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Gap taps an 'Obsession' star for its fall denim campaign
Gap's fall 2026 denim campaign enlists 'Obsession' breakout Inde Navarrette alongside musician Malcolm Todd, extending its culture-led marketing revival.
Aug 132 min read


Urban Outfitters' first CTV ad heads back to campus
Urban Outfitters has debuted 'All Together Now', its first-ever back-to-campus brand commercial and first connected-TV spot, featuring a real HBCU marching band.
Aug 132 min read


Britain's £17.9bn Golden Quarter just got tougher to win
New Epsilon research forecasts £17.9bn of UK consumer spend across Black Friday and the Christmas sales — but nearly three-quarters of shoppers plan to cut back on non-essentials.
Aug 132 min read


Lactalis backs Seriously Spreadable with a £1.2m TV push
Lactalis UK & Ireland puts £1.2m behind a reprised Seriously Spreadable TV ad. Marketing Minute on why consistency and share of voice beat novelty in FMCG.
Aug 123 min read


Charles Tyrwhitt marks 40 years with a star-studded film
Charles Tyrwhitt marks 40 years with a star-studded film starring founder Nick Wheeler, tied to a new Oxford Street flagship. Marketing Minute on heritage as a moat and story-plus-store.
Aug 123 min read


Tesco's new Clubcard campaign: don't sit on your rewards
Tesco's new BBH London campaign urges shoppers to redeem their Clubcard rewards, after finding half a million members are each sitting on £100+ of unspent vouchers, a masterclass in retention economics.
Aug 123 min read


Jägermeister laces up: the drinks brand launches a streetwear sneaker
Jägermeister has launched its own sneaker, 'The Curt', with Hamburg label Flowers for Society — a permanent lifestyle line, not a limited drop, as the 90-year-old brand pushes into streetwear.
Aug 113 min read


Lidl shortlists OMD, iProspect and WPP Media in its UK media review
Lidl GB has shortlisted OMD, iProspect and WPP Media for its UK media account, putting incumbent OMD under pressure as part of a wider European media review.
Aug 113 min read


Tesco Kitchen returns for a starrier second series
Tesco Kitchen is back for season two with Greg James, Seema Pankhania and a fresh line-up of celebrity guests. Here's why grocers are becoming content publishers.
Aug 103 min read


Aldi Nord swaps nagging discounts for cute animal memes
Aldi Nord is leaning on cute animal and football memes — made with Accenture Song — to own its price-leader image without a single nagging discount ad. Here's why the meme play works.
Aug 103 min read


DoorDash revenue jumps and outlook rises as its ad engine scales
DoorDash's Q2 2026 revenue rose roughly 25% and it lifted its full-year outlook on record user numbers — while its advertising arm quietly becomes one of retail media's next big engines.
Aug 103 min read


Zalando's Q2: GMV up 20.7%, but a trimmed outlook sends shares down 16%
Zalando's Q2 2026 GMV rose 20.7% but the growth was flattered by its About You acquisition, and a trimmed outlook sent shares down ~16%. Why its real story is retail media.
Aug 73 min read


Criteo's retail-media reset: revenue falls 11% and guidance is cut again
Criteo's Q2 2026 revenue fell 11% to $428m and it cut guidance again as retail-media revenue dropped 21%. Why the category's French pioneer is stalling — and the lesson for brands.
Aug 73 min read


Valiuz brings retail data to French broadcast TV
Valiuz signs France's five major broadcast ad houses, becoming the first retail-data provider across French TV — bringing shopper-level targeting and sales measurement to television.
Aug 63 min read


Walmart closes its Vibe streaming-ad acquisition
Walmart completes its billion-dollar acquisition of self-serve streaming-ad platform Vibe.co, pushing Walmart Connect into connected TV and straight at Amazon.
Aug 63 min read


Cartel Office casts doubt on the EDEKA-tegut deal
Germany's Bundeskartellamt has issued a preliminary assessment raising serious competition concerns about EDEKA's planned acquisition of tegut.
Aug 52 min read


Coca-Cola salutes Britain's family-run venues
Coca-Cola Great Britain has launched 'Counter Cultures', a campaign celebrating the family-run hospitality businesses that stock its drinks.
Aug 52 min read


Co-op goes viral with a grocery microdrama
Co-op, with Carat UK and Platform Media, has launched 'Pop to Co-op', a four-part comedy microdrama — a first for UK grocery.
Aug 52 min read


Pinterest bets on London with a new retail HQ
Pinterest has opened a new London headquarters at Oxford Circus, positioning the UK at the centre of its shopping-focused advertising strategy.
Aug 52 min read


Netto rewards app shoppers with free RTL+ streaming
Edeka-owned discounter Netto is giving app users free RTL+ streaming above a spending threshold, in a permanent tie-up with broadcaster RTL — grocery loyalty meets entertainment.
Aug 42 min read
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