Persil Returns for Its Fourth Consecutive Super Bowl
Persil ProClean is returning to pro football's biggest night for the fourth consecutive year. The detergent brand will bring back The Professional, a pitchman who wants to help you clean your clothing,...
View ArticleSurprise, It’s Another Autonomous Grocery Delivery Pilot
U.S. retail giant Walmart announced yet another autonomous grocery delivery pilot--this time it's with last-mile vehicle company Udelv in Surprise, Arizona, which is just outside of Phoenix. This...
View ArticleBuzzFeed News’ Netflix Show Won’t Get a Second Season
BuzzFeed News' show on Netflix, Follow This, isn't getting a second season. But in the cutthroat landscape created by digital publishers competing for attention, the news organization did manage to get...
View ArticleTwitter is About to Test a Bunch of Features for People and Publishers
Twitter used CES to detail some new features it will begin testing, for both users and publishers. Karissa Bell of Mashable reported that Twitter will establish a beta program in the coming weeks for...
View ArticleRobotic Sex Toy Company Offered $50,000 of Media by YouPorn After CES Pulled...
In 2018, the Consumer Electronics Show faced charges of sexism after it failed to secure a single woman speaker for its keynote speeches over the course of the event. This year, those charges are again...
View ArticleInstagram’s iOS Users Will Soon Be Able to Share Feed Content Across Multiple...
Instagram confirmed that it is rolling out the ability to publish feed posts to multiple accounts simultaneously to all iOS users. A spokesperson said, "We are rolling out this feature to provide a...
View ArticleWant Facebook Engagement? Post Videos, and Make Them Funny or Inspirational
The keys to driving engagement on Facebook? Post video content and inspire people or make them laugh, according to a new study by social media management tool Buffer and content marketing tool...
View ArticleWhy Brands Like Pabst and GoPro Still Rely on Fans for Marketing, and...
As the first day of CES wrapped up and attendees headed out into the cool desert air for industry dinners and parties--or the casino floor to try their luck--Adweek caught up with three senior...
View ArticleKraft-Heinz Is Pushing Its Frozen Food Brand During the Super Bowl With an...
Devour, Kraft-Heinz's frozen food brand, will make its Super Bowl debut this year with a 30-second spot in the third quarter of the game. David Miami is handling creative for the ad, which will have a...
View ArticleSuper Bowl LIII Is ‘Over 90% Sold’ With 3 Weeks to Go, CBS Says
CBS ad sales chief Jo Ann Ross and her team began selling ads for Super Bowl LIII as soon as Super Bowl LII ended last year. Now, with just over three weeks left before the Big Game, Super Bowl...
View ArticleA Brooklyn Bodega Is Selling ‘Jakelin’ Coke Bottles to Honor a Child Who Died...
Coca-Cola bottles have become well known in recent years for the wide variety of names found on their labels, and the brand has even empowered fans to order their own custom-printed names. Now a group...
View ArticleSears Chairman Eddie Lampert Refuses to Let the Chain Go
Sears chairman Eddie Lampert's investment firm upped its bid for Sears Holdings to nearly $5.1 billion, and the retailer will live to see at least Sunday. According to a regulatory filing, as of Jan....
View ArticleYou & Mr Jones Acquires Majority Stake in Company Behind Unilever’s In-House...
Today, global "brandtech" network You & Mr Jones announced perhaps the largest in an ongoing series of acquisitions across the marketing space since its 2015 launch with the purchase of a majority...
View ArticleFord and Audi Partner With Qualcomm to Demo 5G Cars That Talk to Stoplights
Qualcomm is offering a glimpse at how the next generation of wireless service could lay the groundwork for a self-driving future. Today, at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, the telecom chipmaker...
View ArticleThe Daily Show With Trevor Noah Brilliantly Spoofs M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’
Sharp-eyed viewers who watch The Daily Show with Trevor Noah tonight will something familiar during the first commercial break. In partnership with Universal Pictures, the network's branded content...
View ArticleHBO Created Soprano Nicknames for Brands, Celebs and More. Here Are Some of...
Most of us go through life hoping not to earn a strange nickname, but a Sopranos nickname worthy of the mob lifestyle? That might just be an offer you can't refuse. HBO's Twitter account today has been...
View ArticleLincoln and a Popular Dog Photographer Help Reunite Pets With Owners After a...
As wildfires rapidly devoured Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, the evacuation of residents was understandably chaotic. People took what they could, yet, unfortunately, pets often got lost in the panicked...
View ArticleThese Marketers Are Aligned on One Goal: Instilling Deeper Consumer Connection
As we continue our series of interviews with brand marketers at CES from our Adweek Insights Studio here in Las Vegas, we caught up with Alyson Griffin, vice president of global marketing for Intel,...
View ArticleAmericans Love Trail Mix. Can Kar’s New Packaging Make Them Buy More of It?
There is no consensus on what the classic American snack happens to be. Potato chips, beef jerky, pretzels--all are contenders. But this much is certain: If you're going to make a list of classic...
View Article18 Super Bowl Ads That Inspired the Creative Industry to Step Up Its Game
An objective person could watch Super Bowl advertising and plausibly think: "Yeah, that's a good ad." Of course, in the ad agency world, creatives tend to be a little more critical, picking little...
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