The explosion in work-from-home culture in 2020 pushed a lot of businesses to the brink.Not Zoom. Instead, the video conferencing tool saw exponentially increased usage and invaluable brand recognition as many industries shifted to remote work. Now, with the future of work morphing once again in the age of AI, the tech company is taking a moment to announce that…
The NFL is back, and so are its many, many sponsors.Applebee’s, which became the official bar and grill of the league ahead of the 2024 season, is looking to start football season strong. To do it, the restaurant chain is relying on key lessons—and coaches—from its rookie year and aiming…
Brands talk a lot about evolving marketing to keep up with the speed of culture, but how are they updating their measurement capabilities?For Lindsay Vogelman, NBCUniversal’s SVP of strategic partnerships and partner marketing, platform distribution and partnerships, measuring impact and navigating growth is central to her work helping to boost…
When the Formula 1 team McLaren won its first Constructors’ Championship in more than 25 years last season, it was the only team on the grid without a naming rights sponsor. Halfway through the 2025 season, McLaren is firmly in the lead for the constructors’ again, but its naming rights…
American Eagle CMO Craig Brommers has no regrets about those Sydney Sweeney ads.Despite customer backlash to the apparel brand’s “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” campaign, which largely centered on the use of language that some described as racially coded, Brommers told us that AE’s most expensive campaign to date was…
Lots of advertising agencies say they make short films. Often, those short films are just ads by another name—more artful ads, perhaps, but ads all the same.Social content shop Portal A isn’t one of those agencies. This year, Portal A has been on the film-festival circuit with its first narrative…
Cookies and demogorgons and augmented reality, oh my!Chips Ahoy recently partnered with Netflix’s Stranger Things for a limited-edition cookie collab that will be seen far beyond the grocery store shelf. The special chocolate- and strawberry-flavored cookie, inspired by the show’s red-and-black Upside Down underworld aesthetic, became available for purchase in…
Rebrands aren’t just rebrands anymore. No, silly—they’re a moment for public discourse about where brands stand politically and an opportunity for onlookers to declare what design overhauls say about those stances.Consider the case of Cracker Barrel. Last week, the chain eatery known for its kitschy Southern aesthetic introduced a new…
Breakups are happening left and right.No, not the romantic kind: Several companies that operate streamers, e.g., NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery, are separating their linear and streaming assets.This year, streamers are navigating splits alongside tough macroeconomic conditions, and they continue to battle it out over live sports rights as they…
Each week, we spotlight Marketing Brew readers in our Coworking series. If you’d like to be featured, introduce yourself here.Olga Denysuik is brand marketing manager at Samsung. She has spent more than 15 years working in marketing and communications, working for agencies like WPP’s MediaCom, Havas, and Dentsu and on…
It’s no secret that sports fans love content about their favorite teams. These days, that doesn’t just mean live games on legacy TV networks.Some major US leagues, it seems, are well aware. As football season kicked off, the NFL inked a content partnership deal with sports newsletter and media company…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
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A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
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