Mobile: Page 4


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    Deep Dive

    Back-to-school 2024: How brands can win younger consumers as uncertainty endures

    The power of Gen Z and Gen Alpha to influence their parents to consider a brand could be the key to success amid another turbulent season.

    By Aug. 8, 2024
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    ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel sells tickets in first-of-its-kind Roblox activation

    Developed by Sawhorse, the experience includes a virtual Fandango box office where users can purchase real-world movie tickets.

    By Aug. 7, 2024
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    Trendline

    Retail Marketing

    Top stories that underscore the leading influences on retail marketing, including the creator economy, '90s nostalgia and Gen Z. 

    By Marketing Dive staff
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    Google loses search antitrust case in blow to digital ad juggernaut

    “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” wrote U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in a potential landmark decision for tech.

    By Aug. 6, 2024
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    Amazon ranks as top brand on TikTok by earned media value: report

    Findings from CreatorIQ and TikTok detail how creators have helped brands like the NBA, Sephora and Fortnite find success on the platform.

    By Aaron Baar • Aug. 1, 2024
  • Pacsun imagery for its "Back to Baggy" fall 2024 campaign, which includes a tie-up with Pinterest.
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    Pacsun teams with Pinterest for ‘Better in Baggy’ fall campaign

    Store windows nationwide currently feature QR codes inviting consumers to shop the retailer’s curated fall collection on Pinterest.

    By Aug. 1, 2024
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    Meta’s AI vision: Automating creative and personalizing ads in real time

    For now, the technology is helping improve advertising performance and efficiency, as the company saw revenue rise 22% in Q2.

    By Aug. 1, 2024
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    Spotify revamps self-serve ad platform on heels of record Q2

    Brands including World Rugby, Ionos and Contiki have already leveraged the new Spotify Ads Manager, which boasts improved targeting functionality.

    By July 25, 2024
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    Yelp boosts ad offerings for national and multi-location businesses

    Expanded ad formats and new cookieless measurement tools are part of the platform’s plan to help brands generate high-intent leads.

    By Aaron Baar • July 25, 2024
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    Inside American Eagle’s ‘Live Your Life’ brand platform and fall campaign

    CMO Craig Brommers explains how efforts like a social-focused tie-up with Life on Film to capture disposable camera footage are meant to reach Gen Z.

    By July 25, 2024
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    Why Burger King is all-in on gamification

    A full pipeline of new and unique in-app games drives engagement for the brand, according to Preston Nix, director of loyalty and CRM. 

    By Amanda Baltazar • July 18, 2024
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    Boost Mobile challenges telecom’s big 3 with brand repositioning, campaign

    The wireless carrier is unifying its prepaid and postpaid services under a single brand name and marking the effort with a new look and comedic ads.

    By Aaron Baar • July 18, 2024
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    Sprite leans into AI remixes for music platform’s return

    For Sprite Limelight’s return, music fans can create tracks using a common hook via the Soundlabs remix tool available in Coca-Cola’s app.

    By Aaron Baar • July 11, 2024
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    Verizon’s Total Wireless rebrands to break through a crowded category

    Verizon Value CMO Cheryl Gresham explores the prepaid wireless carrier’s new look and why terms like “multicultural marketing” feel limiting.

    By July 11, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    6 campaigns that signaled a creative resurgence in H1 2024

    As marketers emerged from two strenuous years, innovative media strategies and bets on buzzy technology like generative AI stood apart from the pack.

    By , July 10, 2024
  • McDonald's Teams Up with Hit Anime Series "JUJUTSU KAISEN" to Unleash New App Exclusive Special Grade Garlic Sauce.
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    McDonald’s links with anime series for app-exclusive sauce

    The chain’s collaboration with “Jujutsu Kaisen” to launch its Special Grade Garlic Sauce also includes a tie-up with anime streaming service Crunchyroll. 

    By July 3, 2024
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    Joann launches Gen Z-focused brand campaign

    A key element of the craft retailer’s first major post-bankruptcy initiatives will involve leveraging influencer relationships.

    By Nate Delesline III • July 1, 2024
  • E.l.f. Beauty imagery for its E.l.f. Up! experience on Roblox. The image shows four virtual characters standing together in a colorful virtual world.
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    E.l.f. tests real-world commerce on Roblox via Walmart tech

    Users can now purchase physical products within an experience developed with esports agency eGen and metaverse games publisher Supersocial.

    By July 1, 2024
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    Toyota targets Gen Z, millennials on YouTube with Corolla Hybrid short film

    The new “Getaway Driver” video riffs on classic horror film tropes and features comic-actor and social media personality King Bach.

    By Aaron Baar • June 27, 2024
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    TikTok Shop looks to woo small businesses with accelerators

    Despite facing a U.S. ban, the social media platform is investing in resources to help scale women- and LGBTQIA+-owned businesses.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 26, 2024
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    Verizon unveils future-facing new look with ad campaign nodding to its past

    The telecom is resurrecting its once-ubiquitous “Can You Hear Me Now?” slogan to promote a new logo from Publicis design shop Turner Duckworth.

    By June 26, 2024
  • Persil laundry detergent teams with fashion designer Christian Siriano, shown in the photo holding a phone to his ear, to launch a 24-hour Wardrobe Refresh Hotline on TikTok Live.
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    Persil plans 24-hour ‘Wardrobe Refresh Hotline’ on TikTok Live

    The laundry detergent brand teamed with fashion designer Christian Siriano for the event to offer advice on washing techniques, fabric care and styling. 

    By Aaron Baar • June 26, 2024
  • Chipotle's Celebrity Card, which grants on free meal per day for one year, is on display via a graphic.
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    Chipotle extends coveted Celebrity Card to fans on social media

    Consumers can apply for the card once reserved for notable figures across TikTok, Instagram and X to receive one free meal per day for a year. 

    By June 25, 2024
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    Johnsonville looks to juice social media algorithms with positive content

    The sausage company is collaborating with influencers and other brands to push social media algorithms to serve “more outreach and less outrage.”

    By June 21, 2024
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    Meta unveils AI-powered Messenger chatbot, Threads API at Cannes Lions

    Meta talked up a number of new messaging and advertising tools to marketers and agencies in France last week.

    By Aaron Baar • June 20, 2024
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    Gopuff’s brand-building drive gets celebrity boost from Tom Brady

    The NFL icon, already an investor, will aid with content creation and is curating a new health and wellness category on the delivery platform. 

    By June 20, 2024