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Miller Lite Celebrates the Legacy of LGBTQ+ Bars With ‘Beers & Queer History’ Guidebook
As brands and consumers begin to celebrate Pride Month, it is important to remember to move beyond “rainbow washing “–the act of using Pride-themed versions of their products and marketing without substantially engaging queer communities–and instead attend to the everyday moments of the LGBTQ+ experience and history. In an effort to shine a light on…
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Google’s Privacy Sandbox Origin Trials Are Officially in the Experimental Stage
This week, Google’s new vision for privacy and the economics of the Internet reached a milestone toward becoming a reality. Two months into the origin trials for Privacy Sandbox, 50% of the beta population, or developers who agreed to be early testers of Chrome’s new privacy software, are now eligible to test products like Topics,…
Jurassic World’s Sustainable Merchandise Takes Movie Souvenirs to the Next Level
Historically speaking, themed merchandise has not been good to the planet. Whether it’s all the champions-themed merch produced for the team that doesn’t win the Super Bowl, the constant churn of fast fashion or any of the other items that capitalism’s endless hunger for stuff has thrust into our homes, it all ends up somewhere–usually…
These Are the 2022 Winners of D&AD’s Coveted Black Pencils
D&AD has awarded its Black Pencil–the industry award show’s top honor–to campaigns addressing the gun violence crisis in the U.S., pandemic frontline workers facing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and diverse representation of skin tones. The awards body gave out five Black Pencils this year. Two of them went to Leo Burnett Chicago’s “The Lost Class”…
As Financial Services Face More Volatility, Prudential Taps United Way’s Stan Little as Business CMO
After two years running customer experience at the United Way charitable organization, Stan Little is returning to financial services to join Prudential as chief marketing officer for U.S. business. Little is responsible for the Newark, New Jersey-based company’s marketing strategy across its insurance and retirement businesses. His hiring comes amid recession fears, inflation concerns and…
Updates to Meta’s Privacy Policy, Terms of Service to Take Effect July 26
Meta detailed updates to its privacy policy and terms of service, which will go into effect July 26. Chief privacy officer, product Michel Protti stressed in a Newsroom post Thursday that while changes were made to the verbiage in both policies, the updates do not allow Meta to collect, share or use people’s data in…
Reimagining Beauty in the Experience Economy
As one of the most defining brands of the last decade, Glossier has built a new kind of people-first, digital-centric beauty experience. With a passionate global community that is just as eager to visit a Glossier store, as they are to sport one of the brand’s pink hoodies, Glossier creates experiences that invite participation and…