Under Armour’s stock price dropped 3.9% in premarket trading last week in response to news that Digital Officer Robin Thurston and Chief Merchandising Officer Harry Stafford are leaving the company. So reports MarketWatch.

Thurston has worked at Under Armour for two and a half years and Stafford has been with the company for six years.

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Bruce McColl is stepping down from his position as global chief marketing officer with candy, food, and petcare company Mars after working for the company for 24 years. So reports AdAge.

Andrew Clarke, who is the company’s chief customer officer, will assume McColl’s responsibilities in a new position that combines his current role with the role of chief marketing officer.

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Old Navy has promoted Sonia Syngal, who was formerly in charge of the global supply chain and operations for the company’s Gap brand, but it has lost its CMO of three years, Ivan Wicksteed. So reports AdAge.

Wicksteed was known for using celebrities including Julie Louis-Dreyfus and Amy Poehler in marketing campaigns.

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Neiman Marcus Chief Marketing Officer Wanda Gierhart is leaving the position to pursue other interests after having helped the retailer of luxury products build its mobile shopping experience and omnichannel. So reports the Dallas Business Journal.

According to an email to Neiman Marcus employees, Gierhart also helped the company build its social media program and adapt to other technologies.

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Data indicates advertising bookings in Australia were on the upswing in February prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. So reports AdNews.

Per the SMI (Standard Media Index), the decline in advertising bookings was slowing and a potential rebound in the market was looking likely. However, several areas have continued to see gains even amid the virus, specifically ones related to in-home entertainment and food.

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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp announced it will stop printing approximately 60 Australian regional papers as advertising revenues have evaporated in the post-COVID economy. So reports The Straits Times.

A drastic decline in home inspections, real estate auctions and the cancelling of public events contributed to the dip in ad revenues. Further, national wire AAP is also shutting down later this year amid a series of other closure announcements.

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Digital marketing agency Primal has effectively moved its marketing operation out of the office as its entire Asia staff is now working from home. So reports Entrepreneur.

Primal had been an early adopter of work-from-home protocols in its Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysian digital marketing offices. “The feeling among the Primal tribe is that this unique situation is the perfect opportunity to over-deliver work and elevate trust with all remaining clients,” according to the article. Many countries in Asia are about to engage in a month-long lockdown in response to the global COVID-19 outbreak.

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Haymarket Media is bringing back its specialist media publication PRWeek in Asia. So reports Campaign Asia-Pacific.

Initially, the publication launched in May 2014. After taking a hiatus, it is coming back with a retooled product. PRWeek is a “sister” publication to Campaign Asia-Pacific.

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The marketing campaign for Rev. Franklin Graham's “Time for Hope' Festival” is facing tough opposition from the British town of Blackpool's transportation authority after increasing pressure from LGBT groups and on social media. So reports CBN News.

The promos were on the side of double-decker buses. Graham preaches the biblical view of marriage between one man and one women. The transportation agency said it does not endorse the content of the advertisements placed on its buses, the story reads.

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A marketing series from DDB Group Düsseldorf won high praise at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and, as such, has seen English translations of the advertisements spread through social media platforms. So reports Adweek.

The “Highlight the Remarkable” campaign created to sell the Stabilo Boss highlighter features historic, black-and-white photos with a streak denoting “remarkable” women. NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner and U.S. First Lady Edith Wilson were among the featured women.

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Italy’s Serie A soccer league expressed concerns about a new ban on advertising from betting companies. So reports Euronews. 

The "dignity decree" is a package of measures aimed at limiting contracts and penalizing companies moving offshore, but also prohibits advertising "all forms of gambling."

Estimates from the league expect state coffers to absorb a loss of 700 million euros, according to the article, as a result of the advertising ban.

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Google will wait until August to join a consortium of advertising technology companies seeking to comply with Europe's new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). So reports ChannelNewsAsia.

The tech giant's delayed entry will leave some ad tech firms exposed to fines, though, according to reports from several people involved with the effort

Google has yet to adopt the consent framework and consortium standard. 

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