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Welcome to our weekly wrap-up, which highlights the most exciting stories from the advertising and marketing industry over the past week.  Here are the top stories for the week ending August 14, 2026, as chosen by our readers:

• Branded Cities Shakes Up Canada Sales Team
  
• Alan Wen Promoted to Vice President of Growth Marketing at TD
• Media Buyers Moves For August 12, 2026 (Spark Foundry Canada, WPP Media, Touché!)
• PepsiCo Elevates Connor Crumplen to Lead Potato Chips Marketing
• Building Brand Affinity: Inside GMC's Largest Immersive Activation at the Calgary Stampede
• Marketers On The Move: Cake Beauty, Northland Properties, Peakhill Capital
• Michelle Gupta appointed Head of Marketing at Hershey Canada
• Maureen Kitheka Appointed Executive Head of Marketing at Dr. Oetker Canada
• Media Buyers Moves For August 10, 2026 (Cossette Media, WPP Media)
• Inside Porter Airlines' Blind Box Marketing Strategy