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By Francesca Bacardi, KARGO After a week on the ground at Cannes Lions, one thing is clear: creators have arrived not just as influencers, but as institutions. The Croisette was crawling with them—Pookie, Alix Earle, Jake Shane, and countless others—blurring the lines between celebrity and CEO. Their collective reach is on track to eclipse linear […]

“Hot bread, hotter guys?” Sign us up. HBO Max brought to life the cheeky Hot Fellas Bakery from “And Just Like That…” with an activation in New York City’s East Village from June 14-15. In the “Sex and the City” sequel series, character Anthony Marentino launches Hot Fellas as a bread delivery service staffed by […]

While previous editions of the FIFA Club World Cup have paled in comparison to the spectacle of the international World Cup, DAZN is betting this year’s club-level competition will feel different when all is said and done.

Cannes 2025 felt different this year – and the senior executives who were there noticed. The cocktails and caftans still flowed, but the discussions were seemingly less on creative more on tech in the “real world.”  As Omnicom Chief Communications Officer Joanne Trout put it, “another hot, crazy Cannes is in the books, but this […]

In 2025, the Cannes Lions festival entered its third era of creativity.   The first era focused on the creative itself: the work that inspires consumers to change their behavior. Then media entered the mix, and the creativity tent grew to include how publishers, platforms and brands cultivate consumer engagement. This year, it was clear that […]

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Portal-Potties, National Rosé Day and Scrub Clubs.

Event profs are on an everlasting quest for meaningful ways to crack the code on engagement and connection. But some teams are turning the tables by encouraging their audiences to become the problem-solvers through vault-themed installations and experiences. Whether it’s a consumer company inviting fans to riddle their way into a life-sized safety-deposit box that […]

Word on the Croisette has it that Cannes is sizzling-hot, and we’re not just talking about the convergence of the world’s top creatives. High temps and humidity at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this year June 16-20, have made cool spaces and cold treats a premium (hello, brand opportunity) as top advertising, […]

Like so many of us in this industry, I like to think that knowing how the proverbial sausage gets made leaves me less susceptible to advertising’s influence. Even still, there’s something about travel commercials – especially ones produced by tourism boards – that always make me want to pack up and go to whatever fun […]

It’s an all-too-familiar feeling for tech industry employees: You’re done with work and watching TV when suddenly a commercial comes on for the same B2B vendor you’ve been getting ads for at the office (or, at least, on a different computer screen in your home). Increasingly, you have LinkedIn to thank for that experience. Last […]