This is the age of distrust. Fake news infiltrates the media daily. It inundates social media feeds and tempts with the most appealing of clickbait headlines. For marketing's underbelly, it has been a gold mine, but it has come at the cost of trust and consumer confidence. Peter Muhlmann Never before has the general public...
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Morning Digest
May 26, 2017
What marketers need to know today
Brands face one of their greatest challenges to date
By Peter Mühlmann
This is the age of distrust. Fake news infiltrates the media daily. It inundates social media feeds and tempts with the most appealing of clickbait headlines. For marketing's underbelly, it has been a gold mine, but it has come at the cost of trust and consumer confidence. Peter Muhlmann Never before has the general public...
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Leo Burnett cooked up the campaign
By David Gianatasio
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A guide to brand measurement
Walkers doesn't think its selfie stunt through
By Tim Nudd
NYC debut underscores showrooming potential
By Christopher Heine
Marcus Engman says Ikea is more than just a brand
By Katie Richards
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--As head designer at Ikea, Marcus Engman is responsible for managing a team of 20 designers who dream up and produce all the products Ikea brings to its shelves every year. At this week's "What Design Can Do" conference here in Amsterdam (focused mostly on how designers can address climate change), Engman spoke about...
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Rob Campbell moves from Shanghai to L.A.
By Patrick Coffee
Deutsch reached all the way around the world to find its newest executive. Today, Wieden + Kennedy veteran Rob Campbell officially joins the agency's Los Angeles office as chief strategy officer. Campbell starts on May 30 and will report directly to president Kim Getty, filling a role that has been vacant since the late 2015...
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Chris Garbutt was elevated to the role
By Erik Oster
TBWA has a new global chief creative officer to oversee creative direction and development across TBWA offices around the world and a client roster including Apple, Adidas, Accenture, Nissan and Michelin. The agency elevated Chris Garbutt to the role from his previous position as global creative president and chief creative officer of TBWA\New York. "To...
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It gives marketers an alternative to Google and Facebook
By Marty Swant
With hopes of boosting user and brand engagement while also decentralizing the digital duopoly of Google and Facebook, Kik, the messaging app, is creating its own cryptocurrency. Today, the Canada-based company is debuting Kin, and the digital currency will become the primary payment method for transactions on the platform. Kin--which will be created as an...
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Plus, one cautionary tale
By Lauren Johnson
Artificial intelligence can write copy and manage programmatic media buying at warp speed. It can drive a car and even diagnose cancer. AI is increasingly acting like humans, so companies are putting big resources and marketing money into branding AI with human-like qualities, down to naming their technology after people. Amazon reportedly picked Alexa for...
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Get to know your feet better
By Angela Natividad
Running may be one of the easiest sports to jump into, but those who run know it's hard on your body and can lead to serious long-term injuries--making your shoe choice critical for doing it safely. A study from the London School of Podiatry found that 70 percent of runners don't wear shoes that suit...
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