Creative

  • Two baseball batters stand side to side in a Stranger Things-themed ad from Gatorade
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    Gatorade flips iconic ‘80s campaign upside down for ‘Stranger Things’

    The PepsiCo brand is reworking 1987’s “No Ordinary Thirst Quencher” and its retro Citrus Cooler flavor to fit the show’s themes and setting.

    By • Nov. 3, 2025
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    Best Buy bets on sports, creators to serve up holiday gifting inspiration

    The tech retailer will feature creators in its CTV ads for the first time and will advertise during 30 different NFL games throughout the season. 

    By • Nov. 3, 2025
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    Consumer Packaged Goods

    If CPGs can adeptly adjust to emerging mandates, they have an opportunity to strengthen their brands.  

    By Marketing Dive staff
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    Naughty or nice? Coca-Cola doubles down on AI in new holiday campaign

    Along with optimizing a previous ad made with generative artificial intelligence, the soda giant rolled out a separate spot focused on holiday memories.

    By • Updated 12 hours ago
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    Heineken brings group chats to life to spur in-person connections

    The activation is backed by research that found while 94% of Americans are in group chats, 29% meet up with their groups once per month at most.

    By • Oct. 31, 2025
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    Campaign Trail: Hatch turns doomscrolling into horror film trailer

    The in-house effort from the sleep device brand uses the tropes of scary movies to pitch its value proposition around the dangers of in-bed phone use.

    By • Oct. 31, 2025
  • Target holiday 2025 campaign imagery for "Kris K. is Back"
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    Target brings back ‘Hot Santa,’ adds new characters to holiday push

    “Step Into the Holidays” was made with partners including Mythology, Superprime, Jamm, EcoSet, PS260 and Heard City.

    By • Oct. 30, 2025
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    P.F. Chang’s CMO on igniting a new brand platform, holiday campaign

    Sonika Patel explains how the chain is centering the dining experience with a “Light the Fire” platform and seasonal push on digital and CTV.

    By • Oct. 29, 2025
  • Snooki, dressed as a scarecrow, stands on a decorated front stoop with someone in a red M&Ms costume.
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    Mars gets spooky across multiple channels and brands for Halloween

    Efforts for M&M’s, Skittles and Twix span a range of marketing strategies like a short-form sitcom, emergency candy deliveries and podcasts.

    By • Oct. 29, 2025
  • A person splays on a park bench with Pringles in his mouth as ducks flock around him
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    Pringles brings back ‘Once You Pop’ tagline to meet Gen Z’s tastes

    The tagline, first introduced in the ‘90s, has been reworked in ads focused on “unhinged” humor attuned to young consumers’ social feeds.

    By • Oct. 28, 2025
  • Child actor Paxton Beau Bazile poses with bottles of Welch's Sparkling Juices
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    How Welch’s new kid mascot bridges nostalgia with modern marketing

    Charlie Cheersman, the first kid to anchor the brand’s creative in 25 years, debuts as the CPG shakes up its marketing strategy and leadership.

    By • Updated Oct. 28, 2025
  • A Dr. Seuss-inspired character is bathed in the blue light of a mobile device in a holiday ad from Walmart
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    Walmart balances whimsy with value in Dr. Seuss-inspired holiday ads

    The campaign builds on a “Who Knew?” platform and was developed by Publicis agencies Fallon, Leo NY, The Community, Contender and Digitas.

    By • Updated Oct. 28, 2025
  • Campaign imagery for E.l.f.'s global campaign entitled “Give an e.l.f.’
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    E.l.f. challenges consumers to ‘Give an e.l.f.’ in purpose-led campaign

    Ads for the beauty brand span social, print, digital and out-of-home, asking “What do you give an e.l.f. (F#@&) about?”

    By • Oct. 28, 2025
  • A pair of glazed pork ribs sit on a blazing charcoal grill.
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    Inside the campaign to reposition pork for Gen Z, millennial consumers

    The effort tries to shed associations with the iconic “Other White Meat” tagline while appealing to the media preferences of young audiences.

    By • Oct. 27, 2025
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    Top takeaways from Advertising Week 2025 marketers need to know

    Leading marketers like PepsiCo and Kraft Heinz delved into topics including culture-led marketing and artificial intelligence at the annual conference.

    By , , , • Oct. 23, 2025
  • Ciara for True Religion's 2025 "Wrapped in True" holiday campaign.
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    True Religion targets women, college sports fans in holiday campaign

    The brand doubles down on the growing intersection of fashion and sports in its first holiday campaign since being acquired earlier this year.

    By • Oct. 23, 2025
  • Salma Hayek holds a bottle of Kahlúa while wearing a yellow dress.
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    Dunkin’ and Kahlúa tap Salma Hayek Pinault to boost co-branded product

    The telenovela-inspired “It’s Kahlunkin’” campaign comes as Gen Z consumers express increased interest in coffee-based alcoholic beverages.

    By • Oct. 22, 2025
  • Bryan Cranston as Cranpus in an Ocean Spray ad
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    Beware of ‘Cranpus’: Ocean Spray evolves brand platform for holidays

    The cranberry co-op turned actor Bryan Cranston into a new version of folklore figure Krampus to break through the season’s advertising noise.

    By • Oct. 22, 2025
  • Over the shoulder angle of a young gamer playing a video game on personal computer in a neon lit living room at home.
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    6 gaming takeaways for marketers from Advertising Week New York

    Despite its immense popularity with younger consumers, gaming still only commands a fraction of ad dollars.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
  • A group of people watch a football game in a Hellmann's ad
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    How Hellmann’s covers the spread with football marketing

    Over the last five years, the Unilever brand has worked to become synonymous with football culture and has seen continued sales momentum.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
  • Outdoor ads in Brooklyn, New York, promote Manscaped grooming products
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    How Manscaped’s CMO tackles Super Bowl-sized brand ambitions

    Marcelo Kertesz spoke with Marketing Dive about reports the brand is mulling its first big game ad and why it is doubling down on edgy humor.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
  • LeBron James for Hennessy
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    Campaign Trail: Hennessy stirs up social with LeBron’s latest decision

    Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam remade the NBA legend’s 2010 “Decision” — a reminder that “you can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs.”

    By • Oct. 17, 2025
  • Hello CEO Diana Haussling at Variety's Future of Brand Summit
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    How Colgate-Palmolive’s Hello amplifies marketing by gut-checking AI

    CEO Diana Haussling and execs from Acxiom and agency FCB discussed use cases of artificial intelligence at Variety’s Future of Brand Summit.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
  • Amaya Espinal for Herbal Essences
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    Herbal Essences taps into infomercial nostalgia to serve ‘scent traps’

    The P&G hair care brand enlists “Love Island” star Amaya Espinal to celebrate the power of scent in digital and out-of-home ads.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
  • A group of people stand outside a bus stop in Woolrich x Target gear
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    Why Target is embracing social-first marketing for its Woolrich collab

    A campaign promoting the design partnership shifts from studio-shot imagery to lifestyle-oriented visuals and storytelling driven by influencers.

    By • Oct. 14, 2025
  • CMOs at Advertising Week New York argued that widely held beliefs about the group, including their lack of brand loyalty, are not telling the full story.
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    CMOs share what brands get wrong when marketing to Gen Z

    The group’s perceived aversion to advertising and lack of brand loyalty are more myth than fact, panelists argued at Advertising Week.

    By • Oct. 10, 2025