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Brand Strategy

Marketing around the cost-of-living crisis? Maybe think again

Kalshi and Polymarket recently offered people free groceries in NYC, but the optics weren’t necessarily in the brands’ favor, experts told us.


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Brand Strategy

Agencies are quietly quitting fossil-fuel contracts

We spoke with Duncan Meisel, executive director of Clean Creatives, about the current state of sustainability in marketing.


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Brand Strategy

Brands continue to steer clear of heritage months. Pride was no exception

Since January, many heritage months and days have disappeared from brands' marketing calendars, but some are continuing to be loud and proud.


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Brand Strategy

Amid environmental rollbacks, some mission-driven CPG brands are staying the course

Tony’s Chocolonely and Califia Farms are balancing the political climate with consumer sentiment, according to executives.


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Brand Strategy

Agencies are quietly backing away from DEI initiatives

Two major advertising holding companies scrubbed DEI language from their sites.


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Brand Strategy

Apple and John Deere reject anti-DEI proposals amid corporate walkbacks

Paramount, Pepsi, and Warner Bros. Discovery joined a growing list of brands dismantling or softening initiatives.


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Brand Strategy

Big brands continue DE&I pullback, caving to right-wing pressure

Brands like Target and Walmart are backing down from their diversity and inclusion initiatives, while others, including Costco and Ben & Jerry’s, are holding strong.

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