It’s over. I’m done. For years, I’ve used The Cranky Creative to vent about the decline of the advertising industry. I’ve complained about the lazy concepts, the idiot creatives, the
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Cracker Barrel is no longer changing it’s logo — that’s right, the company just announced it’s keeping the old design — but that doesn’t mean its problems are over. Far
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What started as just another bafflingly bad corporate rebrand has quickly escalated into a full-on scandal. As customers, employees, and rival companies pile on, the company’s “woke” policies, reports of
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Marketing used to be about connection — understanding what people wanted and selling it with style. Today, marketing has become a megaphone for progressive politics, preaching woke ideologies that alienate
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Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans ad is fun, flirty, and — gasp! — blonde. So naturally, the woke screeching class are calling it Nazi propaganda. Here’s why their meltdown is
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Sporting goods brand Puma released the first-ever AI-generated commercial on March 18, 2025 — and the ad world will never be the same. Partnering with digital agency Monks, Puma produced
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If you’re a marketer still plotting campaigns (and your career) like it’s the “old world” — say, six months back — then buckle up, because you’re about to get blindsided.
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With the release of xAI’s Grok 3 AI model and Microsoft’s announcement of a new quantum computing processor based on a novel state of matter, the world is about to
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I admit, I didn’t used to “get” Liberty Mutual TV commercials. From the intelligence-insulting “Truth-Teller” ads, to LiMu Emu & Doug, to Zoltar and “Liberty Bibberty” and the utterly braindead
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I’ve seen a lot of emotional posts from people upset that Meta has put an end to its “fact checking” on Facebook. What they don’t realize is that Facebook’s “fact
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When my boss asked me back in 2018 whether I, a marketing copywriter, was concerned about AI, I scoffed. Little did I know that a few years later, AI would
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