Consumer spending has bounced back, but still not to year-ago levels and with wide variances by state and sector, according to new data from Commerce Signals, which tracks and analyzes credit and debit-card spending. For the four weeks ending July 25, overall card...
Ever wonder what the “big guys” are spending on the TV ads you know and love (or hate)? How much money is Geico putting behind that gecko? What’s Liberty Mutual investing in their TV ads that feature LiMu Emu and Doug? Here’s the spending of...
Certain songs have always struck me as being part of the soundtrack of my life. Years ago, around the time I was getting Bob Abbate Marketing off the ground, I decided that my personal soundtrack should have fewer songs like Huey Lewis and The News’ “Workin’ For A...
There’s no hiding it. Everyone here at BAM is an Apple fangirl or fanboy. We work on our Macs while messaging on our iPhone and Zooming on our iPads. So when Apple drops a cool new commercial, we take notice! “The Whole Working From Home Thing” uses humor to...
This year was set to be a tipping point for the TV and streaming industry even before the coronavirus crisis. The streaming wars would heat up even more with the entries of NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia. More people would cut the cord. More advertisers would move money...
