Brand Strategy: Page 21


  • JBL Campus
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    How JBL’s college marketing is evolving to deliver long-term brand value

    Influencer content on Instagram and TikTok is “blowing away” industry benchmarks, according to marketing execs at the Harman-owned brand.

    By Dec. 18, 2024
  • Wonderful Halos' "IRS" commercial still
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    Wonderful Halos’ edgy campaign sees kids call IRS, cut brake lines

    “Hands Off My Halos” highlights the lengths children will go to keep mandarins from their parents and will span social media, streaming and more.

    By Dec. 17, 2024
  • Explore the Trendline
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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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    P.F. Chang’s finds new CMO in Ticketmaster, PepsiCo marketer

    The casual dining chain becomes the latest restaurant brand to hire new marketing leadership as consumer behaviors continue to evolve.

    By Dec. 17, 2024
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    Amex keeps focus on younger customers

    The credit card company is sticking with a strategy to concentrate marketing on the millennial and Gen Z generations shaping shopping trends.

    By Patrick Cooley • Dec. 16, 2024
  • Orangetheory campaign imagery for its 'Every Reason is the Right Reason' campaign.
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    Orangetheory introduces brand revamp with ‘Every Reason is the Right Reason’

    The new campaign and platform focus on the diversity of Orangetheory members and tie into a brand strategy centered around encouragement.

    By Dec. 16, 2024
  • Cans of Jolt.
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    Nostalgic Jolt Cola returning to shelves as an energy drink

    The beverage, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, will be marketed on social platforms including TikTok, YouTube and Facebook in a bid to Gen Z.

    By Christopher Doering • Dec. 16, 2024
  • Pull-Ups turns bathroom reality into characters Terd and Yureen
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    Pull-Ups animates potty training reality to reach millennial, Gen Z parents

    Led by Leo Burnett, a marketing relaunch for the Kimberly-Clark brand features animated characters Terd and Yureen alongside its iconic jingle.

    By Dec. 16, 2024
  • WPP Universal Music Group logos
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    WPP, Universal Music Group partner to deepen brands’ access to music culture

    Clients of the agency network will have a more direct line to artists, music catalogs and data insights while exploring new applications of AI.

    By Dec. 13, 2024
  • Hostess' new logo and packaging
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    Hostess refreshes packaging, logo as part of modernization drive

    A new look for products like Twinkies and Ding Dongs is just one piece of the snack marketer’s overhaul following its acquisition by J.M. Smucker.

    By Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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    Oatly wants to update Santa’s Christmas Eve milk-and-cookies tradition

    The brand had professional Santas taste test oatmilk and a fancy dessert as part of a push running on streaming, social, out-of-home and more.

    By Dec. 11, 2024
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    Netflix partners with Mastercard as streamer’s experiential ambitions ramp up

    Mastercard is the payments partner on Netflix House mall experiences, the “Stranger Things” Broadway prequel and more to tap into growing fandoms.

    By Dec. 11, 2024
  • Kleenex Breakup Calculator
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    Kleenex’s breakup calculator relieves heartbreak with Amazon ‘ex-tras’

    The “KleenEX” activation asks consumers to detail their split for product suggestions and Amazon input like movie recommendations.

    By Dec. 11, 2024
  • Beyoncé stands next to stacked clothing dryers and wears a cowboy hat for a Levi's campaign
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    Deep Dive

    Nostalgia-washing: How brands can look back without getting hung up to dry

    As marketers continue to look for inspiration in campaigns and culture of the past, the savviest will focus on brand truths to make meaningful connections.

    By Dec. 10, 2024
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    BetMGM hires CMO to accelerate momentum in growing betting industry

    Casey Hurbis previously served as chief marketer at Rocket Mortgage, where he oversaw two consecutive Super Bowl ad successes.

    By Dec. 9, 2024
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    Smashburger’s CMO on righting the brand’s course with a new visual identity

    A new app launch followed a recent rebrand as part of new chief marketer Thomas Prather’s work to get the chain’s digital ecosystem moving.

    By Dec. 9, 2024
  • A sign on a J. Crew store on 5th Avenue in New York City.
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    J. Crew taps Skims marketer as CMO to boost cultural relevance

    Julia Collier helped turn Kim Kardashian’s Skims into a trendy name with moves like striking its first major sports sponsorship last year.

    By Dec. 6, 2024
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    Column

    Campaign Trail: Lavazza’s coffee-serving robot dreams of la dolce vita

    To establish itself as a global brand with Italian DNA, Lavazza enlisted a cute robot — and former “Office” mates Steve Carell and John Krasinski.

    By Dec. 6, 2024
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    Dodge rips into ‘soulless’ EVs to introduce all-electric Charger Daytona

    “Save the Planet” flips the script on ads about protecting the Earth, arguing what Dodge is really protecting people from is “lame” rivals.

    By Dec. 5, 2024
  • Cheez-It brand imagery promoting its "Fantaseez" promotion around the 2024 Citrus Bowl.
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    Cheez-It adds absurd ‘fantaseez’ to college bowl game playbook

    Fans of the Kellanova brand can detail their college football fantasies online for the chance to win an on-field wedding or a shot at broadcasting live.

    By Dec. 5, 2024
  • Alex Morgan holds The Athlete's Code for Powerade
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    Why Powerade is letting athletes pause partnerships to prioritize mental health

    Part of the Coca-Cola brand’s “Pause is Power” platform, The Athletes Code program was created by WPP Open X and led by Ogilvy.

    By Dec. 5, 2024
  • Two AI-generated people in a Zevia ad
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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 Dec. 4, 2024
  • Shaq holds a can of Pepsi Zero Sugar Gingerbread
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    Pepsi promotes new gingerbread flavor with baking show starring Shaq

    The brand’s frequent ambassador shows off his culinary skills to boost a flavor innovation available via TikTok Shop.

    By Dec. 4, 2024
  • A car sits underneath Taco Bell's new drive-thru camera stations, which are decorated in neon signage
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    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 Dec. 3, 2024
  • Tyla and dancers appear in a Gap ad
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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 , , , Dec. 3, 2024
  • Domino's Squid Game collaboration
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    Domino’s brings Emergency Pizza to ‘Squid Game’ with ad partnership

    The campaign is the first since Kate Trumbull officially took over as CMO and iterates on a program that has been central to the chain’s marketing.

    By Aaron Baar • Dec. 3, 2024