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Mar 16, 20232 min read

ADdicted: When Ad Opinions Count

Whether or not it matters if you like a given commercial campaign depends on one important question.

Mar 10, 20232 min read

ADdicted: SURREAL Out-of-Home Ads

SURREAL enlisted some big celebrity names to help promote its cereal! Unfortunately, they could only afford the names...

Feb 17, 202311 min read

Super Bowl LVII's Top 15 Questions

I'm using my "Super Bowl post" this year to list the Top 15 questions that came to mind while reviewing this year's commercials post-game.

Feb 12, 20234 min read

ADdicted: 2 Ginute Warning

Companies that advertise during the Super Bowl spend enormous amounts of money to do so. But most of them don't have Ryan Reynolds.

Feb 2, 20231 min read

ADdicted: LVII means 57

Kraft-Heinz decided to take full advantage of the fact that this year is Super Bowl LVII.

Jan 5, 20233 min read

Let Big Ideas Be Big

When you have a big idea, let it be a big idea. Otherwise, don't bother with it at all.

Dec 26, 20223 min read

The Best of 2022: Top 10 ADdicted Ads

Here are the Top 10 most-popular ADdicted ads from 2022 as judged by your page visits...

Dec 18, 20225 min read

Disney's Dilemma

Here's why Disney would simultaneously raise prices and introduce ads... and why doing so in their current situation actually makes sense.

Dec 1, 20221 min read

ADdicted: The Biggest Media Buy

What if every single online review was an ad for your brand?

Nov 16, 20221 min read

ADdicted: Joy is Made

The look of a logo at the end of a spot has never felt so appropriate as it does at the end of Amazon's 2022 Holiday ad.

Nov 14, 20222 min read

ADdicted: Asda's Buddy

I have mixed feelings about the film being essentially repurposed as a holiday spot for Asda, the British grocery chain. Here's why.

Nov 10, 20221 min read

ADdicted: John Lewis 2022 Holiday Ad

The Holiday 2022 season is officially here! (Read: retailer John Lewis released its 2022 Holiday ad today.) They did not disappoint.

Nov 3, 20222 min read

ADdicted: TRU Nostalgia

The latest ad for Toys R Us feels like they're finally trying to bring some of the magic back to their brand.

Oct 13, 20222 min read

ADdicted: You've Got Sales

Shopify is repurposing an old AOL catchphrase in its latest advertising effort. Will it work?

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