T.L. Stanley
T.L. Stanley is a Los Angeles-based senior editor at Adweek, where she specializes in consumer trends, cannabis marketing, meat alternatives, pop culture, challenger brands and creativity.
Social Campaign For THC-Spiked Drink Cleverly Treads The Line On Paid Weed Ad Rules
Brand Marketing
No logos or product shots, just mood-boosting ASMR for the eyes.
As Taco Bell Brings Back Potatoes, a Plant-Based Partnership With Beyond Is in the Works
Brand Marketing
The march of fake meat continues at the country’s fast food chains, with Taco Bell being the latest to join a movement that already includes its sister restaurants KFC and [...]
Michael Bublé Touts New Bubly Deal With SodaStream, Still Insists It’s Named After Him
The Canadian crooner keeps the joke going, from a 2019 Super Bowl ad to a 2021 brand collaboration.
Veganuary, a Movement to Skip Meat and Dairy, Has Grown 50% in 2021, Attracting 100 Brands
Brand Marketing
Tabitha Brown, a small-town North Carolina native turned vegan influencer, grew up eating whatever was put in front of her, which sometimes included squirrel, turtle and opossum. “Don’t judge me, [...]
2021 Could Usher in a Golden Age of Cannabis Marketing
Brand Marketing
The industry ends the year in the strongest position of its young life, with Greg Butler, chief commercial officer of Cresco Labs, likening it to “a roaring wave—it can’t be [...]
5 of the Best Cannabis Marketing Moves in 2020
Powerful documentaries, virtual smoke-outs and socially conscious campaigns cap a banner year.
Fermentation, Fungus and Labriculture: How the Plant-Based Phenomenon Will Expand in 2021
Get ready for microalgae and fava beans, pig-free pork rinds, and veggie-based spreads that are definitely not your grandmother’s tubs of margarine. The future of plant-based food is now, according [...]
Here’s Just How Divided Millennials and Boomers Are About Going Plant-Based This Holiday
Baby boomers, many of them reared on glazed ham and stuffed turkey for the holidays, aren’t fully convinced that they should change those dining habits. That might set them up [...]
How Cannabis Brands Are Preparing for a Christmas Green Rush
Brand Marketing
Green Wednesday, a nascent holiday in the cannabis universe, came out with buds blazing in 2020, showing triple-digit sales spikes around the country on Nov. 25 and setting the weed [...]
Kroger Got Jeff Goldblum and Sterling K. Brown to Decorate Cookies, and It’s So Wholesome
The sponsored video by Funny or Die builds on the 'Cooking With Jeff' digital series.