To remind us all to keep checking in with one another, Budweiser created a new rendition of its classic 1999 “Whassup” ad, this time featuring a star-studded cast. NBA superstar Dwyane Wade, actor Gabrielle Union, Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh, two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker and DJ D-Nice all chime in with the iconic refrain in the 90-second spot.
While Bayer-owned medication brand Midol has seen gradual design shifts over the years, it’s never had a truly robust update—until now. In a bold overhaul of brand colors, logos, messaging and imagery, Midol is looking to introduce itself to a new generation of women—and reintroduce itself to many others. The rebrand reflects the fact that ads for feminine care products have recently made serious strides toward a more authentic portrayal of what it’s like to have a period, and the culture’s understanding of femininity and gender has also gone through revolutionary changes.
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In the era of social distancing, football’s rookie draft will more closely resemble a Zoom meeting rather than its usual pomp and circumstance, but it represents the brightest glimmer of hope that sports will return to America before the year is out. Without any other American sports on the horizon, the draft is an enormous moment for the entire sports landscape, from the fans who depend on sports to the networks that broadcast it and the businesses that depend on the advertising category.
Although greatly hyped new streaming app Quibi was envisioned as a mobile-only service, where users could watch short-form programming in either portrait or landscape orientation on handheld devices during "in-between moments," the pandemic has sped up development of an option to cast the mobile programming onto connected televisions. CEO Meg Whitman says the feature could be released by mid-May.
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With much of the nation working, exercising, socializing and eating breakfast, lunch and dinner within the confines of the great indoors, the meal kit industry has its shot at redemption. The big-dollar question, though, is whether meal kit brands like Purple Carrot, HelloFresh and Blue Apron can use this current momentum to become a more permanent fixture—or whether it will wane again.
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