CM Weekly April 30, 2023 When consumers think of Walmart as a brand, “innovative” may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But while speaking at a session at MMA Global’s POSSIBLE conference earlier this month, CMO William White aimed to dispel that myth, providing several examples of how the company is innovating…
Takeaways from a talk with Walmart CMO William White at MMA Global's POSSIBLE conference in April.
CM Weekly April 2, 2023 TurboTax is perceived by most consumers as a do-it-yourself tax service, while its live full-service product, which enlists experts to assist users with doing their taxes, is less familiar to the public. Associating TurboTax with the latter is the brand’s primary marketing focus this year, and it’s amplifying that message…
CM Weekly March 26, 2023 The detrimental effects caused by years of pandemic-related quarantines and subsequent social isolation—a phenomenon experienced in solitude and yet shared globally—has shed new light on the importance of mental health and wellness practices. And naturally, that cultural shift has permeated marketing campaigns, even in cases where a brand’s connection to…
CM Weekly March 19, 2023 The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival tends to attract experiential marketing-focused brands during the “interactive” portion of the 10-day event, when the marketing and tech crowds are in attendance. But for a brand like White Claw, which was “born out of culture,” according to Vice President of…
How Tetley Tea created a moment of Zen amid chaos.
We spoke with Andjelic about her vision and strategy for the brand's comeback, the art and science of global brand-building and what it takes to succeed as a modern CMO.
CM Weekly November 6, 2022 According to Forrester’s 2023 B2B marketing and sales predictions report, three times as many CMOs will focus on customer health this year, and they plan to measure that success through scoring and trend reporting. We look at the firm’s predictions for the marketing industry—relating to B2B budgets, the evolution of…
The digital privacy landscape is constantly evolving. Regulations like the GDPR and frameworks like IAB TCF require consent to be captured on digital properties before initiating tracking, analytics and targeted advertisements. Since the start of the EU GDPR in May 2018, the web has turned into a jungle of consent pop-ups. While the intent of…
CM Weekly October 23, 2022 Leveraging the full potential of your martech investments has been a challenge for the industry in recent years. Consider this stat from Gartner’s just-released 2022 Martech Survey: Marketers use just 42 percent of their martech stacks’ capabilities—and that’s down from 58 percent in 2020. Barriers to utilization include overlap among…