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Warby Parker’s Brick-and-Mortar Store Shows the Limits of E-Commerce Need for touch

Trendy eyeglass shop Warby Parker spawned a number of imitators with its online-only model. But now that it’s opened its first brick-and-mortar store in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, does that…

April 22, 2013, 9:17 PM EDT

For Marketers, Sentimentality Trumps Slapstick From Ram to Subaru

Tugging at the heartstrings: an eternal tactic of marketers of everything from coffee and peanut butter to long-distance phone services and those charities for abused and neglected animals. But a pickup…

April 22, 2013, 9:14 PM EDT

This Is How Johnson & Johnson's Acuvue Uses Real-Time Data Behind the digital dashboard

With spring-like weather finally here, contact lenses are in seasonal demand for teens, college kids and others who want to ward off itchy allergies or simply ditch their eyeglasses for…

April 21, 2013, 11:39 PM EDT

Ad Targeters Are Laying the Groundwork for Visual Advertising Clicks on brand photos

Images account for nearly 50 percent of the average Facebook News Feed’s content. Assuming Facebook is a proxy for the entire Internet, then roughly half the pixels on the Internet…

April 21, 2013, 11:38 PM EDT

Jenny Craig's New CMO Dishes on Leading 'Challenger' Brand Leesa Eichberger emphasizes social engagement

Leesa Eichberger last month became cmo of Jenny Craig and now looks to bolster the brand in the healthy eating niche. Eichberger's two-decade marketing resume entails a dozen years in…

April 19, 2013, 2:02 PM EDT

mOcean Has a New Consumer Brands Unit Maintains strong focus on children

Specs Who (l. to r.) Mike Braue, director of client services, consumer brands; Michael McIntyre, president; Christianne Brooks, group creative director; and Kevin Aratari, evp, entertainment What Entertainment advertising, marketing, branding and…

April 18, 2013, 11:15 PM EDT

Lego's Consistency Has Been the Key to Its Success Getting girls was the tricky part

Few things are as important to a toy brand like Lego as consistency. No matter how many fancy licensing deals that brand has inked with the latest entertainment franchise (see…

April 15, 2013, 10:10 PM EDT

16-Year-Old Media Mogul Tavi Gevinson Is Expanding Her Empire Including online mag Rookie

Tavi Gevinson has been called everything from the future of fashion to the future of journalism (by Lady Gaga, no less). Pretty heady titles for anybody, especially a blogger who…

April 14, 2013, 11:05 PM EDT

The Marlboro Man Still Sells Cigarettes E-cigarettes get tough

It’s one of branding’s eternal truisms that when you find an idea that works, you stick with it. It’s why fatherly CEO Dave Thomas appeared in over 800 TV spots…

April 11, 2013, 12:07 PM EDT

Rich People Are Less Loyal to Specific Brands An opportunity for marketers

The rich may have more money than the rest of us, but if you think they're all alike, you would be wrong. Shullman Research Center's Luxury and Affluence Monthly Pulse…

April 10, 2013, 6:38 AM EDT

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