R/GA is closing its current spacious Hudson Yards office space in New York City as well as its current office space in downtown San Francisco as part of a larger structuring under CEO Sean Lyons. Multiple sources confirmed to Adweek that Lyons told the agency the news via email Tuesday night. As part of the...
The global youth and style publisher i-D, which Vice Media acquired a decade ago in December, has seen substantial upticks in revenue after placing more emphasis on social and commerce content. The publisher has increased its eight-figure revenue 100% year over year, according to chief revenue officer Geoff Schiller, who wouldn't share exact numbers. Its...
With the rise of influencer marketing, more brands are converging online and using the unprecedented influence of creators to reach broader audiences. Sponsored ads amid user-generated content are transforming to a b-to-c relationship as prospects buy directly through social posts and platforms. Allison Ellsworth, co-founder, and chief brand officer of Poppi and TikTok star Larri...
Software company Salesforce unveiled a #TeamEarth sustainability platform at the Super Bowl with brand advisor Matthew McConaughey advocating for business leaders to work on helping our planet rather than dreaming up ways to retreat to Mars or the metaverse. The company has partnered with the Academy Award-winning actor again ahead of Thanksgiving for "The March,"...
An industry leader in accessible luxury handbags, accessories and apparel, Rebecca Minkoff's playful and subtly edgy designs are blazing a path for other brands by being at the forefront of adopting new innovations when shopping for fashion. Minkoff joined Adweek's Elevate: Future of Shopping event alongside Adweek chief experience officer Jenny Rooney to discuss her...
For an industry with partnerships and relationships at its core, the affiliate marketing world is shockingly siloed. Media sellers and programmatic ad-tech companies have a long history of collaboration in areas like standards and measurement. Organizations like the Interactive Advertising Bureau have dedicated working groups where partners and competitors come together to brainstorm and enact...
Adweek's tentpole marketing summit was introduced to a European audience for the first time with Brandweek Europe. On November 10 the inaugural event was held at St. Pancras Renaissance in London, England. The summit followed a three day Social Media Week Europe conference. For nine main stage sessions and four workshops, attendees heard from creators...
After a three-year hiatus, Social Media Week made its return to the European stage earlier this month. From Nov. 7-9, marketers and creators flocked to London to be a part of Social Media Week Europe. Over the course of three days, attendees gained valuable insights and learned how social media would be affected by various...
Brands flocked to file trademark applications for the metaverse earlier this year. Now, the number of those applications is falling, causing some to herald the end of the gold-rush era. Between January and October, approximately 5,000 U.S. trademark applications for metaverse and virtual goods or services were filed, according to public filings, from brands including...
The retail industry was already undergoing massive changes before fears of a recession changed marketers' game plans once again. On the heels of Deloitte's annual Holiday Survey, Kristin Hooper and Kenny Gold from Deloitte Digital joined Adweek svp and executive editor of thought leadership Paul Barbagallo during the Elevate: Future of Shopping summit to talk...
Pinterest is now available in 41 languages globally across Android, iOS and the web following the additions Tuesday of Afrikaans, Bulgarian and Croatian. The company said in a blog post Tuesday that millions of Pins in the three new languages are already on its platform Pinners can opt for one of the three new languages...
New Yorkers walking into their neighborhood coffee shops this month may have noticed something a little unexpected for a caffeine-slinging establishment: used clothing bins. That's thanks to a partnership between Blank Street Coffee and SuperCircle, a platform that connects clothing brands with recyclers. It aims to make the logistics of textile recycling accessible to sustainability-minded...
Meta spent the Tuesday before Thanksgiving giving thanks to itself with its release of its Adversarial Threat Report for the third quarter of 2022, its Community Standards Enforcement Report for the third quarter, its Transparency Report for the first half of the year and its Widely Viewed Content Report for the third quarter. Chief information...