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<title><![CDATA[Articles by Natalie Zmuda]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Articles by Natalie Zmuda]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RadioShack Looks to Regain Relevance With Push for Younger Consumers]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/radioshack-regain-relevance-push-younger-demo/241548/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[JC Penney Embraces New Marketing Plans, Looks Ahead]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/jc-penney-embraces-marketing-plans-ahead/241539/</link>
<description><![CDATA[JC Penney&#039;s net loss widened in the first quarter as the department-store chain works to rebound from former CEO Ron Johnson&#039;s failed makeover.



The loss expanded to $348 million in the quarter ended May 4 from a deficit of $163 million a year earlier. CEO Myron Ullman, who returned as CEO last month, has been increasing promotions to revive sale]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:30 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[PepsiCo Bows Beverage Fountain That Lets Consumers Mix-n-Match Flavors]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/pepsico-soda-fountain-lets-consumers-mix-n-match-flavors/241415/</link>
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Forget the days when you had just a handful of choices at the soda fountain. 






Next week, PepsiCo will begin testing "Pepsi Touch Tower 1.0" as part of a series of new fountain rollouts, according to Beverage Digest. 



The device packs a lot of punch in a small space. Touch Tower 1.0 is a small counter-top unit with a digital touch screen. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Usher to 'Curate' Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Show]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/usher-curate-macy-s-4th-july-fireworks-show/241389/</link>
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This year&#039;s Macy&#039;s 4th of July fireworks will be scored and designed by none other than Usher.



The eight-time Grammy Award-winning artist is working with the department store on its annual fireworks show, marking the first time Macy&#039;s has worked with a celebrity to produce the show. Usher is no stranger to working with Macy&#039;s, having appeare]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 13:23 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Watch The Spot: Coke Launches 'Open For Summer' Campaign]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/see-the-spot/watch-spot-coke-launches-open-summer-campaign/241383/</link>
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Coke&#039;s "Open for Summer" campaign will kick off next week with more partners than ever. The brand has enlisted more than 200 partners, such as Coppertone and iHeartRadio, as well as more than 110 customers like AMC Theatres, McDonalds and Delta on board for the program, equivalent to the number that participated in the brand&#039;s London Olympics]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 13:20 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Consumers Prefer Beyonce as a Blonde (Or at Least in a Bikini)]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/adages/hey-beyonce-consumers-hair-blonde/241363/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ken Wheaton and the editorial staff riff and rip on the best and worst of the ad, marketing and media business.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 06:45 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Target Teams Up With Facebook For Deals You Can Share]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/digital/target-teams-facebook-deals-share/241341/</link>
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Target is looking to Facebook to drive more foot-traffic in stores. The retailer is launching 700 new offers this week with a social twist: claiming them generates automatic Newsfeed posts on Facebook, unless the user turns them off.



The deals, eventually expected to balloon to about 1,000, are part of the retailer&#039;s new digital savings progr]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Asics' New Ad Aims to Show Brand Isn't Just for Runners]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/watch-spot-asics-moves-training-category/241330/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:50 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping Time: Why CMO Tenure Has Doubled]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-interviews/keeping-time-cmo-tenure-doubled/241294/</link>
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Back in 2006, Ad Age published a sobering statistic: The average tenure of chief marketing officers was a troublingly short 23 months. The latest figure, released last week from executive-search firm Spencer Stuart, shows a radically different picture -- CMOs are sticking around an average of 45 months. So what&#039;s behind nearly a doubling of CMO ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[When Edgy Goes Wrong: Mtn Dew Gave Up Too Much Control]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/tyler-creator-mtn-dew-pair/241299/</link>
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Mtn Dew made a bet on Los Angeles-based rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator -- and lost.  




The PepsiCo brand found itself apologizing -- including via paid Twitter ads -- this past week after a branded video the artist produced spurred charges of racism and misogyny. 




The video was the second in a series of three Tyler Okonma made in p]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 06:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Wells Fargo Tries to Strike Emotional Chord With Consumers In New Ad]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/wells-fargo-strike-emotional-chord-ad/241290/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:45 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[JC Penney Says It's Listening, Brings Back St. John's Bay Brand]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/jc-penney-listening-brings-back-st-john-s-bay/241264/</link>
<description><![CDATA[JC Penney is taking to social media channels with a major PR offensive dubbed #jcpListens.



On Monday, the retailer put up a poll on Facebook asking customers which JC Penney brand was their favorite. By Wednesday, it launched the much-debated "It&#039;s No Secret" ad  apologizing to customers and directing them to Facebook, where it changed its cover]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Lowe's Embraces Six-Second Vine Videos for Spring Campaign]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Plenty of marketers are experimenting with Vine, but few have made the 6-second video platform truly useful for consumers. Lowe&#039;s may be on its way to cracking the code.



Stripped screw? No problem, just use a rubber band. #lowesfixinsix #howto vine.co/v/bU61aqq2YOp&mdash; Lowe&#039;s (@Lowes) April 21, 2013




The home improvement retailer has launched ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:43 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Lowe's Embraces Six-Second Vine Videos for Spring Campaign]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/digital/lowe-s-embraces-vine-videos-spring-campaign/241246/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Plenty of marketers are experimenting with Vine, but few have made the 6-second video platform truly useful for consumers. Lowe&#039;s may be on its way to cracking the code.



