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CM Weekly February 18, 2024 While some businesses have eliminated the CMO role from their company org charts in recent months, fashion apparel brand True Religion has taken the opposite approach—and hired its first chief marketer. We spoke to CMO Kristen D’Arcy, who has numerous campaigns and integrations across music and sports to speak of […]

CM Weekly February 11, 2024 Doritos just launched its first international brand platform, “For the Bold in Everyone,” which champions self-expression, defying stereotypes and leaning into your passions. But this time, the target isn’t primarily Gen Z. The star of this creative is a grandma fulfilling her dream of driving a Monster Truck. “There was […]

CM Weekly February 5, 2024 “The trap that many mid-level marketeers fall into is [asking], what's the work that my boss wants, or my CEO wants? Or my CFO wants? They're important stakeholders, but your ultimate stakeholder is the consumer. And the work wins. So if you do fabulous things that are insightful and thoughtful […]

CM Weekly January 28, 2024 Crayola’s just-wrapped “Creativity Week,” now in its third year, provides free learning resources for parents and educators to spark kids’ creativity in the classroom. But the brand’s EVP of Marketing, Victoria Lozano, says it’s not limited to art class. “Where we see the most implementation is in classrooms, and it's […]

CM Weekly January 21, 2024 According to Boathouse’s third annual “CEO Survey on Marketing and the CMO” published this week, CEOs’ perception of CMO performance and marketing is shifting to a more favorable one. The study shows that 51 percent of CEOs now believe the CMO’s short tenure is a sign of success in their […]

CM Weekly March 27, 2024 To kick off back-to-school shopping season, Target-owned delivery service Shipt launched its first foray into virtual experiences with an immersive racing game on Roblox, where players can deliver school supplies and snacks, claim orders for pickup and delivery, and earn currency for accurate, on-time deliveries. Based on the insight that […]

CM Weekly January 7, 2024 Our latest Marketers on Fire profile featuring Kelly Calabria, Chief Marketing and CSR Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, examines three challenges her brand is facing in 2024 that likely ring true for many: activating the right data to build customer relationships through personalization; continued collaboration between […]

CM Weekly December 31, 2023 Dos Equis is a brand primarily known for its advertising, notably “The Most Interesting Man in the World” campaign, featuring the fantastic exploits of a sophisticated older gentleman and a catchphrase—”Stay thirsty, my friends”—that spread through internet meme culture like wildfire. But according to Heineken USA CMO Jonnie Cahill, being […]

CM Weekly December 17, 2023 Drum roll, please… We’ve announced the winners of the Chief Marketer Top Women in Marketing Awards for 2023. The annual program shouts out the women in the industry who hustle—from home, to office and every stop in between—to exceed expectations. Over the past year, these women overcame myriad challenges and […]

CM Weekly December 10, 2023 Gatorade engages millions of youth athletes each year through its field intelligence program, according to Chief Brand Officer Anuj Bhasin, which it uses to mine for data and gather insights to evolve the business. The wealth of data it’s accrued on Gen Z has revealed a shift in how these […]