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A Horror Movie You Can Only Watch During an Oil Change (and Other Ways to Get Remembered)
Indie Spin: The one with sludge, soup in a bag, and a cranberry baseball glove.
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Toronto Restaurants Owe Kawhi Leonard Dinner, and Other Promises Coming Due
Indie Spin: The one with boy-banded chicken tenders, a parchment paper gown, and a fast-food mascot people chose to talk…
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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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The World Cup Ate Everyone’s Marketing Plan (and Google Ate Their Search Traffic)
Indie Spin: The one with a barbell strategy, a fuzzy yellow insurance puppet, and 16,231 comments run through an AI.
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The Founder Who Swore on His Mum’s Life to Sell You a Refurbished Phone
Indie Spin: The one with a mum's-life warranty, a Gen Z mirror, and a pickleball team renamed "The Fibes."
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StayGold: The Agency That Rebranded With a Song
An agency named Response spent years being mistaken for something it wasn't — so it changed its name, then wrote…