Word: hobart
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...This is such a fundamental change from anything we've done in the past," says Lauren Hobart, chief marketing officer for Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages. "It's a big shift. We explored different launch plans, and the Super Bowl just wasn't the right venue, because we're really trying to spark a full-year movement from the ground up. The plan is to have much more two-way dialogue with our customers." (See the 19 stadiums that have hosted the Super Bowl...
...seems like a good cause. But don't leave Super Bowl advertising for dead. CBS, which will broadcast the game, just sold out its Super Bowl ad inventory, and stalwarts like Coke and Anheuser-Busch are still running spots. "This is our big effort for 2010 and beyond," says Hobart, the Pepsi marketing executive. "We think it's a flagship for our company. But I would never say we wouldn't entertain Super Bowl advertising again." If Pepsi realizes it fumbled by skipping this year's Super Bowl, there is no doubt that it will rush right back into...