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Pointing to the World Cup and the New York Knicks, Kraft Heinz North America CMO Todd Kaplan said sports are one of the few places where brands can authentically connect with deeply engaged audiences.
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00:00Right now, as you look at the media landscape as well, live sports is the last great lean-in moment.
00:06You look what's happening with the World Cup now, if you see the New York Knicks, the things that just
00:09happened,
00:10the fandom, the connectivity and tribalism around sports in general.
00:15And if you can find a way to organically, authentically connect, and we have a lot of brands like,
00:19guess what, people eat Heinz in the stadium and they have Heinz at their home when they're eating french fries
00:24or grilling out or whatever it is.
00:26And so finding ways to drive those authentic connections in the right sports in the moments that matter,
00:31but doing so in relevant ways is what we've been focused on.
00:35So it's not about just, hey, be there as the official whatever of whatever, which is great,
00:39and there is value and authenticity to that point.
00:42And then what's the so what? What are you going to do with it?
00:44What's the creative idea and the execution?
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