Top of The News
by Thom Forbes
The news Friday that John Krafcik, whose five-year contract to lead Hyundai Motor America expires at the end of the year, was stepping down seemed to surprise most observers with … Read the whole story

FINANCIAL SERVICES
by Tanya Gazdik
MasterCard is launching its largest digital and social campaign ever, focused on New Year's Eve. The effort, themed #PricelessNewYear, includes TV, online, social and … Read the whole story
RETAIL
by Sarah Mahoney
Target now says the encrypted data did make it into the hands of cyber-thieves. And that revelation isn't doing much to stem the festival … Read the whole story

RESEARCH
by Karl Greenberg
Ford's second edition annual publication on micro trends is out. The research, overseen by Sheryl Connelly, director of global consumer trends, delineates some behaviors … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Eric Bosco, CEO of ChoiceStream, has a finite view of the changes the advertising industry will face in the future. Online Media Daily caught … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Drew Neisser
If 2013 taught us one lesson, it is that social media is an amorphous free radical that defies easy categorization or one-size-fits-all approaches. Looking … Read the whole story