• researchMobile Marketing: Many Doing It; Few Doing It Well by Aaron Baar

  "Marketers know that [mobile] is evolving from a consumer standpoint, and they need to be there. But they don't feel as comfortable as they would like in measuring its success," Marni Gordon, vice president of conferences and committees for the ANA, tells "Marketing Daily." ...Read the whole story

• beveragesCoca-Cola's Anti-Obesity Ad Pulls High Ace Score by Karlene Lukovitz

  The two-minute ad began airing Monday evening on U.S. cable news networks. A second, 30-second ad in the campaign, called "Be OK," which shows ways to burn off the calories in a Coke, debuted on "American Idol" on Jan. 16. That spot will also air before the Super Bowl. ...Read the whole story

• financial servicesAmeriprise Financial Taps Tommy Lee Jones For Encore by Tanya Irwin

  New TV spots from Ameriprise Financial breaking Sunday will once again feature Tommy Lee Jones. The actor last appeared in the company's campaign which launched in September 2011. The campaign, from R/GA, breaks during the National Football League's NFC Championship game. Creative highlights the resilience of the American spirit. ...Read the whole story

• retailQ&A: Gen Y Craving Authenticity, Adventure by Sarah Mahoney

  Jeff Fromm, EVP at Barkley, an ad agency in Kansas City, Mo., and author of the forthcoming "Marketing to Millennials," weighs in on what he thinks marketers are missing when it comes to courting the youth market. ...Read the whole story

• automotiveInfiniti To Tussle With The Teutonics by Karl Greenberg

  Keith St. Clair, director of Infiniti global marketing, tells Marketing Daily that the change is important now that the luxury division of Nissan Motor is expanding its portfolio, starting with the 2014 Q50 sedan, which replaces the top-selling G car. ...Read the whole story

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