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Brand Strategy

Why Pantone sees color reflecting pushback on tech

Pantone exec tells us what it’s like to market Color of the Year.


Images of Adrian Grenier, Chad Michael Murray, and Devon Sawa in recent campaigns.
Brand Strategy

Return of the heartthrob: Why the men of the early aughts are booked and busy in advertising

Over the last six months, the desire for “nostalgia millennial talent” has increased, a UTA agent told us.


Hilary Duff stars in a faux corporate compliance video for Ladder.
Brand Strategy

Hilary Duff, ‘Cash Cab,’ and branded newspapers: How Ladder is communicating ‘stronger, not smaller’ to women

With its membership made up of roughly 80% women, the strength-training app is addressing misinformation about weightlifting.


Blair Pfander, VP of creative at Bobbie
Brand Strategy

Why this marketer thinks brands should stop letting dashboards make creative decisions

Blair Pfander, VP of creative at Bobbie, shared her thoughts on marketing to the messy reality of parenthood and making creative bets the data can’t validate.


Images from recent Mountain Dew, Coca-Cola, and Jeep America250 campaigns.
Brand Strategy

For America250, brands are taking a unifying—and decidedly unpolitical—approach

Many marketers are leaning on nostalgia with the goal of appearing to be “very pro-American without taking a political stance,” an expert told us.


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Brand Strategy

‘The human touch’: Inside Etsy’s life-by-numbers brand campaign

Amid an age of automation, “people are increasingly looking for things that feel more personal, expressive, and human,” the brand’s CMO told us.


A man in black dance attire stands next to a woman in a pink ballet skirt and leotard. He holds one of her arms outstretched as they face the camera, while she holds a bouquet of flowers in the other. More flowers are scattered on the ground behind them, which is a mostly barren room but features an off-red couch, side tables with lamps, and an arm chair.
Brand Strategy

En pointe: Why brands are embracing the aesthetics of ballet

In the era of AI, the hard skills of the performing arts are appealing, one branding expert told us.

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