Archive - 2x - marketing at warp speed

June 2025

Fake urgency is dead. Brands are manufacturing status instead.

I watched Redditors complain about the 220-minute queue as a million people (and likely lots of bots) competed for 5,000 bars of Sydney Sweeney x Dr.

Jun 26 •

sam ogborn

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