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YES! Amazon Will Start Delivering Your Groceries (AMZN)
Amazon plans to start delivering groceries in 40 U.S. markets, according to Reuters, in hopes of destroying/disrupting the $568 billion food marketplace.Amazon has been testing grocery delivery —...
View ArticleHeineken Launched An Online Reality Series That's A Lot Like 'The Hangover'...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Heineken launched a reality TV series in which people are placed in really strange situations, like getting dropped in the middle of the Alaskan...
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Google's Ad Chief Referred Questions To Facebook At His Own Ad Event (GOOG, FB)
Google unveiled a bunch of new upgrades to its DoubleClick Digital Marketing suite yesterday but a lot of people ended up talking about what isn't in there: The ability to buy ads on Facebook.Neal...
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Swiffer Pulls Ad Showing 'Rosie The Riveter' Icon Doing Chores
Swiffer got in trouble for its reinterpretation of WW2 symbol Rosie the Riveter by recreating her image in an ad for house cleaning supplies.News outlets noticed when Heather Beschizza tweeted the...
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4 Help-Wanted Job Ads You Can Only Apply To If You're Hot
Beautiful People, the dating site that you can only join if its existing members agree that you're beautiful, has started a help wanted ad section, listing jobs available for the very attractive.Only...
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This Bizarre PSA Says The 'Real War On Women' Is Gun Control
While the "war on women" is often characterized as legislation that threatens reproductive rights, a new, low-budget PSA claims that "the real war on women" is different: Gun control.The Citizens...
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Britain Bans Ad Showing Pamela Anderson Covered In Cream
A TV advert featuring Pamela Anderson playing a company boss being squirted with cream has been banned for being 'sexist and degrading' to women.The Advertising Standards Authority said the advert, in...
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Turkish Protesters Raised Enough Money To Put This Giant Ad In The New York...
The Web-savvy Turkish protesters are on track to have a full-page ad in the New York Times on Monday.Using online crowd-funding website Indiegogo, a handful of volunteers have raised almost double the...
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How Big Data Will Transform The Mobile Ecosystem
The world is awash in data.CIBC, a Canadian bank, predicts that information-generation growth will increase 50 times over the next decade. IDC, a market research firm, similarly forecasts a 44-fold...
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9 Honest Brand Slogans You'll Never See Companies Adopt
Slogans are crucial for company marketing campaigns. But Reddit wanted to know, are slogans honest?More than 16,000 Redditors suggested what brands' real slogans would be if they were actually being...
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More Than 500 Sears Employees Dressed Up As Superman To Break A World Record
566 Sears employees descended upon Chicago dressed up as the "Man of Steel" today to break a Guinness World Record. The gathering, which took place at the Sears Holding Place, broke the Guinness World...
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Most People Aren't Pretty Enough To Access This New Job Board
The attractive-people-only dating website Beautifulpeople.com earlier this week released a recruitment tool for employers.Is this really something employers should consider?Playing into the stereotype...
View ArticleNew Ads For The Samsung Galaxy S4 Are All About Swaddling Flatulent Babies
Breaking from its regular Apple-bashing marketing strategy, Samsung's latest ads for the Galaxy S4 take on a different theme: fatherhood.Agency 72andSunny got into the Father's Day spirit with two...
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The 15 Most Valuable Liquor Brands In The World
For the second year in a row, Johnnie Walker is most valuable drink brand in the world, according to brand valuation agency BrandFinance, which ranks the spirit brands by value.Last year, the company...
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How Durex's Social Media Contest For Condoms Totally Backfired
Condom company Durex recently learned about the perils of engaging with customers on social media. The company asked Facebook fans to vote for which city should get SOS Condoms, a service that rush...
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The Definitive List Of The 11 Best Mad Men Episodes Of All Time
Mad Men is universally acclaimed as one of the best shows on television— ever.Not only does the show's production quality give it a visual flair like no other, the AMC channel's hit series deftly...
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The Cannes Lions Ad Festival Has A Record 35,765 Entries [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Cannes reported a record number of entries for its 60th Lions Festival. There are 35,765 submissions from 92 different countries.These are six...
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The Creepy 1983 Cult Movie 'Videodrome' Got Everything Right About Modern...
There are two types of movie fans: Those who have been freaked out by the 1983 cult classic "Videodrome," and those who have never heard of it.The movie, starring James Woods and Debbie Harry, is about...
View ArticleDomino's Unveils 'Domicopter' Drone For Delivering Pizzas
With all the talk of unmanned drones it's not surprising a retail company is trying to get a slice of the action.A video of Domino's new "DomiCopter," a pizza-delivering multicopter drone, was posted...
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Why The State Of California Is Photoshopping Kids To Look Obese
Government-run agency First 5 California has begun plastering posters for a new anti-obesity campaign around the state. The image: a smiling, chubby, little girl contentedly sipping out of a straw...
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