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- This week’s roundup is stacked with celebrity cameos across culture. @methodman for @footlocker, Rowan Blanchard and Jemima Kirke for @marcjacobs, Malcolm Todd and Inde Navarrette for @Gap, a crew of @NFL moms for @AlwaysDiscreet, and @StephenCurry30 for @GooglePixel_US.
- The Arena Group made a wave of surprising Q2 earnings announcements. This week’s On Background with @MarkStenberg3 looks at its bid to become an AI-first business: rebranding, refinancing debt, buying AI generator InfoSentience, and launching Cutter Studios to scale AI-assisted
- As part of its new “Retail Rejuvenation” campaign, @jcpenney is inviting people to bring in their recent “retail regrets” to one of its stores from August 28-30 and trade them in for $15 off a $50 purchase. adweek.it/4x9wds4
- The top of this week's ticker details the two @60Minutes stories that were the recipients of the @RTDNA’s 2026 Edward R. Murrow Awards. Get the rest of the ticker below 👇


