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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Following last year’s first-ever SEMrush awards, the platform is now taking nominations for this year’s AU Search Awards, which is set to celebrate online marketing teams and campaigns at a ceremony in November. So reports CSO from IDG.

This year’s awards will be given out in more than 20 categories, and “entries are open to anyone in the marketing sector in Australia and New Zealand, including those working for brands and agencies,” according to the article. The awards will be presented at the Sydney Opera House on Nov. 12 and the first deadline for submission is Sept. 6.

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According to information from Blis, 68% of Australia’s marketing executives reported they have trouble showing a return on investment (ROI) when compiling and using location data. So reports MarTechSeries.

Further, 25% of respondents indicate they “do not know how to apply location data to their brand.” Location-based advertising has continued to grow and advance despite trouble synthesizing associated data.

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A new report shows 230 million Indian internet users, with $300 billion in annual spending power, prefer consuming their online content in Indian languages. So reports Your Story.

The report, ‘Vernacular is NOW, Not the Future’, was compiled by consulting firm RedSeer. Data also indicates that while some startup companies are shifting away from English into regional tongues, there may be value in using English for ads in larger, more diverse, metro markets.

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As protestors flood the streets of Hong Kong, large brands have largely chosen not to take sides, despite generally trying to align themselves with the needs of consumers. So reads a Campaign Asia-Pacific editorial.

“It's disappointing that no one has found, or dared to find, some way to at least show some modicum of affinity with this inarguably significant thing that's happening,” said Matthew Miller, managing editor at Campaign Asia-Pacific. According to the article, some smaller brands have taken a stand, though.

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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. 

Read the full article from Channel News Asia.