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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Ad Standards released an overview of its decisions with respect to women’s lingerie after a number of complaints regarding outdoor displays. So reports Mumbrella.

Per the explanation, merely a “depiction of a person in sexy lingerie is of itself not in breach of the Code. The location of an ad and its target also impact what is, and is not, permissible under the advertising code. Suggesting women are property, certain S&M imagery and nipple pasties may also be considered in breach.

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Totaling 12.3 million subscriptions, more than half of Australian households have a video on demand (VOD) service. So reports the Australia's ABC News.

The survey, which was conducted by Telsyte, also found that 43% of Australian households have more than one VOD service. It also shows a rise in on-demand services that are “shaking up the television advertising market.” Further, television advertising revenue dropped more than 4% last financial year in regional and metro markets, but broadcaster video ad revenue surged 32%.

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Nikkei Inc. won Japan's top media award after producing a series investigating internet privacy, especially as it pertains to large platforms like Facebook and Google. So reports Nikkei Asia Review.

The paper also took home a marketing award a “for its initiative to incorporate digital technology in its print advertisements.” The award ceremony, hosted by the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association, will be on Oct. 16 in Miyazaki.

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Campaign's Brand Summit China brought together more than 100 top marketers and experts to discuss pressing issues like the nation’s fast-evolving market and the importance of “key opinion consumers.” So reports Campaign Asia.

Violet Fu, the general manager of AdMaster Shanghai, talked about spending pitfalls and refining operations related to “key opinion leaders.” Artificial intelligence, trends in “elevating brand engagement” and the evolution of outdoor media were also covered.

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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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