Tiffany's Biggest Threat Of All Could Be Apple
Tiffany& Co., once the boon of the luxury market, is struggling because of a shift in shopper's values. Sales growth has slowed, and business could get worse before it gets better. Consumers want...
View ArticleMcDonald's Operator Says His 'Mighty Wings' Test Run Was 'Extremely...
McDonald's is testing out Mighty Wings — a product it hasn't sold nationally in the U.S. for nearly a decade.The test first took place in Atlanta and has now moved on to a second run up north in...
View ArticleInternal Email Shows Budweiser and Pepsi Have Teamed Up In War Against...
PepsiCo and Anheuser-Busch InBev have doubled down on a joint pact to promote Bud Light, Pepsi and Doritos in tandem ahead of the Super Bowl.It won't be good for Coca-Cola.The Bud/Pepsi products will...
View ArticleThis Deal Could Have Brought Life-Saving Subway Barriers To NYC For Free
A deal proposed in 2007 to New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) could have brought barriers that would keep people from falling, jumping, or being pushed onto subway tracks, at no...
View ArticleOur Favorite Mobile Predictions For 2013
BI Intelligence has skimmed through many of the "Mobile In 2013" lists to create our own top 10. These are the predictions that either came up again and again, or that echoed our own analysis and data....
View ArticleWhat Mr. Clean Said After We Named Him One Of The 'Sexiest Brand Icons Of All...
We recently compiled a list of the sexiest brand spokespeople of all time, including characters like the Fantanas, the T-Mobile girl, and the Brawny man. We listed 10 icons, but none of them were as...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: The Guardian's Wildly Over-The-Top Follow-Up to '3 Little Pigs'
The Guardian is known for its epic advertising campaigns, and its newest commercial continues this trend. (We chose The Guardian's "Three Little Pigs" spot as the best ad of 2012.)The spot, which...
View ArticleBud Light's Ad Chief Tells Us About The Inspiration Behind His Super Bowl Spots
From the croaking frogs to "Wazzup" bros, Budweiser is known for its creative Super Bowl campaigns. So when Anheuser-Busch InBev gave us a sneak peak of what we can expect from its four-and-half...
View ArticleDavid Beckham Strips to His Underwear (Again) For H&M Shoot
Film director Guy Ritchie has captured David Beckham's forthcoming advertising campaign for his H&M Bodywear collection.Back in October, a group of movie star-hunting tourists in Beverly Hills got...
View ArticleThe Price To Put An Ad In The Oscars Just Went Up [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:It's no Super Bowl, but the price to place an ad in the Academy Awards is pretty pricey. This year the price for a 30-second spot has jumped...
View ArticleTime Inc. Will Lay Off 700 After 5% Ad Decline
Time Warner's Time Inc. will lay off up to 700 staffers out of just under 8,000 total as the publisher's new chief struggles to transform famous titles and massive market share into a digital profit...
View ArticleHere's The $400 Racist Candlestick Being Advertised By Anthropologie
Words alone cannot describe this bizarre vintage-style racist candlestick -- complete with a "mammie" effigy -- that's currently being offered for $398 on Anthropologie.com (click to enlarge).Jezebel...
View ArticlePandora's Trimble Insists: Hitting Profitability Is 'Doable' (P)
Pandora chief revenue officer John Trimble gave an interview to Ad Age in which he said hitting profitability was "doable."The company has historically been plagued by its inability to become...
View ArticleA British Store Has Deleted The Logos From These Famous Brands
Selfridges, the upscale British department store, is trying a "no noise" experiment in which it is reducing the amount of visual branded clutter that assaults shoppers inside its stores.So it asked...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Senior Director, Project Management Office At Ralph Lauren
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
View ArticleIt Turns Out That 'The Walking Dead' Super Bowl Ad Is Actually For Time...
It turns out that the Super Bowl spot for "The Walking Dead" is actually for Time Warner Cable and not AMC.Earlier this week, "The Walking Dead" star Norman Reedus began tweeting out zombie-filled...
View ArticleYet Another Way Google Is Trying To Get Into Retail (GOOG)
Google has rolled out Zavers, a new digital-coupon product, in what strikes us as a bid for more consumer packaged-goods advertising.The product allows manufacturers and retailers—chiefly...
View ArticleProfessional Photoshopper Shares How The Fashion Industry Justifies Selling A...
The widespread use of Photoshop in fashion is often criticized for promoting unrealistic expectations of beauty and body image. One high-end retoucher did a revealing Reddit Ask Me Anything about what...
View ArticleTwitter Backer Fred Wilson Hints That It's Profitable
There was a time when Silicon Valley despaired of Twitter ever making money.With advertising products that are winning raves, estimated 2012 revenues of $350 million set to nearly triple to $1 billion...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: A Love Triangle Between George Clooney, Cindy Crawford, And...
George Clooney and Rande Gerber, the restaurateur who is perhaps better known as Cindy Crawford's husband, have entered the tequila business together. The two recently put out this ad for their new...
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