Top of The News
by Thom Forbes
Milwaukee, Wisc.-based Johnson Controls, which will primarily make car batteries and heating and ventilation equipment once a pending spin-off goes through, has acquired Tyco, the fire protection and
security products … Read the whole story
AUTOMOTIVE
by Karl Greenberg
At the Washington Auto Show press days, Hyundai's Mike O'Brien, Hyundai Motor America's VP of product planning, started his discussion by concurring that 2015 … Read the whole story
RETAIL
by Sarah Mahoney
While stores struggle to reconcile slower growth in physical outlets with continued strength in online shopping, Forrester is predicting that this year, foot traffic … Read the whole story
FOOD
by Karlene Lukovitz
Skittles has released a made-for-sharing, two-second GIF featuring Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, teasing its Super Bowl ad. Tyler is shown singing into a mic-intriguingly, … Read the whole story
TELECOM
by Aaron Baar
T-Mobile is launching the #BallBusterChallenge -- a play on Verizon's ad using colored balls rolling on a track, "to put reality in people's hands … Read the whole story
AUTOMOTIVE
by Karl Greenberg
Millennials are ready for the group home. It's time to move on. Let's talk Gen Z. This is, after all, the first year that … Read the whole story
by Steve McClellan
JWT Atlanta will lead creative strategy and execution of the United Service Organizations' brand advertising campaign, including repositioning in conjunction with its 75th anniversary, … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Bob Garfield, Featured Columnist
It's not illegal to pretend a soft drink confers happiness or joy; puffery is deemed fair game by regulators. But at this time in … Read the whole story