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Brand Strategy

Sydney Sweeney is back for another American Eagle campaign

CMO Craig Brommers told us it’s a new chapter for the partnership after Sweeney’s controversial 2025 ads became the “most successful” in brand history.


Photo collage showing John Cena biting into a Met-Rx bar on a pixellated video game-style desert background, and the Skittles gaming flute.
Brand Strategy

Why brands are turning to video games for creative inspiration

As gaming grows in popularity, brands are going beyond the look itself, tapping into the interactivity and metaphors the medium offers.


A woman wearing a blazer, shorts, and athletic shoes steps out her house's front door into a yard with a sprinkler spraying water and green grass.
Brand Strategy

Merrell’s pitch to non-outdoorsy consumers: Go outside instead

The footwear brand’s latest brand platform is part of a new effort targeting new and younger consumers, one exec told us.


Connor Storrie with a cell phone showing the Verizon logo in his back pocket.
Brand Strategy

‘This famous butt’: How Verizon created that ad with Connor Storrie

The brand’s “Look Behind You” campaign, featuring the “Heated Rivalry” star in his first ad appearance, has been viewed 35 million times and counting, Verizon’s CMO told us.


A woman with a shopping cart looking at retail media advertisement screens
Brand Strategy

Where should retail media networks make their pitch for ad dollars?

“These are media businesses, and they need to be where media people who buy into media businesses congregate,” one exec told us.


A portrait of Grace Teng, partner and chief media officer at ad agency Zambezi and its media agency, Scale by Zambezi
Brand Strategy

Coworking with Grace Teng

She’s partner and chief media officer, Zambezi & Scale by Zambezi.


Pamela Anderson poses on set for the Aerie campaign
Brand Strategy

Aerie doubles down on its no-AI pledge in its latest campaign

“In an industry where everything is generated, realness becomes special,” CMO Stacey McCormick told us.

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