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Teavana Fires Back At The Short-Seller That Says Its Tea Is Contaminated With...
A recent research report claims that teas from Teavana —the retailer Starbucks just bought for $260 million in cash — contain pesticides and violate U.S. food pesticide standards.Now, Teavana has shot...
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The Largest Victoria's Secret On The Planet Is Open For Business
Victoria's Secret recently opened its largest store in the world— just in time for the ever-important holiday rush.The lingerie retailer began expanding and revamping its Herald Square flagship store...
View ArticleThe NBA's Latest Imaginative Commercial Has Superstars Dribbling To The Beat...
The NBA is giving fans the first glimpse of the new BIG color jerseys that will be worn by all teams competing on Christmas day in an advertisement that will be released on Wednesday. The jerseys are...
View ArticleBest Ad Of The Day: A High-Speed Car Chase Through A Lego Town
Today's ad of the day comes from Hyundai. Its new animated promo advertises the Veloster Turbo, in a tie-in with the mobile game "Asphalt 7: Heat" (which the Veloster is featured in).The spot shows a...
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Amazon Just Took A Page Out Of Facebook And Twitter's Brand Manual [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, Adland. Here's what you need to know today:Amazon just unveiled brand pages for marketers and according to Adweek,"You no longer need to wonder what it would look like if Facebook and...
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There's Only One Thing Wrong With This Airline Ad Showing Lady Liberty And...
This blasphemous poster for Ukraine International Airlines -- which shows New York's Statue of Liberty in bed with Rio's Christ the Redeemer -- is causing a kerfuffle on some blogs. (The joke is that...
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Here's Why 'Katie McCain' Is The Star Of The New iPhone 5 Ad
Apple put out a couple more ads for the iPhone 5 today, and sharp-eyed observers may notice that in one of them the narrative revolves partially around a call to someone named "Katie McCain," seen on...
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Internet Explorer 10's 'Do Not Track' Function Is NOT Located In Its Privacy...
The "do not track" feature which Microsoft promoted as a key privacy advantage for users of Internet Explorer 10, the new version of its web browser, cannot be found in the browser's "privacy"...
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The University Of California Has A New Tulip-Shaped Logo
On the heels of Stanford University's new iPhone-driven logo change, the University of California -- whose Berkeley and UCLA sites are perhaps best well-known -- has also adopted a new look.Gone is the...
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There Will Be A New Dimension Of Chaos At Walmart On Black Friday
It looks like the frenzy at Walmart stores across the country is going to be even crazier than ever this Black Friday.Walmart is facing a labor strike on Friday — the kick-off day for the holiday...
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These Are The 9 Most Unnecessarily Offensive Thanksgiving Ads
Thanksgiving ads are generally pretty basic: there's food, family, football, and some quirky Black Friday spots.But some brands have missed mark with their holiday advertisements and stepped into the...
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LinkedIn, Groupon, Yelp CEOs Reveal Their Game Plans
What's the future of daily deals, of geo-local data, of social networks?The CEOs of major technology companies LinkedIn, Groupon, and Yelp will speak on these topics and more next week at IGNITION:...
View ArticleSwedish Army Releases Super-Cinematic Recruiting Video
The Swedish military recently reached out to a couple of young, hip, talented producers in Sweden's electro music industry, and now their new recruiting commercial for amphibious assaulters looks like...
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Real Robots Spotted Hailing Cabs In Hollywood For Ambiguous Stunt [PHOTOS]
A strange PR stunt has sent real-life robots through the streets of major cities in California.While there's no official word why robots have been hailing cabs in Hollywood, riding ferries to...
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Yahoo Seems To Be Backing Off One Of Its Stupider Ad Placements (YHOO)
Yahoo is placing far fewer ads on a highly-trafficked page—the screen it shows users when they log in to a Yahoo service.That's according to Macquarie Equities Research, which put out a report this...
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Facebook No Longer Wants Your Vote (FB)
Facebook no longer wants its users to vote on the site's policies, reports Reuters.In 2009, Facebook attempted to defuse outrage over changes to its terms of service with a bold plan to have users vote...
View ArticleHow LinkedIn Chooses What News Stories You See
LinkedIn Today is a social business news product that appears on the very top of your LinkedIn page. This news aggregator brings top business headlines to LinkedIn's 175 million-plus members across 40...
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AD OF THE DAY: A Beer Can That Discourages Drinking
At first glance, these images of beer cans and champagne bottles do not look out of the ordinary, but a closer look at the labels shows a sobering message. The message requires the reader to pause long...
View ArticleHere's William Shatner's Singing Deep-Fried Turkey PSA[THE BRIEF]
Good morning, Adland and Happy Thanksgiving! Here's what you need to know before you dig into that turkey:Last year, William Shatner starred in a PSA for State Farm insurance teaching the masses about...
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Facebook's New Terms Of Service Suggests Ads Might Come To Instagram (FB)
The language in Facebook's new terms of service leaves the door quite open for ads to appear inside Instagram in the future, as pointed out in a tweet by tech reporter Christopher Mims.Here's the key...
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