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Billions in advertising will be up for grabs this year as a rash of brands look for new agencies.
The trend follows a slow 2020, when many marketers cut budgets and paused agency searches.
Coca-Cola, JetBlue, and Walmart are among the most valuable accounts up for grabs.
Advertisers slashed their budgets during the pandemic while suspending the long and expensive process of changing ad agencies.
But 2021 is expected to be an unusually active year for new business with billions in ad spending expected to change agency hands.
Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman William Sweet entered the National Football League as an undrafted rookie out of the University of North Carolina, earning a roster spot on the Arizona Cardinals in 2019. Before he ever played in a regular-season game, he found himself out for the year with a ligament injury.
The injury gave him time to realize that, even as a man in his early 20s, a lucrative pro sports career can end at any moment. So he started investing in real estate. Courtesy of William Sweet Dallas Cowboys tackle William Sweet during a recent visit to NASA.
“That s when my eyes opened up,” said Sweet, 23, who made his NFL debut with the Dallas Cowboys last year. “I wanted it to last forever. How can I make this last forever? Business was my way out.”
Minnesota Cracks Down on Restaurants Ignoring COVID Restrictions
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The administration of Governor Tim Walz has announced enforcement actions against three restaurants that continued operating despite the COVID pandemic restrictions the governor ordered before Thanksgiving.
One of the restaurants, Boardwalk Bar and Grill in East Grand Forks is the target of a temporary restraining order issued Friday afternoon by a judge in Polk County this afternoon requiring it to abide by the governor s order, which restricts restaurants to take out and delivery business. State Attorney General Keith Ellison requested the court order after the restaurant operator ignored an earlier cease-and-desist order issued by the State Health Department.