Stripped screw? No problem, just use a rubber band. #lowesfixinsix #howto vine.co/v/bU61aqq2YOp&mdash; Lowe&#039;s (@Lowes) April 21, 2013




The home improvement retailer has launched ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:30 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[JC Penney Apologizes With New TV Ad]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/jc-penney-apologizes-tv-ad/241208/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:26 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Three Top Marketers With Agency Backgrounds Reveal Why They Switched Sides]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-interviews/top-marketers-agency-backgrounds-reveal-switched-sides/241095/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PepsiCo Profit Down, But Marketing Spend Spikes]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/pepsico-profit-marketing-spend-spikes/240950/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kmart's Sophomoric 'Ship My Pants' Video to Air on TV]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/kmart-s-sophomoric-ship-pants-video-air-tv/240934/</link>
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America loves a good poop joke. 

Kmart&#039;s pun-filled "Ship My Pants" online video has been so popular--netting 12 million views in the span of a week--that it&#039;s now getting ready to debut on TV.




Shannelle Armstrong-Fowler, a spokeswoman for the retailer, said the ad, which was created by DraftFCB, will start running next week on "select cable]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:35 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Questions with Zico's Head Marketer]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/questions-zico-s-head-marketer/240898/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon's Ad Platform Being Shaped by Utility and Speed]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/special-report-digital-conference/amazon-s-ad-platform-shaped-utility-speed/240910/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ad Age&#039;s Digital Conference is where the biggest brands meet the most innovative startups and technologies that are transforming marketing and media.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:35 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vote on the Ads: Taylor Swift for Diet Coke or Beyonce for Pepsi?]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/vote-taylor-swift-diet-coke-beyonce-pepsi/240832/</link>
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It&#039;s a big week for soda ads. Tonight, during "America Idol," Diet Coke will unveil its first commercial featuring Taylor Swift [below], shot in her hometown of Nashville. 



It comes right on the heels of Pepsi on Monday launching its first spot featuring new global brand ambassador Beyonce [also below] during "The Voice." (Incidentally, both si]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:20 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Ten Things You Should Know About Sergio Zyman]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/ten-things-sergio-zyman/240809/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amid Turmoil, JC Penney Puts Feelers Out for New Ad Agency]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/jc-penney-puts-feelers-ad-agency/240786/</link>
<description><![CDATA[During his tumultuous 17 months as CEO, Ron Johnson played a key role in JC Penney&#039;s marketing. In his absence -- and in the wake of the departure of several marketing execs -- Sergio Zyman, the polarizing former Coca-Cola marketer, has been entrusted to begin charting a new path for the retailer.

To many, it will seem a surprising choice, given M]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:30 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[Ron Johnson's Retail Revolution Ends With CEO's Exit From JC Penney]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/ron-johnson-17-months-jc-penney/240772/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ron Johnson lasted just 17 months as CEO of JC Penney. 



A JC Penney spokeswoman confirmed that Mr. Johnson is stepping down and will be replaced by his predecessor, Myron "Mike" Ullman, effective immediately. Mr. Ullman has also been elected to the Board of Directors. 



"We are fortunate to have someone with Mike&#039;s proven experience and leader]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:50 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pepsi Marketers Test Unique Agency Model With Omnicom]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/pepsi-marketers-test-unique-agency-model-omnicom/240755/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyonce Looks Back at Her Past in New Pepsi Spot]]></title>
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Pepsi today launches its second global campaign and first TV spot featuring Beyonce in her role as global brand ambassador.



Executives close to the development and production of the spot say Beyonce was very hands on -- offering ideas for the creative concept, as well as weighing in on wardrobe decisions and her lines.



"We&#039;ve worked wit]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:37 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coca-Cola Promotes Wendy Clark, Creates Global Sparkling Brand
Center]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/coca-cola-creates-global-sparkling-brand-center/240698/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Watch the Spot: Pepsi's New Beyonce Ad]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/watch-spot-pepsi-s-beyonce-ad/240690/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CMO Strategy delivers the latest marketing strategy, theory, opinion and advice for CMOs, VPs of marketing and other senior industry execs. Top industry experts, advertising academics and leading brand chiefs offer guidance on the most important areas such as integration, the media revolution, accountability, ROI and corporate structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:10 EDT</pubDate>
<author>Natalie Zmuda</author>
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<title><![CDATA[After Long Winter Will March Be a 'Lost Month' For Retailers?]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/long-winter-chills-retail-sales/240637/</link>
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As spring breakers descended on Florida last week, they were met with near-record levels of cold. Indeed, across the country from New York to Atlanta to Denver, temperatures were well below normal and much of the Midwest was blanketed in snow during the first official days of spring. 




It&#039;s been a rude introduction to the spring selling season]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:10 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scotts' 2013 Spend Threatened by Perpetual Winter Weather]]></title>
<link>http://adage.com/article/news/scotts-2013-spend-threatened-perpetual-winter-weather/240636/</link>
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Last year, homeowners in the Northeast and Midwest were cutting grass in early March. This year, snow covered lawns past St. Patrick&#039;s Day. 




That has the lawn-and-garden market looking at a weak start in 2013.  




Scotts Miracle-Gro, the market leader, hiked U.S. ad spending 50% last year and absorbed commodity costs without raising prices]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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