By Christopher Cason July 02, 2023 If you tuned in to this year’s NFL Scouting Combine back in early March, you couldn’t miss Nobull. From the athletes’ apparel to the press conference backdrops, the bold, all-caps branding of the Boston-based training apparel and footwear company took center stage. It was the first of a … Continue reading How Nobull became a sports brand all-star
By Jeff Beer July 01, 2023 “I’ll do everything in my power to destroy your company. This disgusting company will drag you straight to hell. Fuck Satan. Fuck whoever started this shit. You’ll get what’s coming. This is a promise.” Typically, if a brand receives a public comment like this they either a) delete … Continue reading Liquid Death’s bonkers new video contains a secret message for every brand
Collective Community Recommendations Drive Influence, Build Brand Loyalty by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 30, 2023 On average two people each second ask Reddit communities for a recommendation, and they receive an average of 19 responses in return. Community recommendations at Reddit, YouTube, Yelp, TikTok and other sites can also build loyalty for brands. These sites have become … Continue reading Collective Community Recommendations Drive Influence, Build Brand Loyalty
Game-Changer Alert: Typeface Raises Whopping $100M Funding to Revolutionize Brand AI, Valued at $1B Aaron Heienickle / Jun 29, 2023 Abhay Parasnis, a former Adobe CTO, launched Typeface, an enterprise-focused generative AI firm, in 2022. Typeface’s goal was to provide marketers with scalable, tailored content using the power of generative AI. The company soon … Continue reading Game-Changer Alert: Typeface Raises Whopping $100M Funding to Revolutionize Brand AI, Valued at $1B
By Rob Walker Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. This month, Modelo Especial became the top-selling beer in the United States, surpassing longtime sales-champion Bud Light. So far, Modelo Especial’s crowning has largely been explained less in terms of Modelo’s rise than in terms of the … Continue reading How Modelo Especial quietly became America’s top beer brand
By Shalene Gupta June 20, 2023 Amid layoffs and increasing inflation, customers are making fewer purchases and paying more attention to what they buy, according to a special report from the Edelman Trust Barometer. The special report takes a deep dive into brand trust between consumers and brands amid this year’s particularly volatile economic and … Continue reading If you can’t build a trustworthy brand, you will lose Gen Z
Nextdoor Advances Self-Service Ad Buying With DOOH, Brand Safety by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 16, 2023 Neighborhood network Nextdoor has entered into a partnership with DIVE Billboards, a digital out-of-home (DOOH) company, to create a multichannel offering for advertisers connecting online and DOOH content. The offering, Nextdoor Outdoor, will enable advertisers in the U.S. and Canada … Continue reading Nextdoor Advances Self-Service Ad Buying With DOOH, Brand Safety
By Jeff Beer June 10, 2023 When Jae Goodman stepped down as CEO of creative ad agency Observatory last summer, he didn’t know what his next chapter would be. He had spent the previous 16 years building a portfolio of award-winning work predicated on the thesis that brand entertainment could have a significant impact … Continue reading There’s going to be more brand entertainment than ever. These guys want to make it actually good
59% Of Gen Z, 49% Of Millennials Will Give A Brand 3 Chances Before Abandoning It by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 7, 2023 Strike three and you’re out. Sounds like the rules of baseball filtered into ecommerce and brand loyalty — mainly because great products alone are not enough to keep customers loyal. … Continue reading 59% Of Gen Z, 49% Of Millennials Will Give A Brand 3 Chances Before Abandoning It
On Brand: Zenni Gets More, Pays Less With In-Housing by Steve Smith , Staff Writer @popeyesm, June 2, 2023 Zenni’s Senior Director, Performance Marketing Dennis Maxwell has nothing against agencies, so don’t take this personally. He even started as an intern at and agency. And he was well aware of how much effort goes into media … Continue reading On Brand: Zenni Gets More, Pays Less With In-Housing
