PepsiCo taps marketing SVP amid digital spend increase (Score 47)

Sales Lead: In May 2023, Stacy Taffet became the marketing SVP at PepsiCo.

  • Taffet joined the company in September 2007 and was most recently the brand marketing SVP for its Frito-Lay brand.
  • This promotion follows former CMO Rachel Ferdinando's 2022 promotion.
    • We will, of course, let you know if and when we confirm whether or not Taffet has succeeded Ferdinando.
  • The company will likely:
    • ​​​​​​​Implement strategy shifts
    • Keep increasing digital spend
    • Conduct agency reviews
  • Target demographic
    • ​​​​​​​Gen-Z and millennials with a slight male skew

Additional spending insights:

  • Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend); digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
    • View recent national TV and digital ad information for top brands here.
  • Additional channel insights  
    • The company utilizes digital, local broadcast, OOH, print, radio, Google Ads, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and online video (primarily via Youtube.com) ads.
    • PepsiCo sponsors podcasts such as Stuff You Should Know, NPR News Now, The Dan Patrick Show, The Economist Podcasts, and The Bobby Bones Show.

Additional agency insights:

Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by iSpot; digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics; additional channel insights estimated by Vivvix; podcast insights by Podchaser.

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