Key Lululemon Executive Is Leaving Following The See-Through Yoga Pants...
Lululemon Chief Product Officer Sheree Waterson is leaving Lululemon just weeks after the company had to recall 17 percent of its pants for being too sheer. Her last day is April 15, according to a...
View ArticleInside The Marketing Plan For North America's No.1 Bacon-Only Restaurant
Rashers, "North America's Only Bacon Sandwich Shop," is a small business based in Toronto, with one location and a no-frills, bacon-only menu.Founders John Clark and Richard Mulleny have adopted all...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Wheat Thins Trigger An Existential Crisis For A Puppet Locked...
John the puppet loves crispy Wheat Thins.So much, in fact, that this ad sees him checked into a One-Flew-Over-The-Cuckoo's-Nest-style psychiatric ward to battle his crazed addiction. It's the latest in...
View ArticleFlo Breaks A Boxing Announcer's Spleen In New Progressive Ad [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Flo breaks boxing announcer Michael Buffer's spleen in the latest Progressive ad. Although in the least violent way possible. Arnold created the...
View ArticleBusiness Insider Is Hiring An Operations Account Coordinator
Learn about the dynamic world of online ad sales and operations at a growing online publisher. The Operations Account Coordinator will join a team that is responsible for executing advertising...
View ArticleBeyonce Confronts Her Past Selves In Big New Pepsi Ad
Pepsi really needs a hit ad campaign — the soda has been in a years-long sales funk— and Beyonce might just have delivered the goods.In a new commercial out today, Beyonce is show rehearsing in a dance...
View ArticlePizza Hut Finally Brings Its 'Crazy' Pizzas To The US
For years Americans have watched Pizza Huts around the world introduce bizarre pies with cheeseburgers, chicken and other unexpected surprises in the crust. Finally the chain is bringing one home.Click...
View ArticleCustomers Don't Care About Loyalty Programs As Much As Brands Think They Do
Finishing lunch with a friend several weeks ago, I pulled out my wallet and foraged for a credit card. Struck by my billfold’s girth, he quipped, “What’s in your wallet?”I plunked it down on the table...
View ArticleReebok Is Silent Over Rick Ross 'Rape' Song
Rapper Rick Ross has been the target of criticism the last few weeks for a song he raps on, titled "U.O.E.N.O," in which he seemingly describes drugging a woman's champagne and having sex with her...
View ArticleHere Are All 15 Women That Don Draper Has Been With On Mad Men
Don Draper, the ultra-suave star of AMC's Mad Men series, gets around.He's been married twice, divorced once, slapped, manipulated, and heartbroken.Through it all, his new romantic interests have come...
View ArticleTarget Labels Plus-Sized Dress 'Manatee Grey' While Calling Smaller Sizes...
Target shopper Susan Clemens noticed a discrepancy while shopping on the retailer's website. A kimono maxi dress was listed as "dark heather grey" for smaller sizes. But when Clemens went to select a...
View ArticleBeyonce Wears Every Outfit That Made Her Famous In New Pepsi Ad
Beyonce released a new commercial today for Pepsi in which she confronts some of her past looks from old music videos.We did the world a huge favor by going through the video, frame by frame, and...
View ArticleHere's Facebook's First Ad For Its New 'Home' Phone Experience
Facebook wasted no time in getting out its first marketing video for the new Android Facebook Home app. (Facebook's lead ad agency has been Wieden + Kennedy.)The ad shows off the big bright photos —...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Advertisers Will Love Facebook 'Home' Phones: Permanent...
The most surprising part of Facebook's launch of "Home" for Android phones was when CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted, "There are no ads in this yet, I'm sure that one day there will be."That was a shock...
View ArticlePepsiCo Exec Admits That Diet Pepsi Is Basically Only For Women
This week, Diet Pepsi confirmed what consumers have suspected for a while — the brand is for only half the population: women."It's targeted at females who love home design,"Amy Spiridakis, Diet Pepsi's...
View ArticleHow Oprah Pitched Herself To Advertisers Last Night [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:It's television upfront season, and Oprah pitched her network to advertisers and media buyers:"Last year I told you it was the biggest climb of...
View ArticleAdvertisers Are Worried Facebook Is Going To 'Invasive, Tedious' Ads On Your...
Advertisers warned Facebook today that its Home application needs to avoid irritating users with its adverts.“Invasive, tedious or over-frequent marketing in such a personal space will be an instant...
View ArticleLobbyists Have A $2 Million PR Budget To Fight The Idea That Candy Makes You Fat
The National Confectioners' Association — the lobby group representing candymakers such as Mars, Mondelez International, Nestle, and Hershey — is preparing a $2 million PR budget to fight the idea that...
View ArticleApp Developers Are Scared Facebook Home Will Bury Their Stuff (FB)
If Facebook's new "Home" phone system becomes popular, it could be a huge threat to independent app developers whose products are downloaded in the Google Play app store.That's because Home essentially...
View Article'Mad Men' Wouldn't Be On TV If It Weren't For This Woman
You will not meet a lot of TV executives who were once writers and directors themselves. This might go some way in explaining how Christina Wayne, now the president of Cineflix Studios, has had such a...
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