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🧊 Comfort Under Pressure: What the Nike–Maduro Moment Really Tells Us About 2026
Issue #81
Jan 11
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Why the year in marketing is hard to wrap up. 2025 highlights plus all the latest in brands. The Happy Holidays Edition✨🫱🏻🫲🏼
Issue #80
Dec 19, 2025
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Sorry Black Friday, we're just not that into you.🤑 Plus 40+ links of all the latest brand news.
Issue #79
Dec 5, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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🫧 The AI bubble has already burst—in our minds. Plus, all the latest brand news.
Issue #78
Nov 21, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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🎄 Christmas ads: why crying is less profitable than clicks, plus all the latest brand news
Issue #77
Nov 7, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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Gifts you can’t put into words? Try a robot. Plus all the latest brand news.
Issue #76
Nov 5, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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🧘🏼♀️ Lululemon's "nosedive" ad: When marketers confuse the soul of a brand with its share price, plus 40+ links of brand news
Issue #75
Oct 25, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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ChatGPT's brand makeover, Apple's next chapter and Alec's ice cream, all the latest in brand news
Issue #74
Oct 12, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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Ben & Jerry’s muzzled, OpenAI’s first brand campaign, Maxwell House becomes Maxwell Apartment …and all the latest in brand news
Issue #73
Sep 30, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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Walt Stack’s lesson for Nike 🏃🏼♂️, Starbucks takes a fashion bow, Alphabet at $3 trillion and all the latest in brand news
Issue #72
Sep 16, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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🥫 Buffett’s Kraft Heinz shake-up, Nike’s reboot of “Just Do It,” Musk’s big Tesla humanoid bet — all the latest in brand news
Issue #71
Sep 9, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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🪑Cracker Barrel's billion-dollar nostalgia battle, Kraft-Heinz corporate split and Meta's fight to rein in its AI, all the latest in brand…
Issue #70
Aug 31, 2025
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Jonathan Trimble
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