Amazon Goes Down on Prime Day—and Customers Are Still Getting Error Pages
Amazon is getting to know what Black Friday is like for its brick-and-mortar counterparts on its own annual Prime Day. The site was hit with outages, looping pages and deals that only some customers...
View ArticleMeet the Dogs of Amazon Who Helped Soften the Blow While the Site Was Down on...
Amazon Prime Day is one of the most highly anticipated consumer holidays of the year. It's a one-day-only global internet shopping bonanza. In light of this, you might imagine Amazon would have...
View ArticleSummer Holidays Heated Up Facebook and Instagram in June
Father's Day and the Fourth of July dominated Facebook in June, and they did the same on Instagram, but in reverse order, according to the Hot Topics for the month from research arm Facebook IQ. 2018...
View Article5 Facts That Illustrate the Colossal Changes TV Has Gone Through in Just 5 Years
The TV industry has vastly changed in just five years, as highlighted in new data released by Hub Entertainment Research. In just that short amount of time, streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon...
View ArticleWhy Run a Marathon? This Wonderfully Fun Ad From Iceland Has Lots of Good...
There are times when creatives sigh heavily, slump their shoulders and give themselves a facepalm when they see other work--not because it's bad, but because the concept was right in front of them the...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Day Protests Call for Change, Not Bargains
As Amazon employees in Europe reportedly walked off the job to protest conditions at fulfillment centers and encouraged shoppers to boycott Prime Day, additional protests are playing out across the...
View ArticleMicrosoft and Walmart Sitting In a Tree
They don't have monogrammed towels yet, but Microsoft and Walmart are taking their relationship to the next level by officially announcing Microsoft is Walmart's preferred cloud provider. In a press...
View ArticleThe Daily Caller Names Founder of Sleeping Giants, Which Organized Breitbart...
Early this morning, conservative blog The Daily Caller identified freelance copywriter and agency veteran Matt Rivitz as the founder and primary force behind Sleeping Giants, a social media group...
View ArticleAs Dairy Alternatives Grow in Popularity, ‘Got Milk?’ Gets a Modern Makeover
In 1993, the California Milk Processing Board launched a campaign aimed at reminding people of the importance of milk. A video spot directed by Michael Bay showed a man obsessed with Alexander...
View ArticleLaundry Service Calls Founder of Papa John’s Extortion Claims ‘Completely...
An unnamed executive from Papa John's now former ad agency Laundry Service today sent a memo to all employees calling recent claims by the brand's founder John Schnatter "completely false." In the...
View ArticleSaluting England’s World Cup Run, Nike Honors a New Era of Teamwork and Hope
By all accounts, England's men's soccer team wasn't expected to do much in the World Cup. Pundits figured an early exit was in the cards. However, buoyed by a youth movement and a head coach who...
View ArticleOmnicom Fails to Meet Second-Quarter Revenue Goals
Omnicom failed to meet its second-quarter revenue goals, but CEO John Wren said the holding company had "a good quarter" in an earnings call today. Omnicom's worldwide revenue increased 1.8 percent...
View ArticleThe Sand Became the Pitch for Many Facebook Users in June
World Cup fever made its way onto the sand in June, as beach soccer was one of Facebook IQ's Topics to Watch for the month. Conversation about beach soccer and related terms American football, beach,...
View ArticleSnapchat Makes Publicly Shared Snaps Available via News Discovery Platforms
Snap Inc. is granting free access to publicly shared Snapchat content to four news discovery platforms--NewsWhip, Storyful, SAM Desk and Tagboard--in its latest move to make content from its users...
View ArticleThe Brand Champions of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
With 64 games and more than four weeks of action behind us, 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia has finally come to a close. After beating Croatia in a 4-2 battle, France has been named World Cup champions for...
View ArticleHow a Political Strategy Can Bolster Brand Reputation in Volatile Times
Successful political candidates know how to win in constantly changing, volatile circumstances. Their future is based on how well they connect with voters when the next day, or next hour, could change...
View ArticleIPG’s #HaveHerBack Urges Women in Advertising to Continue Speaking Out on...
Has the #MeToo movement lost its steam? "I've been told that I am fuckable by a male colleague," Golin chief creative officer Caroline Dettman told a mostly female audience at the agency's #HaveHerBack...
View ArticlePapa John’s and Publicis Groupe’s Fallon Part Ways After One Month
The month after the strategy call in which Papa John's founder John Schnatter used the N-word and made other racially insensitive remarks, the pizza chain hired Publicis Groupe's Fallon to handle brand...
View ArticleSnapchat and Nielsen Partner to Integrate Offline Data For Audience Targeting
Snapchat and Nielsen are adding deeper audience targeting capabilities, such as offline purchasing data, that could help Snapchat better compete with the likes of Facebook and Google. According to...
View ArticleIf Content Is King, Data Should Be Its Knight in Shining Armor
Netflix. Hulu. Amazon. YouTube. Facebook. Snapchat. Instagram. Linear television. The entertainment industry is at an explosive impasse. We are at the point where we're being exposed to, and consuming,...
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