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Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Once Asked His CFO What It Would Take For The...
A year or two ago, many critics of Groupon argued that the company could never make money and would go bankrupt.Groupon CEO Andrew Mason once asked his CFO what it would take for that actually happen,...
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This Berlin Street Artist Turns Bus Stop Ads Into Terrifying Celebrity Portraits
Many municipal bus-stop advertisements leave much to be desired, especially this one– ugh.Enter Vermibus, a Berlin-based street artist who's on a mission to turn soul-deadening billboards into...
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Apple Has Again Ceded The Super Bowl To Samsung, Risking More Ridicule (AAPL)
Apple appears to have abandoned the 2013 Super Bowl, even as arch-rival Samsung has secured a spot in the big game, according to Ad Age.That sets the stage for Samsung to once again ridicule Apple in...
View Article80% Of Kids Don't Know The Old Toys 'R' Us Jingle, And It's Trying To Rectify...
Toys 'R' Us just revealed that four out of five kids don't know its once-ubiquitous jingle.To rectify the situation, Toys 'R' Us is having a Facebook contest asking kids to make videos of them getting...
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Can You Spot The Biggest Photoshop Fails Of 2012?
In advertising, everyone always looks perfect. And when they don't, well, that's what Photoshop is for.But whenever Photoshop is used, there's a chance an art director can make a mistake.In 2012,...
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Parents Are Freaking Out Over These Gender-Bending Toys 'R' Us Ads From Sweden
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means that the over-commercialisation of what should be primarily a religious and family-oriented holiday is in full-swing.What we need is a bit more...
View ArticleWhy Is Microsoft Trying To Stir Up Trouble For Google? (MSFT, GOOG)
Microsoft's Bing opted out of embracing the holiday spirit and is launching a series of Google attack ads on NBC, CNN, and Fox News tomorrow.The search engine is even trying to coin a new phrase,...
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The Google+ Boss Just Brilliantly Deconstructed Everything Annoying About...
Google+, Google's year-old social network, is often criticized for being a ghost town, another failed attempt by the search giant to tap into the social web.Not so, said Bradley Horowitz, Google+'s VP...
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What The World's Most Famous Logos Might Look Like In 50 Years
From top universities to major retailers, most big-name organizations go through major shifts in their identities and, more noticeably, their logos.Recent trends include shortening words to letters...
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The Onion Just Launched A Marvelous Business News Section
Fresh from the success of convincing China's biggest newspaper that Kim Jong Un was, in fact, "the sexiest man alive,"The Onion has started a new business news section.Best of all, the section is led...
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Here's The Trick Consumer Reports Plays On Unsuspecting Visitors At Its HQ
People are easily fooled, and that's something that consumer advocacy magazine Consumer Reports has always looked to help remedy.In a recent post referring to folks being duped by a fake taste test on...
View ArticleLivingSocial Is Expected To Lay Off 400 Workers Tomorrow
There is trouble in the daily-deal world.LivingSocial is planning to lay off 400 of its U.S. workers tomorrow, reports the Washington Business Journal.We first got word of this news via PandoDaily,...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Corner Deli Bursts Into Song And Dance When Someone Picks Red...
To reward customers for their beer choices, Red Stripe pulled a stunt in which ordinary items at an East London bodega were rigged to break out into song and dance whenever someone picked a Red...
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Here's The 'Sexy' Father-Daughter eBay Ad For A '77 Datsun That's Making...
People have been using come-hither photos to sell their stuff on eBay for years now. At first glance, Kim Ridley's pics of model Lexxa, 20, standing legs splayed -- with the car on view in the distance...
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The Massive Growth Of Facebook Ads Got This Startup $7 Million In Funding
Triggit, the so-called "demand-side platform" that buys ads in real-time bidding exchanges for about 200 clients, won $7.4 million in series B funding from Spark Capital and Foundry Group, the company...
View ArticleThis Is The Creepiest Air Conditioner Ad Ever [THE BRIEF]
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:Well, Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi officially made the creepiest ad ever, and it happens to be for Argentina's BGH air conditioners....
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A Breakdown Of The Top Retailers On Facebook, Twitter And Pinterest — By The...
Only 51 brands have more than 1 million Facebook fans.On Twitter and Pinterest, only three brands have that many followers.There are four on Google+.Through Q3 2012, therefore, Facebook remained the...
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Forget What Macy's Marketing Chief Just Said: Data Show Trump IS Hurting The...
On Tuesday, Macy's CMO Martine Reardon said the reason the store will not drop licensor Donald Trump, despite his bizarre allegations that President Obama might not be American, is because Macy's...
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14 Executives Demonstrate The Art Of The 'Power Pose'
Harvard Professor Amy Cuddy's research focuses on how our body language changes how we feel and act, and the way others perceive us. She's made some pretty startling discoveries. By holding an open,...
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CONFIRMED: LivingSocial Is Laying Off 400 Workers Today
Yesterday we got wind of possible LivingSocial layoffs and today we can confirm that the news is true.LivingSocial is firing 400 employees today, reports CNNMoney, which is about 9% of its global...
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