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Taco Bell CMO: Here's How We Sold 100 Million Doritos Locos Tacos In 10 Weeks...
Taco Bellsold a whopping 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos in 10 weeks — the biggest launch in the history of the fast food chain. The item has since passed 200 million in sales.Fast Company's J.J....
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The 15 Biggest Lies Ever Told By Major Advertisers
Advertising doesn't have a reputation for being the most honest profession.While most people know that banner ads from companies you've never heard of that promise to melt away "20 pounds in a week, no...
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Yelp Is Going To Extreme Lengths To Crack Down On Fake Reviews
Yelp has become the go-to place for posting and reading reviews on local businesses.As Yelp has grown increasingly popular, it has had its fair share of sketchy, incentivized reviews posted to the...
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These Photos Show Why Tory Burch Is Accusing Her Ex-Husband Of Copying Her Style
Tory Burch and her ex-husband, Chris, have been fighting a legal battle that's the talk of the fashion industry. Her people say that his new line, C. Wonder, shamelessly copies her eponymous one....
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Here's Everything We Know About The Alleged Fraud At Bite Communications
A senior member of Bite Communications' finance team is suspected of embezzling nearly $3 million from the company, its corporate parent disclosed today in a delayed annual report.San Francisco-based...
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Check Out Apple's Clever New iPad Mini Magazine Ad (AAPL)
This is very cool. It appears Apple is running the ad on the back cover of several magazines this week.Here's a photo of on running in Time, which we found on 9to5Mac. It was originally posted to...
View ArticleThe Artist Formerly Known As Snoop Dogg Plays Scrooge In An Adidas Ad [THE...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:The artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg (he recently changed his rap surname to Lion) plays Ebenezer Scrooge in a new Adidas holiday campaign....
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Washington Post CEO: Readers Want A Personalized Experience
As digital becomes the dominant way to consume news, traditional publishers have started to rethink their strategies for staying relevant.At our IGNITION conference today, USA Today publisher Larry...
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AWKWARD: Zillow CEO Slams Weather.com Client Chevy — While Sitting Next To...
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff triggered an awkward moment at Business Insider's Ignition 2012 conference today when he slammed Chevrolet's mobile advertising on a panel with Weather.com CEO David Kenny....
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OH DEAR: This Cosmetics Company Made A Blackface 'White Christmas' Ad
Illamasqua, a British cosmetics brand specializing in high-color, nightclub-oriented looks, is sticking by its "Not Dreaming of a White Christmas" ad which features a white model in blackface.The ad...
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Why Companies Shouldn't Rush In To Copy Samsung's Touch-Interactive Ads
The secret to successful advertising is creating a campaign that affects people emotionally and intellectually. Now you can add physically.There's a new type of advertising technology you may have seen...
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Nielsen: This Is The Golden Age Of Television
The so-called Golden Age of Television technically started in the 1950s when droves of people started transitioning from radio to television.But at Business Insider's IGNITION conference today, Nielsen...
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Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Once Asked His CFO What It Would Take For The...
A year or two ago, many critics of Groupon argued that the company could never make money and would go bankrupt.Groupon CEO Andrew Mason once asked his CFO what it would take for that actually happen,...
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This Berlin Street Artist Turns Bus Stop Ads Into Terrifying Celebrity Portraits
Many municipal bus-stop advertisements leave much to be desired, especially this one– ugh.Enter Vermibus, a Berlin-based street artist who's on a mission to turn soul-deadening billboards into...
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Apple Has Again Ceded The Super Bowl To Samsung, Risking More Ridicule (AAPL)
Apple appears to have abandoned the 2013 Super Bowl, even as arch-rival Samsung has secured a spot in the big game, according to Ad Age.That sets the stage for Samsung to once again ridicule Apple in...
View Article80% Of Kids Don't Know The Old Toys 'R' Us Jingle, And It's Trying To Rectify...
Toys 'R' Us just revealed that four out of five kids don't know its once-ubiquitous jingle.To rectify the situation, Toys 'R' Us is having a Facebook contest asking kids to make videos of them getting...
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Can You Spot The Biggest Photoshop Fails Of 2012?
In advertising, everyone always looks perfect. And when they don't, well, that's what Photoshop is for.But whenever Photoshop is used, there's a chance an art director can make a mistake.In 2012,...
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Parents Are Freaking Out Over These Gender-Bending Toys 'R' Us Ads From Sweden
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means that the over-commercialisation of what should be primarily a religious and family-oriented holiday is in full-swing.What we need is a bit more...
View ArticleWhy Is Microsoft Trying To Stir Up Trouble For Google? (MSFT, GOOG)
Microsoft's Bing opted out of embracing the holiday spirit and is launching a series of Google attack ads on NBC, CNN, and Fox News tomorrow.The search engine is even trying to coin a new phrase,...
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The Guy In Charge Of Google+ Just Brilliantly Deconstructed Everything...
Google+, Google's year-old social network, is often criticized for being a ghost town, another failed attempt by the search giant to tap into the social web.Not so, said Bradley Horowitz, Google+'s VP...
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