# Lessons from America's Hottest Brands

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Podcast: [Ad Age Marketer's Brief](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ad-age-marketer-s-brief-244230)
Published: 2026-07-22T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

What does it take to be one of America's Hottest Brands? We comb through our annual list of 20 brands having a moment to discern marketing lessons applicable to brands of any type or size. Find out how NeeDoh and Pink are taking consumer listening to the next level and what Grillo's did to strike smart brand collabs. Ad Age's E.J. Schultz and Adrianne Pasquarelli also discuss other lessons, including how Dutch Bros taps into fan passions and what Nuuly did to break down operational silos. Plus, find out how Costco cracked the list, absent any really expensive advertising. America's Hottest Brands not only provides marketing lessons, the list speaks to the moment we are living in. Two sustainable fashion brands made the cut—Nuuly and Depop—and so did an AI brand—Claude, which is locked into a marketing battle with OpenAI that is the modern-day version of Coke versus Pepsi. Not that the Knicks need more love, but we could not keep them off the list, given how the team stole the sports marketing conversation for weeks this summer. Dig deeper: Lessons from America's Hottest Brands America's 20 Hottest Brands

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