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A Candy Brand Seeks the Sweet Spot Between Following and Faith
Television

A Candy Brand Seeks the Sweet Spot Between Following and Faith

Jamie Laing, the British television personality who founded the vegan confectionery brand Candy Kittens, mentioned to The Times last week that he would love to bring McVitie's back into the family — Mr. Laing being the great-great-grandson of the man who invented the digestive biscuit. Given that McVitie's parent company, Pladis, generates more than £3

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A Mother's Day Without the Minivan
Agencies

A Mother's Day Without the Minivan

The calendar, as always, presented marketers with a familiar challenge: how to say something about motherhood that has not already been said approximately four billion