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Barbie dominates August brand coverage

NewsWhip

Coincidentally, it was also a top story in a different sense, as it came out on top of our brands coverage analysis in August. But there were other brands that saw less positive coverage this summer, and those included Burger King and Nike. The post Barbie dominates August brand coverage appeared first on Newswhip.

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Want To Work In Tech PR? Here Are 5 Questions

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Jobs are more in demand than ever, as brands in every vertical and size have come to recognize the value of positive reputation and third-party endorsement. If you’re expected to support clients that build B2B AI solutions, you might boost your cred if you get news from publications like Forbes, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, and CIO.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

Current role: Co-founder and CEO of a women’s apparel startup, Alice Riot LLC. I’m also a consultant to Sprosty Network, and we’ve together worked over two years to build the brand for its RetailXelerator (RX) program (an innovation pipeline program for major corporations). Kelly Groehler. What was your last PR job? Betsy Andersen.

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Company Bites Journalists…Again

Sword and the Script

There’s a secret trick that marketers of apparel love to use. It’s become a favorite tactic of some apparel brands. A month earlier the Wall Street Journal reported Urban Outfitters needed a “ wardrobe refresh ” after yet another lackluster quarterly earnings announcement: …shares dropped by 8.8% Ready for it?

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5 Insights On Corporate Activism From Top PR Experts

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Bill Nielsen, retired Chief Public Relations & Communications Officer for Johnson & Johnson, believes that the PR and journalism industries share a common currency: dedication to facts. As we have seen, flawed journalism and phony corporate speech will only weaken public confidence and degrade the national conversation.

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#MeToo Slams Under Armour: Can It Recover?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

No brand is immune from a reckoning with the consequences of inattention to sexual harassment and inequality in the workplace. The brand enjoyed huge early success, in part due to the real-life story of founder Kevin Plank. Under Armour isn’t alone among sportswear brands in needing to clean up its culture.

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Public Affairs Manager of Airbnb Hong Kong and Taiwan Shares Perspectives with Hoffman APAC Team

The Hoffman Agency

And yet, Airbnb has now become a verb (“ Let’s Airbnb for our Aspen ski trip ”) alongside brands such as Google, Kleenex and Skype, as the company boasts over 3,000,000 lodging listings in 65,000 cities and 191 countries. Ten years ago, the thought of vacationing in a stranger’s empty home was unthinkable, and downright strange.