Month: August 2019

For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the phrase (and it can’t be many), “Sorry, Charlie” roughly translates to: Tough luck, bro. Urban Dictionary defines it as: “A lack of sympathy. A form of ‘get over it.'” Today’s kids might not trot out “Sorry, Charlie” as much as the youth of the 1960s did, but…

Laura Visco started off her career “failing terribly” after she moved from Argentina to London and dealt with all the challenges that came with it: from learning English to starting over without connections. But that didn’t stop her from excelling, becoming deputy ecd at 72andSunny Amsterdam–as well as a voice for younger creatives and those…

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, magazines are being reborn for the newsstands. As more magazines go dark and become digital-only, publishers are finding ways to keep those outlets alive in their original medium as special interest publications. The big magazine publishing houses have been turning their shuttered print magazines into special interest publications….

While Amazon remains the heavyweight champion of the world when it comes to smart speakers, with the most devices shipped in Q2, Chinese search engine Baidu has supplanted Google in the No. 2 spot with its Xiaodu devices, according to new research from analytics firm Canalys. Amazon shipped 6.6 million Echo devices in the quarter,…

Editor’s note: Industry consultant Shelly Palmer is taking his popular newsletter and turning it into an Adweek article once per week in an ongoing column titled “Think About This.” Amazon says its Rekognition facial recognition software can now identify fear along with seven other emotions including, happy, sad, angry, surprised, disgusted, calm and confused. What…

Johnson & Johnson is being asked to pay $572 million in damages by the state of Oklahoma after a verdict was issued in Cleveland County district court on Monday afternoon that held the company liable for the state’s ongoing opioid crisis. The pharmaceuticals and consumer-packaged goods manufacturer owns several health and beauty brands, including Tylenol,…

Each year, consumers wait with bated breath for fall flavor season. And nowhere is this more evident than at Starbucks, when the pumpkin spice latte makes its first appearance of the year (which is tomorrow, the earliest the coffee treat has ever debuted). Not to be outdone by the Seattle caffeine behemoth, Dairy Queen is…

Taylor Swift’s latest album, “Lover,” has debuted to much fanfare all over the world. In Toronto, one song in particular is standing out because of its relationship with the Regent Park School of Music (RPSM), a nonprofit institution that provides subsidized musical education to kids of all ages throughout the city. Swift’s song “It’s Nice…

Ikea’s catalog has long inspired new approaches to organizing your dishes, linens, toys, Berglubbs and Fj?llas. But what if it also contained the secrets to taking control of your entire life, including your relationships and insecurities? A schlubby guy named Ali stumbles across just such a discovery when he begins browsing the retailer’s latest catalog…

KFC, which had been sitting out the burger-based meatless movement so far, launches into the alternative protein fray this week with the first faux chicken product from Beyond Meat. The product will test in one Atlanta restaurant, with nuggets and boneless wings, as a gauge for a broader potential rollout. In adding Beyond Fried Chicken…