Diversity + Sustainability
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Marketers on Fire
Marketers on Fire: Saucony Global CMO on ‘Run As One’ Campaign, Community Building, AI and Brand Growth
We spoke with Joy Allen-Altimare, Global CMO at Saucony, about the brand’s successful “Run As One” campaign, building community through connecting with consumers locally, the brand’s move into the lifestyle arena, AI in marketing and more.
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Crisis Management
Crisis in Two Languages: Proactively Building Bilingual Rapid-Response Systems
For multilingual organizations, building a bilingual rapid-response system goes far beyond simply translating messages.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Celebrity Dashcams and Studio Cheez
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Celebrity Dashcams, visual love letters and Studio Cheez.
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Branding/Marketing
PRNEWS Announces the 2025 Platinum Award Winners
PRNEWS announced the winners of the 2025 Platinum Awards on Tuesday, October 7, before an audience of more than 400 PR and communications professionals gathered at the Pier Sixty venue in New York City. This year’s Platinum winners represent the industry’s highest standard of creativity, innovation and impact—those who have reached the pinnacle of strategic storytelling, brand reputation and audience connection.
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Branding/Marketing
Carhartt’s Marketing Commits to Core Audience of Skilled Laborers
The brand’s new “Made Possible” campaign is “a celebration of hard work and the people who build the world around us,” says Norma Delaney, VP of Global Brand Marketing at Carhartt.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
How Piotr Szczerek Can Apologize and Rebuild After Hat-Snatching Fiasco
One viral moment can destroy a reputation overnight. And that reality played out at the US Open on August 29, 2025, when Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek snatched an autographed hat meant for a young fan from tennis star Kamil Majchrzak. The boy was left heartbroken; the internet was outraged. Here’s how to beyond an apology and take full accountability.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Home Depot’s ICE Crisis, Target’s CEO Switch and Becoming a Human Burrito with Chipotle
This week’s PR Roundup examines the decision of staying silent during crisis—such as Home Depot’s current situation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Target announces a new CEO—will it help get sales back on track? Also we look at a fun brand collaboration between Urban Outfitters and Chipotle, just in time for back-to-school.
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Branding/Marketing
PRNEWS Reveals the 2025 Platinum Awards Shortlist
We’re thrilled to unveil the shortlist for the 2025 PRNEWS Platinum Awards—a celebration of the most daring campaigns, innovative strategies and powerhouse teams in PR. Now, the stage is set to see who will claim top honors.
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B-to-C Events
Cause Marketing: Eli Lilly Brings Free Mammograms and Health Education to WNBA All-Star Weekend
Eli Lilly and Company is on a mission to insert wellness into cultural conversations by highlighting the link between health and sports. So to drive awareness of the importance of early breast cancer detection, the pharma brand headed to WNBA All-Star Weekend, July 17-20 in Indianapolis, to deliver free mammograms, sponsor activations and health education, […]
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
PR Roundup: Peloton Messaging Conflict, DEI Visibility and Trust, Communicating Tariff Price Increases
PR Roundup examines Peloton’s conflicting messaging, a study showing that LGBTQ+ visibility in advertising and messaging is important to consumers, and tariff price increases are here—so how should that be communicated?