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TikTok’s First Shoppable Livestream to Feature Gear Addressing Trump’s Ire
Artist and designer Joshua Vides will star in the first-ever shoppable livestream on TikTok, in collaboration with mobile-first video shopping platform Ntwrk. And the partnership is not shying away from addressing the company’s latest controversy with the White House. Ntwrk is what would happen if “old-school QVC, Instagram Live and Complex Networks had a baby,”…
This Pumpkin Sugar Scrub Was Inspired by Olympian Shawn Johnson East’s Family Recipe
Beauty brand Tula, whose business is booming as consumers gravitate toward skin care during the pandemic, booked another successful product launch this week with the introduction of the So Pumpkin sugar scrub, an exclusive collaboration with Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson East. There is already a 16,000-person-long waiting list for the skin treatment, which…
This Burger King Discount Scales to Match a Customer’s Reduced Income
When launching its new app in the U.S. in 2018, Burger King and FCB New York created Whopper Detour, which drove people from its main competitor McDonald’s to get a one-cent burger. It was one in a long line of stunts from the brand that come from various agencies. In the United Arab Emirates, Wunderman…
Uber and Lyft Win a Reprieve, and Won’t Quit California—for Now
An appeals court delayed a requirement that the companies treat drivers as employees. Voters will ultimately decide through a November ballot measure.
Wendy’s Spices Up Other Brands’ Twitter Profile Pictures
Wendy’s used the recent addition of its Spicy Crispy Chicken Sandwich to its 4 for $4 menu as an excuse to spice up some Twitter profile pictures. The fast-food chain received nearly 25,000 replies to this tweet, and it chose 131 of them to bring the spice to, including brands such as Adobe Photoshop, Chips…
Another Putin Critic Falls Ill
President Donald Trump Tries to Take Twitter Blocking Case to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump is seeking a U.S. Supreme Court Review of a lower court decision on whether blocking critics from his Twitter account is constitutional, and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University is not happy. The Knight Institute filed a lawsuit against Trump in 2018, and U.S. District Court for the Southern District…
The Big Story: Identity Earthquake
It’s the dog days of summer. The afternoons are sultry and the pace is slow. Ice cubes melt and tinkle in glasses, cats nap under porches … and it’s easy to forget that the earth is shifting and splitting under the ad industry’s feet. As managing editor Ryan Joe notes in this week’s episode, the… Continue reading »
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