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Facebook Denies Google Access to FBX Partners with AOL and Adobe

Facebook and Google aren’t exactly besties, and the social giant’s latest move won’t help matters. In recent weeks Facebook has made two friends through moves that will simultaneously help its…

March 10, 2013, 11:26 PM EDT

Jamie Barrett Doesn't Need to Brand His New Agency Work, not words

Specs Age 51 New gig Co-founder, cd, barrettSF Old gig Partner, ecd, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners What advice did Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein have about launching your own shop? What about Pat Fallon? Jeff…

March 10, 2013, 11:25 PM EDT

It's Adapt-or-Die Time for Daily Deals Firms The squeeze is on

In 2009, daily deals firms sprouted up on the digital landscape like eager-to-bloom crocus flowers often seen at this time of year. But more recently a late winter freeze has…

March 10, 2013, 11:25 PM EDT

The Kayak for Shopping Takes Aim at Mobile Buy products without turning the page

Who CEO Scott Cooper What Online shopping platform Where Boston offices “Instapaper for shopping” is a catchy, concise company description, as is “Kayak for shopping.” Boston-based ShopAdvisor blends both by notifying its 10…

March 8, 2013, 6:48 AM EST

How London Fog Lost Its Mad Men Cool The defining trench coat of the '60s ducks out

There’s a memorable moment in episode 512 of Mad Men in which Don Draper tells a bunch of stone-faced executives from Dow Chemical how he grabbed near-total market share for…

March 6, 2013, 11:27 PM EST

SXSW Expects 28K Attendees This Year—With or Without a 'Highlight' Interactive festival gets bigger and noisier

South by Southwest is expecting a crowd of 28,000 for the interactive portion of its 11-day tech, film and music festival, a SXSW rep told Adweek. That's 3,500 attendees more…

March 6, 2013, 4:59 PM EST

How Do You Get Dogs to Brush Their Tongues? Hint: It's all in the flavor

Sometimes, it takes a roomful of R&D people to come up with a new product—and sometimes, the idea just licks you in the face. Thanks to the quirky videos on its…

March 4, 2013, 11:38 PM EST

Red Bull's College Marketing Whiz Strikes Out on His Own Fights misperception of undergrad audience with a holistic approach

After seven years working for Red Bull, and some two leading North American efforts on the brand’s much vaunted college marketing program, Mike Poznansky is striking out this week to…

March 4, 2013, 12:01 AM EST

Ogilvy Chief Miles Young Is Busy Reinventing a Troubled Agency So don't expect a Christmas card

Some five years ago, Coca-Cola’s Jonathan Mildenhall took his first tour of Asia after assuming the company’s top marketing job, and as one would expect, Miles Young, then regional chief…

March 3, 2013, 11:59 PM EST

How Clairol Hair Color Went From Taboo to New You Hair dyeing shifts from shameful secret to $1 billion bonanza

Throughout history, women have grappled with a biological inevitability that is, literally, always top of mind: Sooner or later, they go gray. As the common wisdom goes, about 50 percent of…

February 28, 2013, 12:35 AM EST

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