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  • Best Buy's "spokeshologram," Gram, which debuted as part of a larger refresh and introduction of its "imagine that." tagline
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    Best Buy refreshes brand with new tagline and ‘spokeshologram’

    The retailer is leaning into discovery for an effort that includes a new color palette and series of back-to-school ads featuring brand character Gram.

    By July 23, 2024
  • A Nike billboard for the Summer Olympics in Paris
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    Nike kicks off marketing comeback with gritty Olympics ads

    Wieden + Kennedy Portland created spots probing qualities that motivate sporting greats like an obsession with power and an inability to be satisfied.

    By July 22, 2024
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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
  • Deadpool and Wolverine in a Heineken ad
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    How Heinz, Heineken and other brands got their claws into ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

    Maximum Effort’s George Dewey explains how the agency approaches brand partnerships and why the film series is not “ashamed” of advertising.

    By July 22, 2024
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    Boost Mobile challenges telecom’s big 3 with brand repositioning, campaign

    The wireless carrier is unifying its prepaid and postpaid services under a single brand name and marking the effort with a new look and comedic ads.

    By Aaron Baar • July 18, 2024
  • Bottles of ketchup and mustard dressed up like Wolverine and Deadpool.
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    Heinz swaps ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ for condiments in meta movie tie-in

    The color of the superheroes’ outfits inspired a campaign that includes fourth-wall-breaking ads and collectibles for decorating condiment bottles. 

    By July 17, 2024
  • Audible's AR OOH campaign on a screen in New York. The image reads, "There's more to imagine when you listen."
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    Audible brings storybooks to life with innovative global AR campaign

    The out-of-home ads leverage GroupM’s WinDOOH technology to transport consumers to fantastical worlds without the use of a mobile device.

    By July 17, 2024
  • Mtn Dew's Mountain Dude
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    Why Mountain Dew introduced the Mountain Dude to refresh ‘Do The Dew’

    Crafted by Goodby Silverstein & Partners, a new campaign features a stylish brand character and a call for consumers to get off their… donkeys.

    By Updated July 15, 2024
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    Campaign Trail: Citroën’s revolution liberates electric vehicles from elites

    The Stellantis automaker updated the French Revolution with an anachronistic spot from agency BETC that recalls Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette.”

    By July 12, 2024
  • Actor Michael Cera holds a tub of CeraVe lotion as part of campaign materials for the skincare brand's first-ever Super Bowl commercial.
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    Deep Dive

    6 campaigns that signaled a creative resurgence in H1 2024

    As marketers emerged from two strenuous years, innovative media strategies and bets on buzzy technology like generative AI stood apart from the pack.

    By , July 10, 2024
  • Ocean Spray rebrand OOH ads
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    Deep Dive

    Why marketers keep refreshing brands instead of betting on splashy ads

    The widespread appetite for brand building is evident in how rebrands continue to proliferate alongside an advertising upswing.

    By July 10, 2024
  • Four athletes embrace in a Coca-Cola Olympics ad
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    Coke’s Summer Olympics campaign celebrates unifying power of hugs

    “It’s Magic When the World Comes Together” encourages people to embrace, even in rivalry, and was developed over 18 months with WPP Open X.

    By July 10, 2024
  • Person working on crafts in Etsy campaign spot
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    Etsy addresses anxiety over AI, mass manufacturing with new brand mission

    Real Etsy sellers are highlighted in ads that complement policy changes that aim to more strongly enforce a human touch on product listings.

    By July 9, 2024
  • Three people on a golf cart hold Taco Bell products
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    Taco Bell opens ‘early retirement’ community in latest experiential play

    Available exclusively for rewards members, The Cantinas offers senior-inspired recreation and recalls the brand’s groundbreaking pop-up hotel.

    By July 9, 2024
  • Häagen-Dazs
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    Häagen-Dazs taps indie Nice&Frank as creative AOR, plots Super Bowl debut

    The ice cream brand positioned the big-game buy as the next step of a “That’s Dazs” campaign that is a key part of its outreach to young consumers.

    By July 8, 2024
  • A women in a pink bathing suit and sunhat lays in a blue pool float in the middle of a pool with a cocktail.
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    Tito’s research-backed campaign showcases the joys of staycations

    While other spirit brands focus on tropical getaways, Tito’s is embracing the many positives of being at home.

    By July 8, 2024
  • Charlie Puth for Bic
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    BIC gears up for Olympics, back-to-school with celeb-focused efforts

    The brand reteams with Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart and enlists Charlie Puth for efforts timed to major periods for ads and sales.

    By July 8, 2024
  • Actors Eric Wareheim and Atsuko Okatsuka stand next to each other on a prom dance floor
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    Kind brings lighter touch to healthy snack marketing in brand refresh

    New CMO Osher Hoberman said a prior purpose-led marketing strategy was too fragmented to align with the commercial opportunity.

    By Updated July 11, 2024
  • Dove Self-Esteem beauty generated by AI
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    Dove CMO who built brand’s purpose marketing bona fides departs

    Alessandro Manfredi is leaving Unilever after over two decades as the type of purpose-driven marketing he helped define is increasingly challenged.

    By July 3, 2024
  • A box labeled "Hasbro" is displayed, along with other store products.
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    Hasbro’s early adoption of Prime Video ads helps reel in new buyers

    Successful campaigns for Peppa Pig and Play-Doh lend credence to Amazon’s bigger pitch around its upper-funnel advertising capabilities.

    By July 3, 2024
  • McDonald's Teams Up with Hit Anime Series "JUJUTSU KAISEN" to Unleash New App Exclusive Special Grade Garlic Sauce.
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    McDonald’s links with anime series for app-exclusive sauce

    The chain’s collaboration with “Jujutsu Kaisen” to launch its Special Grade Garlic Sauce also includes a tie-up with anime streaming service Crunchyroll. 

    By July 3, 2024
  • A group of runners on the road in the French Alps are featured in Hoka's latest ad campagin
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    Hoka’s latest avian-themed ads look to shore up favor among runners

    New ads from Anomaly spotlight runners of all levels of intensity in the French Alps, where the disruptor brand was founded.

    By July 2, 2024
  • Travis Yee in a campaign for Philadelphia Cream Cheese
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    Philadelphia cream cheese spreads original song across streaming, TikTok

    The Kraft Heinz brand prepares for the Fourth of July with a radio-ready jingle, “Land of the Cream Cheese,” by rising country star Travis Yee.

    By July 2, 2024
  • An AI-generated image of a person on a fashion runway
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    Motorola walks the runway with entirely AI-generated campaign

    To promote new folding smartphones powered by artificial intelligence, the firm used different tools to create phone-inspired fashions for virtual models.

    By July 1, 2024
  • Actor Jeremy Allen White is pictured for a photoshoot in black and white. He is wearing Calvin Klein boxer briefs and a wet T-shirt.
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    Deep Dive

    Calvin Klein’s Jeremy Allen White ads turned heads, but the biggest impact may be to the brand’s image

    “The Bear” star’s images generated $74 million in media impact value amid a years-long effort by holding company PVH to make the line more desirable.

    By Laurel Deppen • June 27, 2024
  • Patrick Mahomes in a Coors Light campaign
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    Coors Light will bury its latest Patrick Mahomes ad in a time capsule

    The latest video and stunt from the Molson Coors flagship toys with NFL rules about players promoting beer.

    By June 26, 2024