Year: 2025
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Shopper/Retail
Furniture.com Taps Agentic AI to Double its Repeat Shopper Rate
After listening to customer surveys, Furniture.com moves from being a lead generator to a marketplace with the help of AI agents. GM Dan Russotto says the goal is to double its repeat shoppers.
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Branding/Marketing
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Engagement Is the Ultimate Cross-Industry Brand Play
Taylor Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce is more than the latest celebrity headline. Swift and Kelce are major brand names in their respective industries, and their romance provides marketing and communications professionals with a premium case study in cross-industry branding.
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Trade Shows
B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Kelsey Schneider
For Kelsey Schneider, experiential marketing has always been a numbers game. From the time she stepped into her role as a data and analytics specialist at GE HealthCare 11 years ago, to her current position as the company’s global event manager, Schneider’s penchant for quantifying and dissecting event ROI has been critical to advancing her career and moving the needle for the business.
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Data-Driven Thinking
What Raising Teens Taught Me About Ethical Marketing In A Hyper-Engaged World
Building a career in social media marketing while raising kids has been a unique, dichotomous experience. From 9 am to 5 pm, I’m heads-down, focused on maximizing audience growth and engagement while crafting content designed to captivate viewers and keep their eyes (and thumbs) locked in. At home, however, I find myself actively monitoring the […]
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Programming
Why Disney Is Taking Sling TV to Court
When Sling TV announced the launch of short-term passes, we wondered whether any programmers included in those packages would raise objections. Not only did Disney speak up but on Tuesday, it filed a lawsuit against DISH Network.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Soda-Powered Car Washes and Financial Speed Dates
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Evolution Fresh’s Soda-Powered Car Wash, Chime’s speed-dating pop-up, ESPN’s E train takeover, an in-store Nike x Milk Makeup activation and AARP New York’s Social Security celebration.
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AdExchanger Talks
ROAS? Nah. The Home Depot’s All About ROMO
Seriously, guys. Enough with the ROAS (return on ad spend) obsession. It’s time for a smarter approach to measurement that focuses on more than short-term outcomes, says Melanie Babcock-Brown, VP of media and monetization for Orange Apron Media, The Home Depot’s retail media network. When retail media took off around five years ago, retailers concentrated […]
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Cynopsis: Sports
Cynopsis Sports 8/26/25: ESPN, Fox Take a Direct-to-Consumer Leap; NFL’s Latest Plays and the Latest on MLB Media Rumors
Tuesday August 26, 2025 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is your monthly Cynopsis Sports newsletter. While summer may be coming to an imminent close, football season is kicking off across all levels. One area that continues to evolve is how fans are able to tune in and cheer for their favorite teams. […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
The Unsung Hero Of Ad Tech’s AI Revolution: The Cloud
Since ChatGPT exploded into public consciousness, the conversation in ad tech has centered around AI. Generative tools, predictive models, attention algorithms: AI now touches nearly every part of the ecosystem, from media planning and creative to optimization and reporting. But while AI captures the spotlight, another foundational technology has quietly enabled much of this progress: […]
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Digital & Technology
AI Bots: Identifying and Defending Your Brand
In this clip, Mary Beth Levin, Manager, Social Strategy and Analytics at the United States Postal Service explains how to identify bots on social media and through influencer partnerships, as well as how to protect your brand when the bots turn against you.
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