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  • Snoop Dogg for Solo Stove
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    Solo Stove’s viral Snoop Dogg partnership fails to spark up sales

    Owner Solo Brands kicked off the year by shaking up leadership and cutting its 2023 revenue expectations due to hefty marketing expenditures.

    By Updated Jan. 30, 2024
  • A man with a bar of Dr. Squatch soap in his swim suit
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    Retrieved from Dr. Squatch on January 18, 2024
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    Campaign Trail: Dr. Squatch uses hypnosis to inspire ‘​​Big Bricc Energy’

    The digitally native men’s grooming brand goes beyond raunchy puns to address men's mental health through hypnotic videos.

    By Jan. 19, 2024
  • Trendline

    Consumer Packaged Goods

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

    By Marketing Dive staff
  • NFL quarterback Kirk Cousins stands in a kitchen in a promotional shoot for brand partner Tostitos
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    Permission granted by Frito-Lay North America
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    Tostitos’ pop-up heads to Super Bowl with meals served by Kirk Cousins

    Consumers can enter an Instagram sweepstakes for the chance to win game tickets and a visit to the Tost by Tostitos casual dining concept. 

    By Jan. 18, 2024
  • Snapchat x FAMSF
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    Snap brings AR try-on experience to San Francisco art exhibit

    Using Snap’s AR Mirrors technology, visitors to the “Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style” exhibit can try on three iconic evening ensembles.  

    By Aaron Baar • Jan. 18, 2024
  • Comedian Desus Nice holds Tums and a smartphone with food on the table and football on the TV
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    Courtesy of Tums
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    DraftKings, Tums team for food-focused Super Bowl picks game

    Tums Prop Bites allows consumers to place free picks on the details of the big game’s most popular foods for the chance to win part of a $10,000 prize. 

    By Aaron Baar • Jan. 17, 2024
  • Two people in a pool next to the Tito's "spokescart"
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    Courtesy of Tito's Handmade Vodka
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    Tito’s vodka rolls out autonomous Spokescart in first major brand platform

    The understated but “slightly cheeky” bar cart concept intends to strengthen Tito’s position against a growing number of celebrity-backed rivals.

    By Jan. 12, 2024
  • Bubly's "press for bubly" button.
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    Courtesy of PepsiCo
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    Bubly hydrates Dry January participants with ‘press for bubly’ button

    Leveraging LTE and GPS technology, winners of the novelty button can press it to have Bubly sparkling water delivered to their doorstep.

    By Jan. 11, 2024
  • Five Pepsi cans
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    Courtesy of PepsiCo
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    Pepsi Wild Cherry courts aging millennials as flavored soda sales pop

    The campaign recognizes the group’s tamer perceptions of what’s “wild” and focuses on women who are driving growth in a key segment. 

    By Jan. 11, 2024
  • An influencer on a mobile phone having a live stream while receiving positive interactions from followers.
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    Deep Dive

    Inside the creator marketing trends expected to go viral in 2024

    Some marketers are betting creator-led advertising is the way forward, while social commerce and artificial intelligence could yield fresh potential.

    By Jan. 11, 2024
  • Taco Bell's Las Vegas Live Mas Live event will preview new products and partnerships for 2024
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    Taco Bell stages Las Vegas fan experience ahead of Super Bowl LVIII

    A gathering in the style of tech conferences will preview new products and partnerships coming in 2024, all against a big game backdrop.

    By Jan. 10, 2024
  • Three Honda cars with headlights on traveling on a dark road.
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    Courtesy of Honda
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    Honda taps AI, indie artist for ‘Chasing Greatness’ campaign

    Set to musician Bishop Briggs’ new song “Triumph,” the campaign showcases the new Ridgeline TrailSport truck and includes AI-fueled social video.

    By Jan. 10, 2024
  • Andy Cohen holds a hand weight in a Walmart ad
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    Courtesy of Walmart
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    Walmart+ taps Andy Cohen to help consumers survive Quitter’s Day

    The retailer’s vice president of creative explained how the campaign highlights the ways the membership can help consumers stick to New Year’s resolutions.

    By Jan. 10, 2024
  • Businessperson with balancing balls newtons cradle and business target
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    CreativaImages via Getty Images
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    Deep Dive

    8 predictions for 2024 as marketing seeks a new normal

    Following a period of extremes, key trends like retail media and ad-supported TV could settle down while experiments in areas like AI ramp up.

