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The Ordinary Put a $175 Banana on Sale to Make Beauty Look Expensive

The Ordinary’s Markup Marché turns everyday groceries into absurdly priced “luxury” products to expose how beauty marketing can inflate perceived value.

Timothée Chalamet Builds a Dream Soccer Team in Adidas’ World Cup Bet

Behind the celebrity cameos and cinematic storytelling, Adidas’ World Cup campaign reveals how to turn sponsorship into entertainment.

How Mall Brands Won Big at Met Gala

Gap and Zara’s arrival on the Met Gala carpet reflected an industry in transition, where cultural visibility and celebrity influence increasingly rival heritage and exclusivity.

These Concepts Have Become Meaningless—and They’re Sabotaging Your Strategy

As industry buzzwords drift further from reality, marketers may be optimizing for language instead of growth.

When It Comes To AI Adoption, Fear Is a Big Factor For Marketers

As AI accelerates, marketers find themselves caught between the urgency to adopt and the fear of becoming obsolete.

Legacy Brands Don’t Need a Rebrand—They Need a Reintroduction

Legacy brands are learning that recognition is no longer their greatest strength, but often their greatest constraint, as long-held perceptions struggle to keep pace with modern realities.

Brands Strut Into The Devil Wears Prada 2 Universe

With Diet Coke, L’Oréal, Samsung, and Starbucks stepping into the spotlight, The Devil Wears Prada 2 turns its return into a full-scale brand showcase.

Tim Cook Built Apple Ads, but His Successor Faces the Harder Task

As leadership shifts, Apple must decide how far it can scale advertising without reshaping its identity.

The Biebers Leverage their Joint Star Power for a Rhode

By deliberately aligning Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance with a Rhode drop, Hailey Bieber channels personal influence into a precisely orchestrated marketing strategy.