Growth Jaguar's "Copy Nothing" Rebrand Sparks Major Backlash... Growth Amazon Unveils First Major Logo Refresh in Over 20 Years... Growth Cracker Barrel Reverses New Logo Within Days of Backlash... Growth PepsiCo Unveils First New Corporate Logo in 25 Years... Growth Omnicom Agrees to $13.5 Billion Acquisition of IPG... Growth Meta Unveils 11 New AI Advertising Tools at Cannes Lions 2... Growth Super Bowl 2025 Ad Prices Hit Nearly $8 Million Per 30 Sec... Growth Five US States Enact Extended Producer Responsibility Pack... Growth EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Advances Towar... Growth Oregon's EPR Packaging Rules Take Effect... Growth US "PACK Act" Targets Unverified Recyclability Claims on P... Operations PMI Acquires AI Training Firm Cognilytica... Operations PMI's "Pulse of the Profession" 2024 Quantifies AI's Impac... Operations Zoho Launches "Projects Plus" AI-Driven Project Management... Operations SHRM Civility Index Links Layoffs and RTO Mandates to Work... Operations McKinsey: Share of Mostly In-Person Workers Doubles in a Y... Operations SHRM Tracks Nearly 127,000 US Federal Layoffs... Operations WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025 Flags Widening AI Skills Ga... Operations Databricks Raises $10 Billion at $62 Billion Valuation, La... Operations OpenAI Closes Record $40 Billion Funding Round... Growth Jaguar's "Copy Nothing" Rebrand Sparks Major Backlash... Growth Amazon Unveils First Major Logo Refresh in Over 20 Years... Growth Cracker Barrel Reverses New Logo Within Days of Backlash... Growth PepsiCo Unveils First New Corporate Logo in 25 Years... Growth Omnicom Agrees to $13.5 Billion Acquisition of IPG... Growth Meta Unveils 11 New AI Advertising Tools at Cannes Lions 2... Growth Super Bowl 2025 Ad Prices Hit Nearly $8 Million Per 30 Sec... Growth Five US States Enact Extended Producer Responsibility Pack... Growth EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Advances Towar... Growth Oregon's EPR Packaging Rules Take Effect... Growth US "PACK Act" Targets Unverified Recyclability Claims on P... Operations PMI Acquires AI Training Firm Cognilytica... Operations PMI's "Pulse of the Profession" 2024 Quantifies AI's Impac... Operations Zoho Launches "Projects Plus" AI-Driven Project Management... Operations SHRM Civility Index Links Layoffs and RTO Mandates to Work... Operations McKinsey: Share of Mostly In-Person Workers Doubles in a Y... Operations SHRM Tracks Nearly 127,000 US Federal Layoffs... Operations WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025 Flags Widening AI Skills Ga... Operations Databricks Raises $10 Billion at $62 Billion Valuation, La... Operations OpenAI Closes Record $40 Billion Funding Round...
November 2024Branding
Jaguar's "Copy Nothing" Rebrand Sparks Major Backlash
Jaguar unveiled a radical rebrand dropping its big-cat logo ahead of its all-electric relaunch, triggering widespread online criticism.
Source Ad Age / Fast Company
May 2025Branding
Amazon Unveils First Major Logo Refresh in Over 20 Years
Working with design studio Koto, Amazon updated its smile logo and unified over 50 sub-brands under one visual identity system.
Source Dezeen
August 2025Branding
Cracker Barrel Reverses New Logo Within Days of Backlash
The restaurant chain scrapped a simplified, text-only logo and restored its longtime mark after the redesign drew public criticism and hurt its stock value.
Source CNN Business
October 2025Branding
PepsiCo Unveils First New Corporate Logo in 25 Years
PepsiCo replaced its multicolored globe logo with a new design and tagline, aiming to highlight its portfolio beyond the Pepsi brand.
Source Adweek / PepsiCo Newsroom
December 2024Advertising
Omnicom Agrees to $13.5 Billion Acquisition of IPG
Omnicom announced a deal to acquire rival ad holding company Interpublic Group, forming what became the world's largest advertising and marketing services company.
Source Axios / Campaign US
June 2025Advertising
Meta Unveils 11 New AI Advertising Tools at Cannes Lions 2025
Meta introduced a suite of generative AI ad features, including automated brand-consistent creative and AI-generated video, expanding its Advantage+ ad suite.
Source eMarketer
February 2025Advertising
Super Bowl 2025 Ad Prices Hit Nearly $8 Million Per 30 Seconds
Fox's pricing for Super Bowl commercial slots climbed to a new high, reflecting continued advertiser demand for the NFL championship broadcast's audience.
Source Variety / CBS News
2024Packaging
Five US States Enact Extended Producer Responsibility Packaging Laws
California, Colorado, Oregon, Maine, and Minnesota each passed laws making producers financially responsible for packaging waste and recycling programs.
Source Packaging Dive
2025Packaging
EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Advances Toward Force
The European Union moved its sweeping new packaging law closer to enforcement, setting recycled-content, reuse, and waste-reduction targets through 2030.
Source Berlin Packaging
July 2025Packaging
Oregon's EPR Packaging Rules Take Effect
Oregon became one of the first US states to activate its extended producer responsibility packaging program, requiring producers to fund recycling infrastructure.
Source Berlin Packaging / CDF
2025Packaging
US "PACK Act" Targets Unverified Recyclability Claims on Packaging
Proposed federal legislation aimed to crack down on unsubstantiated recyclable, compostable, and reusable labeling claims on consumer packaging.
Source Packaging Digest
September 2024Project Management
PMI Acquires AI Training Firm Cognilytica
PMI acquired Cognilytica, a company specializing in AI and machine-learning education, to build out AI credentialing and training for project managers.
Source Project Management Institute
2024Project Management
PMI's "Pulse of the Profession" 2024 Quantifies AI's Impact on PM Work
PMI's flagship annual research found AI tools were already automating roughly a quarter to a third of routine project-management tasks.
Source Project Management Institute
March 2025Project Management
Zoho Launches "Projects Plus" AI-Driven Project Management Suite
Zoho combined four of its applications, including Projects and Analytics, into a single integrated, AI-assisted project management platform.
Source Zoho Corporation
Q1 2025HR Management
SHRM Civility Index Links Layoffs and RTO Mandates to Workplace Incivility
SHRM's quarterly index found employees at companies undergoing layoffs or return-to-office mandates reported significantly higher rates of workplace incivility.
Source SHRM
2024HR Management
McKinsey: Share of Mostly In-Person Workers Doubles in a Year
McKinsey research found the share of employees working mostly in person jumped from roughly a third to more than two-thirds between 2023 and 2024.
Source McKinsey & Company
April 2025HR Management
SHRM Tracks Nearly 127,000 US Federal Layoffs
SHRM's federal civilian workforce tracker estimated large-scale layoffs across US government agencies, one of the largest federal workforce reductions in recent history.
Source SHRM
January 2025HR Management
WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025 Flags Widening AI Skills Gap
The WEF's biennial global employer survey found most employers face critical AI-related skills shortages, projected to be the fastest-growing skill demand through 2030.
Source World Economic Forum
December 2024Startups & Investment
Databricks Raises $10 Billion at $62 Billion Valuation, Largest VC Round of 2024
Data and AI platform Databricks closed the largest single venture capital raise of the year, led by Thrive Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz.
Source Databricks Newsroom / CNBC
March 2025Startups & Investment
OpenAI Closes Record $40 Billion Funding Round
OpenAI raised the largest single venture capital round on record at the time, led by SoftBank, accounting for close to half of all US startup funding that quarter.
Source PitchBook / Reuters