    By , , , Jan. 9, 2024
  • FanDuel Super Bowl campaign that shows NFL icon Rob Gronkowski in the sidecar of a motorcycle being driven by actor Carl Weathers.
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    FanDuel gives Gronk another shot in Super Bowl marketing blitz

    Part of a larger campaign, consumers can again bet on if NFL icon Rob Gronkowski will score a live field goal for FanDuel’s second big game ad. 

    By Jan. 9, 2024
  • An image from Choice Hotels largest-ever marketing campaign
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    Permission granted by Choice Hotels International
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    Choice Hotels CMO talks the brand’s largest marketing campaign to date

    Starring Keegan-Michael Key, the chain’s latest campaign highlights its growing presence in the upscale space, Chief Marketing Officer Noha Abdalla shared.

    By Jenna Graber • Jan. 8, 2024
  • Hill Holliday CEO Chris Wallrapp and Attivo Group CEO Cam Murchison stand side-by-side
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    IPG sells Hill Holliday, Deutsch New York to marketing services upstart

    The pair of iconic creative shops will preserve an affiliate relationship with their former parent, which has struggled with the tech downturn. 

    By Jan. 8, 2024
  • Pop-Tarts edible mascot stands atop a giant toaster at a college football game
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    Dec 28, 2023; Orlando, FL, USA; Pop Tart mascot signals the end of the celebration after the game at Camping World Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Reper-USA TODAY Sports

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    Campaign Trail: Pop-Tarts’ edible mascot made ‘ultimate sacrifice’ to win bowl season

    The Kellanova brand dominated social media with a game-day activation that embraced dark, weird humor.

    By Jan. 5, 2024
  • Imagery for Tinder's expanded "It Starts with a Swipe" global brand platform ahead of Dating Sunday shows a couple dancing together in the aisle of a grocery store.
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    Tinder expands global brand platform ahead of Dating Sunday

    The expanded “It Starts With A Swipe” creative comes ahead of online dating’s busiest day of the year and was developed with Gen Z in mind.

    By Aaron Baar • Jan. 4, 2024
  • Megan Thee Stallion floats in a cloud of purple above gym equipment in a Planet Fitness.
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    Planet Fitness busts gym barriers with help from Megan Thee Stallion

    A new campaign elevates the rapper to the role of Mother Fitness and includes TV ads, an augmented reality filter and co-branded merchandise.

    By Jan. 3, 2024
  • Intuit TurboTax
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    How TurboTax’s new campaign makes moves count on road to Super Bowl

    The effort includes marketing partnerships with Twitch and TikTok and will culminate with the brand’s 11th consecutive appearance in the big game.

    By Aaron Baar • Jan. 3, 2024
  • Mtn Dew Baja Blast products are promoted with a beach background
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    Mtn Dew fan favorite Baja Blast sets Super Bowl debut for 20th anniversary

    The former Taco Bell exclusive will be made available at nationwide retail for a full year for the first time as part of the “Bajaversary” marketing blitz.  

    By Jan. 2, 2024
  • A group of people gather in a living room with Coca-Cola products on a table
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    Courtesy of The Coca-Cola Company
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    Why Coca-Cola turned to ‘The Bear’ to bring together its family of brands

    “New Guy” developed out of conversations with Majority, a diversity-focused creative agency that is part of the marketer's OpenX arrangement with WPP.

    By Jan. 2, 2024
  • Geico's Caveman character
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    Geico thaws Caveman on road to the Super Bowl

    A new spot from The Martin Agency sees the iconic brand character wake up from a nightmare about the “so easy, a caveman can do it” tagline.

    By Dec. 22, 2023
  • NBCU NFL on Peacock logo
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    Courtesy of NBCUniversal
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    Peacock’s first exclusive NFL game will go commercial-free for a quarter

    Instead of conventional ad breaks, sponsors Capital One, Hyundai and Walmart will run custom content, cutting the broadcast’s ad load by 40%. 

    By Dec. 21, 2023
  • Workers in a collaborative conference room.
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    filadendron via Getty Images
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    In-house agency sophistication rises, output improves: survey

    Among the two-thirds of brands now running in-house shops, 33% reported “complete satisfaction,” a significant jump from 2020’s findings.

    By Dec. 21, 2023