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- JCPenney kicks off sports marketing partnerships September 19, 2023JCPenney has signed on as presenting sponsor of Amazon Prime's Thursday Night Football postgame show in a season that will include the National Football League's first Black Friday game. The retailer has also struck deals with Fox and Apple TV to run ads from its "Make it Count" campaign during Major League Soccer games. Ad […]
- "Run on Less" event puts electric trucks in the spotlight September 19, 2023Tesla's semi trucks for PepsiCo are among those in the spotlight at the "Run on Less" data-collection event sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Institute and the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. This year's focus is on the challenges of running large fleets and keeping them charged up. Schneider, with its Freightliner eCascadia trucks, Frito-Lay […]
- Bacardi taps DJ Premier, Don Toliver for VMAs September 19, 2023Bacardi made its debut as the first spirits sponsor of the MTV Video Music Awards with a 60-second spot celebrating 50 years of hip-hop and all the tracks in which the brand was mentioned. The ad stars DJ Premier, who mixed the songs featured in the spot, and Don Toliver, who closes it out with […]