- Pandemic TV? Samsung Pitches Voracious Viewers With Outdoorsy Sets
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, March 5, 2021
The new 75-inch version of Terrace TV is designed for outdoor use. It is water- and dust-resistant and features anti-glare technology. ...
- Some Users Get VERY Tired On Zoom -- And Look At Themselves A Lot
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, March 4, 2021
The pitfalls of the video conferencing site have in many cases replaced the irritants of the brick-and-mortar office. ...
- Are You An A-Lister? Prove It! Buy This RTD Cocktail Company
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Five Drinks Co is using this unorthodox campaign to build awareness, sell some cocktails, and/or find a buyer. ...
- At Super Bowl, Verizon 5G Customers In The Stands Played Their Own Game
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Verizon has used the Super Bowl as a giant 5G experimental lab for the last few seasons. ...
- Bud's New 'Select' Low-Cal Beer Comes With Big Taste -- That's No Lie
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, March 1, 2021
A polygraph expert in a darkened room asks Budweiser's head brewer if 99-calorie Budweiser Select tastes like Budweiser. ...
- Magenta Max Plan For 55+ Is T-Mobile's New Aggressive Push For Older Users
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, February 25, 2021
In its announcement of Max Unlimited 55, company lampooned AT&T and Verizon for insufficiently serving older users. ...
- Beer Companies Seek Naming Rights At Florida Theme Parks
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The bill narrowly won approval earlier this month from the state House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee. ...
- Visible's $5-A-Month Mobile Offer Shows Value Of Having Friends
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Visible users who get a friend to sign up pay only $5 a month. Add 12 friends, and it's $60 yearly. ...
- Tide's Free Laundry Service For Disaster Victims Comes Back For Texas
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, February 22, 2021
P&G's product's 20 franchised Tide Cleaners stores in Texas are providing free drop-off laundry services to residents impacted by the storm. ...
- Amazon Echo Lets Customers Be The Mothers Of Invention
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, February 19, 2021
Day One Editions program floats descriptions of Echo items Amazon could make, if consumers demonstrate willingness to buy those products. ...
- What's A Beer? Anheuser-Busch Suit Re Corona Seltzer Poses Question
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, February 18, 2021
Constellation, which owns Corona beer brand in U.S., claims hard seltzer is defined as a beer. Anheuser-Busch says no. ...
- To Make Consumers Look Again, Miller Genuine Draft Has A New Label
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Marketing manager says the newest look resonated with test audiences, with purchase intent 50% higher than for current packaging. ...
- Preparation H: The H Is Also For Honesty
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, February 15, 2021
The brand's #RealRelationshipGoals campaign touts idea that no topic should be taboo in a relationship, including butt care. ...
- Nokia Phones Provides Short, Sweet Messages For Valentine SMS Notes
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, February 11, 2021
Nokia provides "short moving stories" from poets and authors that users can download and share in text messages. ...
- Prosecco And Rose Are Finally Hooking Up -- Just In Time For Valentine's Day
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Italian authorities allowed a rose variety to be marketed for the first time last year, and it's now hitting the U.S. ...
- Seinfeld Has Puffy Shirt, Now Jason Alexander Has His Own Super Bowl Tide Hoodie
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, February 8, 2021
Tide sweatshirt with photo of Alexander shows him reacting to such horrors as being drooled on by the family dog. ...
- One Of T-Mobile's Super Bowl Ads Reportedly Banned
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, February 8, 2021
But was the Tom Brady spot knowingly destined to be rejected, leading to T-Mobile's manufactured outrage? ...
- Anheuser-Busch Super Bowl Image Ad Kind Of... Sobering
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, February 4, 2021
When is happy hour again? Vignettes in this spot include a funeral and a co-worker comforting someone who just got fired. ...
- At Super Bowl, P&G's Microban 24, Safeguard Want A Good Clean Game
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Brands underscore their relevance in the pandemic era with sanitizer samples and promotion honoring stadium sanitation staffers. ...
- Men's Grooming Brands Leverage WFH Trends
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Men are shaving less -- sporting what's known as "designer stubble" -- or not at all, driving the need for beard care. ...
- Long Story: Lite Beer Marketing Stunt Depends On Lengthy Set-Up
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, February 1, 2021
Miller Lite drinkers are "encouraged" to occupy themselves by inputting long URL when Michelob Ultra's ad airs during the Super Bowl. ...
- Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade Uses Obvious Metaphor In its Super Bowl Ad
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, January 28, 2021
"You know what they say, 'When life gives you lemons..." "We know the saying, Mark," answers woman in the spot. ...
- Coors Says It Will Help You Dream Ad It Can't Show You During Super Bowl
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, January 28, 2021
With A-B controlling ad space for the SB, Coors decided instead to go where no marketer has gone before -- into viewers' dreams. ...
- Molson Coors Launches RTD Tequila Cocktail, Partners With Media Pro Marchese
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Superbird has been test-marketed in a few locales in Conn., N.J., Mass., Long Island. It will roll out to 10 more markets this spring, ...
- Ultra-Popular Michelob Ultra Inherits 'Happy' Star Role In Super Bowl
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, January 25, 2021
SB spot features athletes partying while a voiceover asks if winning makes us happy, or if being happy makes us winners. ...
- BOTS Catches Bots: FTC Uses Law To Nab Concert Cyber Scalpers
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, January 22, 2021
FTC settled 3 cases against ticket brokers using sophisticated technology to bypass Ticketmaster safeguards and scalp thousands of tickets. ...
- Tums Aims For End-Run Around 'The Big Game'
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, January 22, 2021
Tums joins brands that use other ways than buying Super Bowl ads to get their messages across. ...
- P&G's CFO Predicts Profits From Pandemic-Related Changes Will Continue
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, January 21, 2021
"We will serve what will likely become a forever altered cleaning, health and hygiene focus for consumers," said CFO Jon Moeller. ...
- Will 2021 Bring Return To Party Time For Alcohol Brands?
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Jefferies financial services predicts "pent-up demand" will lead to a "roaring recovery" for companies that rely on consumers going out for fun. ...
- More Than $80B Spent In FCC Auction, Wireless Providers Recalculate
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, January 18, 2021
The 5G competition has included claims and counter-claims -- but it's catapulted T-Mobile to become the second largest wireless operator. ...