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After serving as an advisor to the company for several years, Jennifer Betka has stepped into the Chief Marketing Officer role at Rinse, a tech-enabled laundry and dry cleaning delivery service operating in 13 cities across North America.

For Betka, who’s held CMO roles at StubHub, Fandom and Indigo, helming a brand with proven market value that’s poised to scale is her sweet spot. “We're at a moment, and Rinse has been clear in being able to achieve its fundamentals,” she told Chief Marketer. “But it has broader ambitions, and now is the time to really crystallize its higher order value, help expand its reach and create that lasting cultural relevance.”

We spoke with Betka about Rinse’s brand campaign, the inspiration behind the company’s new brand positioning, her personalized approach to gathering customer insights, and challenges within the marketing industry overall.

CeraVe announced a multiyear sponsorship as the NBA’s Official Skincare and Haircare Partner, which includes a brand collab with parody social account NBACentel to engage “the true NBA fandom,” says Jasteena Gill, VP of Marketing at CeraVe U.S. We spoke with Gill about the impetus for the partnership, CeraVe’s goals, and balancing humor and expertise.

U.S. online holiday sales for the 2025 season will reach $253.4 billion, a 5.3% year-over-year increase, according to Adobe Analytics. And themes that will define the 2025 holiday shopping season include shoppers using artificial intelligence search platforms to find gifts, an increase in social media advertising and thrifty shoppers. Here’s a breakdown of Adobe’s projections.

Consumer packaged goods brand Colgate-Palmolive needed to refresh its corporate logo and identity, which hadn’t been touched since the 1980s. But in this case the motivation for the upgrade was to attract strong talent and keep employees engaged. Read how the CPG giant went about it.

Lastly, Barry Frey, President and CEO of OOH trade organization DPAA, shares what marketers can expect from Tuesday’s Global Summit taking place at Pier Sixty in New York City. Stay tuned next week for coverage of the event from the Chief Marketer Network.

Until next week,

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