Get to know the top challenger brands and discover their business and marketing strategies. Challenger brands are smaller brands with big ambitions. Though not the leaders in the industry, challenger brands can take up a lot of space in the market. Discover the latest news about some of the most popular challenger brands of the moment. How are they growing their business? What sets them apart from the rest? Find out what some of these budding businesses are up to and how their creative strategies and ideas align with yours.

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First-Gen Vietnamese American Sisters Are Resetting The American Dining Table

Omsom founders Kim and Vanessa Pham are becoming the business leaders they wished they saw growing up.

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How One Retailer Used NFTs to Challenge Luxury Fashion Norms

Dutch e-commerce brand Winkelstraat.nl created the first wearable NFT to challenge luxury fashion norms

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Wavemaker Select to Lead British Fin-Tech Brand Mettle’s Media Charge

The appointment will see the agency work with Fold 7 to continue development of the launch campaign from summer 2021.

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard Give Messy Parenting the Musical Treatment for Hello Bello

Leading diaper-subscription plan is embracing the chaotic side of parenting through its first-ever brand campaign, "They Call Me."

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Book Club Too Boring? RumChata Promises to Help Turn It Into a Literary Rager

"Have Your Unusual" from agency Preacher is the alcoholic blend's first major marketing push.

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Knix Drops a Banging Anthem, ‘Blood, Sweat & Pee,’ to Tout Its Leakproof Undies

Knix sets its disruptive mission to music featuring its size-inclusive underwear on diverse models.

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5 Marketing Mistakes Made by CBD Brands (And How to Avoid Them)

The new multi-billion-dollar industry has already seen a few advertising blunders in its short time span.

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A Beauty Brand and a Woman-Owned Agency Are Targeting Your Negative Self-Talk

Tula Skincare and Quirk Agency have teamed up to inspire positive affirmations over negative self-talk.

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Blake Lively, Actor and Teetotaler, Debuts a Line of Mixers to Enjoy With or Without Booze

Betty Buzz, 3 years in the making, comes from the self-described "wife of an infamous gin slinger."

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Social Media’s Favorite Hot Sauce Brand Is Starting a Friendly Food Fight in Philly

Truff, social media's favorite hot sauce brand, just launched its first OOH campaign in Philadelphia.

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This Musical Nectar Mattress Ad Offers a Fair Warning: It Could Be Lying

The direct-to-consumer brand pokes fun at the Fyre Festival, exaggerated car ads and more well-worn marketing tropes.

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Kids Can Use This Ad Tracker to Pester Their Parents Into Shopping Sustainably

Eco-friendly soap maker Gelo and agency Mischief made a tool to pester adults across the web.

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How Gemist Plans to Become the Build-A-Bear of Jewelry

The digitally native startup is disrupting the industry with an experiential design process.

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Everything’s Bigger in Texas for Furniture Subscription Service Fernish

The subscription-based business just added Austin following San Diego and Dallas earlier this year.