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There's Something Very, Very Different About This Fashion Model
Benetton's new set of ads in its ongoing United Colors/Unhate campaign don't seem very different at first glance. The company's history of deliberately shocking ads is so long that most people yawn...
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Scotland Is Using These Glamour Shots Of Shetland Ponies In Cardigan Sweaters...
In what might be the best tourism campaign of all time, Scotland is publicizing glamour photos of Shetland ponies wearing cardigan sweaters to tempt out-of-towners to come visit.This is all a part of...
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JCPenney Accused Of Coming Up With 'Fake' Prices (JCP)
JCPenney is allegedly pushing some manufacturers to come up with higher suggested retail markups for their clothing so that the retailer can list its own prices lower, according to James Covert at The...
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Facebook Just Revealed A Plan To Kill The Tracking Cookie (FB)
Facebook product manager David Baser gave a nice, detailed interview to AdExchanger in which he revealed that Facebook has a plan that, if successful, will make the infamous tracking cookie look like a...
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Michael Kors And Tory Burch Have A Huge Advantage Over Coach
Handbag company Coach is trying to reinvent itself as a lifestyle brand, complete with clothing, watches and shoes. But there's one troubling aspect to Coach's plan. Unlike competitors Tory Burch and...
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Here's The First Set Of Hard Numbers On Google's Attempt To Steal Amazon's...
Google's new "product listing ads" -- seen by most as Google Shopping -- appear to be a hit according to numbers generated in Q4 2012.The ads may explain in part why Google pulled off yet another...
View ArticleIKEA Has A Strange Series Of Transgender Ads
IKEA is under fire from the Thai Transgender Alliance over a recent television commercial that the group claims is "negative,""stereotypical," and a "gross violation of human rights."The commercial...
View ArticleTNT Made Another Insane 'Push To Add Drama' Viral Video
In promoting its launch in Belgium last April, TNT put out an insanely cool ad centered around unsuspecting people pressing a large "push to add drama" button.Mayhem ensued as fights and gunfire broke...
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Leaked Memo Reveals Gawker Has Multiple Million-Dollar Advertising Accounts
Ad Age's Jason Del Ray has published an email Nick Denton sent to his staff at Gawker Media. In it, Denton emphasized that the company will be taking ecommerce seriously, and Denton intends for it to...
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Kate Hudson Is Charged With The Task Of Making Ann Taylor Cool Again
Kate Hudson signed on to do another campaign with Ann Taylor. In addition to renewing her contract, Ann Taylor is also letting Hudson design her own clothing collection. The move shows that she's been...
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Subway Delivered A Serious Response To The 11-Inch 'Footlong' Crisis
Subway has been dealing with fallout from a viral photo of an 11-inch "footlong" sub for nearly a week now.It started with angry customers lashing out on social media and folks joked around a lot about...
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Exactly One Year After JCPenney Swore Off Sales, It's Having A Sales Event (JCP)
On February 1, JCPenney will be holding a sales event, sources told us.But it's still not calling the "event" a "sale."The event seems to be a Valentine's Day sale for fine jewelry.It's happening...
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Forget Bar Refaeli And Danica Patrick — Go Daddy Says THIS Is Its Real Super...
While supermodel Bar Refaeli made headlines for joining Danica Patrick as the new Go Daddy girl, the company told Business Insider that "the third character is the real star" of its Super Bowl ad.Go...
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Apple Is No Longer One Of The Hottest Brands In America
Apple barely missed making the list of the 10 most well-liked in the U.S., says marketing research firm YouGov BrandIndex.It's ranked 11.Last year, it also barely made the list. Its rank slipped again...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: This Real Estate Developer Thinks It Knows Why You Keep...
Homebuilder One at Windermere has made a humorous ad that criticizes other real estate developers for building houses that all look the same.The spot from agency Giants & Gentlemen shows a woman...
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Vogue Plans 'Miss Vogue' Spinoff For Youngsters
Style magazine British Vogue will launch a teen edition, Miss Vogue, alongside its June issue.British Vogue will make its first attempt at catering for the younger reader with the launch of Miss Vogue...
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G.E. Loved Being Mocked On '30 Rock' So Much It's Making Ads About It [THE...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:In spite of the fact that "30 Rock" made mocking G.E. a staple portion of its show — Alec Baldwin's character is a General Electric loyalist —...
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Look At All The Clues To Mad Men Season 6 In These Gorgeous Black-And-White...
While you're waiting for "Mad Men" to return for a sixth season (there's a two-hour premiere on Sunday, April 7), AMC is teasing fans with these gorgeous, old-timey black-and-white photos of the cast...
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JOB OF THE WEEK: Director, Strategic Analytics
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...
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Ad Execs Are Using This Blog To Get Revenge On Their Creepy Bosses And Clients
A blog called "The Creative Confessional" started life as a place where art directors and copywriters at ad agencies could go to anonymously confess their weird quirks and dislikes about the job. A...
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