Research
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AI
Jasper State of AI Report: Marketers’ Responsibilities Shift, ROI Harder to Prove
Jasper’s “The State of AI in Marketing 2026″ report details how marketers roles have shifted, where ROI is more difficult and how companies plan to invest.
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Research
Capgemini Survey: Consumers Seek Online Deals, Transparency, Balanced Use of Tech
Tech convenience and a human touch. Price consciousness and selective splurging. Openness to AI and wariness of it. Shoppers are rife with contradictions, according to Capgemini’s report “What Matters to Today’s Consumers 2026.”
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Branding/Marketing
Marketing to Clean Beauty Shoppers: Five Categories of Consumers
Executives from AI-driven predictive marketing intelligence company Sooth share their research findings on the maturation of the clean beauty category and the resulting implications for marketers and professionals seeking to connect with these consumers.
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Branding/Marketing
CMO Strategy, AI & Brand: Top Stories of 2025
Following were the most engaging Chief Marketer stories of 2025 — from a case study in higher education marketing to a creator network launch from Lowe’s to a McKinsey growth study examining the CMO-CEO disconnect.
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Research
Survey: B2B Tech Firms Race to Keep Up with AEO, More-Agile Competitors
When it comes to marketing and PR, most business technology companies feel they’re playing catch-up in a race whose rules keep changing. That’s according to “How to Win Influence in B2B Tech,” a report from comms agency 3Thinkrs based on a survey of 400 B2B tech CMOs in the U.S. and U.K.
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Tech & AI
Digital Trends Report: The Tech Set to Influence the Sports and Media Landscape
Sports marketing agency IMG has released its eighth annual Digital Trends Report, highlighting the technologies and innovations set to influence the sports and media landscape over the coming year. Ashley Shaner, IMG’s Vice President of Strategy & Operations for Digital, shares key insights.
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Research
Harris Poll: Marketers Must Combat Algorithmic Sameness and Appeal to a Lottery Mindset
According to Harris Poll research, marketers need to oppose the trend of “beigeification” created by repetitive, omnipresent digital media and social algorithms, and cater to a public that has adopted a lottery mindset.
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Social Media & SEO
TikTok and AI Engagement Lift the Fastest Growing Brands in 2025
Morning Consult’s Fastest Growing Brands report sparks conversation in the communications and marketing industries. The findings point to major shifts in how consumers discover, trust and engage with brands.
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Trends
Broadridge Survey: Most Companies Miss the Customer Experience Mark
A new survey finds that 71% of consumers say that most of the companies they do business with need to improve their customer experience.
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Research
Forrester Survey: Customer Experience the Top Focus for B2C CMOs in 2026
A new survey from Forrester suggests that many B2C CMOs are planning to make the customer experience (CX) their top priority in 2026 — a notable shift from last year, when CX didn’t even crack the top five priorities in the same survey.
