Campaigns + Creative
Bota Box Drives $1 Million in Display Sales With Football Marketing Push
The boxed wine brand’s Wing It With Bota campaign, which features a Guy Fieri Flavortown partnership, recipe contest and college tailgate sampling, is chasing a new audience by pairing wine with wings and football.
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Branding/Marketing
What Hyundai’s Childhood Cancer Campaign Reveals About Its Marketing Strategy
Sean Gilpin, CMO at Hyundai Motor America, details the brand’s new marketing campaign, “Mark of a Warrior,” which helps raise funds to fight childhood cancer.
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Social
Dairy Queen Bypasses Athletes for Mascots in Latest Social-Led Campaign
Marketing campaigns featuring athletes have become commonplace. So for a promotion tied to the kickoff of college football season, Dairy Queen highlighted team mascots instead.
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Pop-Ups
The Brief: Pit Stains and Mobile Cheese
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover the Pit Stain Pit Stop tour, a multisensory OGXperience and the new tour vehicle on the block, the Wedgemobile.
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Research
B2B Marketers Are Rethinking Creative Effectiveness
A recent ANA survey suggests that creativity is very important to B2B advertising and marketing communications. But fewer than half said they were equally confident about measuring the impact.
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Shopper/Retail
Brands Eye Short, 4-Day Pop-Up Shops in September
New data finds that 50% of brands are looking to operate pop-up shops for three days or less, with many brands looking to use the physical space as a marketing campaign. Pre-holiday buzz and the fashion calendar make September the most sought-after month.
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B-to-C Events
Neopets’ CEO Talks Investing in Events to Revive a Passionate Community
Back in the early aughts, millennial kids spent a lot of their computer time on Neopets, caring for and customizing virtual pets and exploring the online world of Neopia. As new games and social networks came onto the scene, Neopets experienced a decline, but it never went away. And 27 years since its launch, Neopets […]
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Pop-Ups
Evian Celebrates 2 Major Milestones Under a Bridge in Brooklyn
It’s just milestones on milestones for Evian this year. 2026 marks two centuries since the brand began sourcing its spring water from the French Alps, and 40 years since becoming the Official Water of the US Open. And that kind of timing calls for a mountain of celebrations.
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Shopper/Retail
Why Retail Stores — Not D2C — Are Key to Topo Athletic’s Marketing
As retailers chase direct-to-consumer sales, Topo stays loyal to specialty retail, even four years after Designer Brands acquisition.
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Festivals & Fan Cons
The Brief: Cat-lectibles and Cheesy Third Spaces
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover custom Cat-lectibles, nostalgic food courts and Kitchen Witch trends.
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Shopper/Retail
How Amika’s CMO Kept Product Launch Momentum Going For Months
Amika launches The Protector with limited distribution for the first six weeks. The hair care brand chose its direct-to-consumer website, where 45% of customers are repeat buyers, and Ulta as its initial distribution channels.
