Media Advertising

St. Louis — Panera Bread has unveiled a new national omnichannel advertising platform. Developed in collaboration with the Anomaly agency, the "Food as it should be" campaign includes national television spots, billboards, radio advertising and digital and display content that will begin to air this week.

Coca-Cola wants U.S. consumers to “Reach Up” to support the 2015 Special Olympics in Los Angeles.

The company has assembled a star-studded team to record a song for the games called “Reach Up,” which will be featured on Coke's social media channels. The song features rock band O.A.R., recording artist Cody Simpson, Breanna Bogucki, a singer and decorated Special Olympics athlete from Illinois who has Autism, and Madison Tevlin, a young Canadian woman with Down syndrome who became a viral sensation earlier this year.

Dr Pepper is targeting Hispanic millennials through a creative marketing partnership with the 2015 Premios Juventud VIP Tour. 

The PJ VIP Tour, which paves the way to the 2015 Premios Juventud Awards Show airing on the Univision Network on July 16, will make stops in Miami, Los Angeles, San Jose, Houston, and will finish in Chicago and give Dr Pepper a special opportunity to tap into the Latino youth market.

Retailers with Pepsi on their shelves will be happy to know that the brand is putting out all the stops to entice shoppers to make Pepsi products part of their summer.

The beverage company is embarking on a summer marketing campaign that promises to deliver one-of-a-kind fan experiences to some of the hottest music and sporting events, restaurants and travel destinations.

Yahoo has named the former marketing chief at JCPenney as its new senior vice president consumer marketing.

Debra Berman will be joining Yahoo as our new Senior Vice President of Consumer Marketing, reporting to me. Berman will join the Yahoo marketing team on July 6, bringing with her more than two decades of marketing experience.

New York — Internet ad revenues hit a record-breaking $13.3 billion in the United States in the first quarter of 2015, up 16% over the year-ago period, according to the latest IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report figures released today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and  PwC US.  

San Francisco – Summertime, and the living (and shopping) is easy. Williams-Sonoma Inc. is adhering to this summer ethic by partnering with Visa to launch a co-marketing campaign and four-part video series called “Time to Savor Summer.”  The video series, launched in support of the availability of the Visa Checkout online checkout service on the Williams-Sonoma e-commerce site, will be “shoppable” due to YouTube’s new shoppable video technology.

Five Below reported an increase in same store sales and profit for the first quarter in the same week the company opened a new distribution center to support its expansion plans.