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This week’s PR Roundup features a look at The Economist’s poor choice for a publication cover, 7-Eleven Day and its heartwarming partnership and Edelman’s newest Trust Barometer report on business and racial justice.

How can brands utilize a long game of media relations to engage potential customers and journalists when a final product launch is months (if not years) away?

Toy company Toys R Us debuted a brand video almost completely created with generative artificial intelligence.   The one-minute video portrays a boy in the 1930s dreaming of a toy store with a female voice telling the origin story of Toys R Us. The boy depicts Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus and how he came […]

In the tale of the Israelites and the golden calf, fear and doubt drive a once-faithful people to embrace a shiny object – a symbol of misplaced trust and faith. This story finds a poignant parallel in today’s digital advertising industry, particularly as we stand at the crossroads shaped by the impending sunset of third-party […]

With the first 2024 presidential debate in the history books, all eyes are turning to the next big stop on the road to Election Day—the Republican National Convention.

Winning awards is a powerful communciations tool that can enhance your brand’s visibility and credibility. Here’s why incorporating awards into your marketing plan is a smart move, along with some tips for how to get started.

As much as we hate to admit, misinformation is a plague online. Any social media blogger or user can post a screenshot or salacious news without a fact check, and audiences will run with it. Now, with AI deep fakes becoming even more convincing, this problem is bound to get worse. 

Rainbow-themed marketing schemes were muted during Pride Month this year, continuing an unfortunate trend of brands moving away from marketing to the LGBTQ+ community. Experts weigh in on how to effectively reach and resonate with this audience, despite a dearth of identifiable data.

Reducing global climate emissions to a sustainable level requires such an overwhelming amount of work that the problem can feel disconnected from our daily lives.  At work, becoming more sustainable can seem particularly daunting. Companies rely on factories and trucks, computers and offices. Becoming less reliant on these things requires capital investment. And many people […]

Average customer experience quality falls to record low, according to Forrester’s annual index. Chewy, H-E-B, Zappos and Etsy ranked in the top 10 brands for having a top customer experience, according to Forrester Research Inc.’s 2024 U.S. Customer Experience Index released in June.   The annual index evaluates 98,363 consumers’ perceptions of 223 brands across 13 […]