Top Branding Fails of 2021—and What (If Anything) Brands Learned

Einstein once observed that anyone who’s never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Well, as we know very well, companies try new things all the time–new products, new campaigns, new strategies. It follows that they make a proportional share of mistakes. Many are minor. Some are serious. As 2021 comes to an end,…

Adweek’s Most Popular Stories of 2021

While 2021 wasn’t quite the Great Resurgence we had hoped for, it nonetheless proved to be an exciting year, thanks to innovation–in both science and advertising. Vaccines made room for optimism, and a little bit of certainty is all marketers needed to get their brands back out there as people reemerged. Out of home, a…

Predictions versus realities: Digiday takes a look back at 2021

Around this time last year, many were hoping for the light at the end of the pandemic tinged tunnel. After 2020 shuttered office doors, in-store shopping and in-person events, 2021 promised vaccinations that could end the pandemic and return things to normal. 

However, no one could have predicted the realities that 2021 brought with it, including everything from Apple and Google’s privacy crackdown to the surging preference for shopping online over in-store. 

As another year of the pandemic sunsets, Digiday takes a look at the predictions versus realities of 2021:

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