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Thanksgiving and Black Friday bring Target the most brand coverage in November

NewsWhip

That’s what happened to Target last month as the holiday shopping season had the retailer making headlines for its good and not so good actions. Target was one of the first retailers to close its doors on Thanksgiving during the pandemic to give its workers more time with their families, and has continued to do so every year since.

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Walmart’s suspension of advertising on X became last month’s biggest brand story

NewsWhip

That was Elon Musk’s somewhat predictable response to the announcement that Walmart was the latest brand to suspend advertising on X, following other major companies who left the platform back in November when the issue first began. Here are some other brands that captured attention in the news and on social media.

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Ahead of the Academy Awards, Marketing Wisdom From the ‘Barbie’ Blockbuster

PRSay

The Barbie brand is a paradoxical symbol of imagination, comfort, sexism, objectification, feminism and conflicted cultural influence that has entranced and challenged children and adults alike for generations. Fashion and retail media included stories about brand partnerships such as Ruggable, Zara and Crocs.

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Top PR Strategies for SaaS Companies

5W PR

When companies in the SaaS industry use a sound PR strategy , they benefit from brand awareness, media coverage, and attracting the right consumers. Plenty of companies in the SaaS industry haven’t realized that they don’t always have to create brand new or original content to grab the attention of the media.

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When A Small Business Has A Big (PR) Advantage

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Some PR agencies fall into a trap of chasing only only large, brand-name clients. This is in part because like attracts like; large brands can bring more of the same, they reason. A PR firm may also think that doing media relations for well known brands can be easier than work for unknowns, because journalists are eager to cover them.

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Influencer Engagement: Finding a Fit

Waxing UnLyrical

In 2017, my organization, Goodwill Industries International, then a 115-year-old social enterprise; one of the oldest 501 (c)(3) nonprofit brands; the leading workforce provider in North America; and the #1 brand doing the most good by enso and featured in Fast Company Magazine – faced a pretty significant challenge.

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7 Lessons Every Marketer Can Learn From The CrossFit Instagram Crisis

MaccaPR

USA Today and TV stations ravaged the CrossFit brand (a typical headline in a UK newspaper: “Booty Shame: CrossFit trainer blasted for sharing snaps of female clients bent over in the gym”). One defender of the gym owner protested: "it was never intended to be posted to Facebook or go ‘viral.’" Facebook page ) and.