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The Black Forest Built Kelly Clarkson a Bird
A Brooklyn shop wouldn't sell her a mechanical songbird, so Saint Elmo's Tourism and Schwarzwald Tourismus made her a cuckoo clock that sings her name
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A Haunted House’s Dirty Little Secret and Other Lessons in Getting Remembered
Indie Spin: The one with fish kisses, a soup in a bag, and a monster called Brandnesia.
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Spiral Loaves, Quarterback Slides and a Beer That Books Your First Therapy Session
Indie Spin: The one with the quarterback's wife, the toilet ad space, and the 84% jump.
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The Quarterback Slide Deserves a Stat Line
King's Hawaiian and Erich & Kallman recruited Eli Manning for a petition to make sliding an official football statistic.
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Only 5% of Travelers Book What the AI Told Them To
Indie Spin: The one with a 33% disagreement, a four-day comeback ad, and an agency backing a fat bear.
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One Airing, 22x the Traffic, and Other Things Your Dashboard Won’t Tell You
Indie Spin: The one with 4.5 million donated miles, a pickle-green KFC, and IKEA furniture that talks in Skyrim.
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The Sentient Bookshelf, the Pizza Tote, and MapQuest’s Second Act
Indie Spin: The one with a 22x traffic spike, a pickle-green KFC, and a bourbon named after a parking lot.
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King’s Hawaiian Teams Up with a Hanson Brother to Drop ‘MMMBites’ for New Soft Swirl Cinnamon Bites
The iconic '90s band member, Taylor Hanson, reimagines its smash hit to prove everything's better with Kings Hawaiian Bites in…
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Nobody Wants to Pay a Stranger a Lot of Money Right Now
Indie Spin: The one with the trust recession, Dolly Parton's airport, and a pizza built for exactly one person.
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A Flying Suitcase, a Beer Named After an Album, and the Weekend the Ballot Closes
Indie Spin: The one with Wrong Guard, a 42% CPM drop, and a hot air balloon shaped like luggage.
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A Spokestrout, a Cat Named Mittens, and Ten Indies on the Inc. 5000
Indie Spin: The one with a fish who finally got the mic, 589 million hours of Canadian TV, and an…
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AI’s Steamed Carrot Problem, a Ketchup Ambush, and a Bodega Built for Protein
Indie Spin: The one with a fleet of Leading Women, a Times Square hot dog hijack, and 93% of physicians…
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Butter-Churning Vests, Skydiving Frogs, and the Indie Summer of Strange
Indie Spin: The one with the runner's butter vest, the s'mores civil war, and 13.5 million views in 48 hours.
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One Show Pencils, a Whisky With No Tasting Notes, and a Coalition Heading to Cannes
Indie Spin: The one with Rethink's 29 Pencils, Willem Dafoe picking whisky on feeling alone, and Indie at Large launching…
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Cerulean’s Second Coming, Bruce the Goat, and a Mountain of Pencils
Indie Spin: The one with a Green Mountain goat, CMOs as first responders, and Gen Z's split verdict on kids.
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Candy-Crushed Arenas, Cinematic Shopping Lists, and the 39% of Agency Contracts That Forgot About AI
Indie Spin: The one with the anti-nicotine campaign terrifying the internet, the feature-length hot sauce film, and the metric that…
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An Oscar Nomination, a Dublin Pub in Dubai and the Slow Funeral of the Follower Count
Indie Spin: The one with awards season reverb, extraction debt and the hard questions indie agencies are quietly answering right…
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When Fry Boxes Reveal Brand Logic and Other Signs Indies Have Momentum
Indie Spin: The one with recognition rounds, strategic hires, and why fry boxes aren't accidental
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The Toronto Report: A Big Week at Ad Age Small Agency
Ad Age's Small Agency Conference wrapped up in Toronto with IAN members claiming 40% of all awards