct. 31, 2024
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    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 Oct. 31, 2024
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    McKinsey: CMOs feel unprepared as duties pile up

    Marketers are handling a wider range of functions, including generative AI, but encountering barriers in relation to budgetary and structural support.

    By Oct. 29, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    Brands lean into fractious election with messages of unity and humor

    With tensions running high, some consumer brands are trying to make an emotional connection and avoid landing in hot water.

    By Christine Blank • Oct. 29, 2024
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    VML unites design capabilities, talent under new studio offering

    A dedicated agency design unit, one of several to launch this year, could help VML capitalize on ongoing demand for brand refreshes.

    By Oct. 28, 2024
  • Jennifer Hudson sits in the center of a group of holiday party-goers in Old Navy's latest holiday campaign
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    Jennifer Hudson stars in Old Navy’s latest holiday campaign

    The campaign, dubbed “Love is in the House,” will air across cinema, social media, primetime networks and streaming services.

    By Howard Ruben • Oct. 28, 2024
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    Walmart parodies TV hits in Black Friday ‘advertainment’ series

    “Deals of Desire” will run on TV, TikTok, YouTube and out-of-home and follows similar efforts from the retailer that bridge content and commerce.

    By Oct. 28, 2024
  • Maybelline's first-ever CGI avatar, May, which the brand is launching alongside its Falsies Surreal Mascara.
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    How L’Oréal’s bigger Pinterest bets are winning over Gen Z

    Leveraging the platform’s new ad features, Maybelline created Collages Remixes that drove an engagement rate of over five times its average.

    By Oct. 28, 2024
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    Columbia revamps creative strategy with new top marketer, agency

    Matthew Sutton, previously of digital-first brands like The Black Tux, is tasked with bringing product strategy and marketing closer together.

    By Oct. 25, 2024
  • Follow along with the animated adventures of the Chick-fil-A Cows, Carrots, Sarge & Daisy
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    Chick-fil-A targets families with entertainment-focused mobile app

    The free app will launch Nov. 18 and include podcasts, games, interactive stories and original animated shows like “Legends of Evergreen Hills.” 

    By Aaron Baar • Oct. 24, 2024
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    Urban Outfitters says ‘Happy LOLidays’ with social-focused holiday campaign

    The retailer’s latest effort centers on affordable, easy gifting and includes its first-ever holiday jingle made with TikTok personality Lubalin.

    By Oct. 24, 2024
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    Q&A

    How — and why — this brand created an ad campaign entirely with AI

    IT management platform Atera used generative AI tools including Sora and Midjourney to save up to $1 million on video ad production.

    By Oct. 24, 2024
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    True Religion enlists Megan Thee Stallion to tap into hip-hop culture

    Along with paid social, influencer content and audio ads, the campaign includes a social media takeover with Instagram personality Dudette.

    By Oct. 22, 2024
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    E.l.f. challenges companies to ‘Dupe That!’ for latest purpose stunt

    The cosmetic brand’s new campaign spotlights the positive impact of its purpose-led efforts and invites other businesses to join the “unicorn parade.”

    By Oct. 22, 2024
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    Q&A

    How Georgia-Pacific creates value by investing in retail media networks

    Paras Shah, the senior director of digital media at the CPG giant, reminds retail media networks “that is your full funnel — not my full funnel.”

    By Oct. 22, 2024