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NRF digs into Gen Z consumer spending patterns, plus forecasts 4.4% retail growth in 2026, in annual State of Retail & the Consumer event.

The age-old question for streaming TV advertisers is how to target the viewers they want while reaching the scale their businesses need. The quick-serve restaurant operator CKE, which owns Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s and the Red Burrito and Green Burrito brands, initially dealt with the challenge of targeting and scale by consolidating marketing under one national […]

FedEx delivers more than 15 million packages per day in the US. It runs one the largest, most time-sensitive logistics networks on planet Earth. Last year, it had a 95.3% on-time score for package delivery during the peak parcel season. Wow. But what if you’re part of the 4.7% percent? I’d argue a company whose […]

Baby products brand Munchkin launches its first-ever baby formula exclusively at Target and its own website. GM Kristin Pagano shares why its target market is a challenge to acquire.

America’s Test Kitchen introduced direct and programmatic buying for its free ad-supported TV channels – marking the first time it’s selling ad inventory as a standalone package.

Using machine learning to automate and optimize ads is familiar to publishers. For years, this tech has helped publishers tune floors and serve the best ads behind the scenes. Now, publishers are exploring automation and optimization through agentic AI. Many publishers have identified a similar use case: sales agents who actively make decisions in the […]

For years, “inventory cleanup” (or “rationalization”) meant one thing: curating the domain list. Whitelists, blacklists, inclusion lists, MFA lists, premium lists, “approved publisher” lists. The industry uses them to reduce risk, improve quality and create a sense of control in an open marketplace that often feels chaotic. That era is ending.  It’s not because domain […]

When one hears “agent” these days, one automatically thinks “AI” – but that’s not what this story is about. This is a story about how agencies are losing what makes them agents – as in, putting the interests of their clients first. Ad agency holding companies are among the most adaptable businesses out there. In recent […]

Camera brand Nikon hosts free camera workshops during the South by Southwest festival to spur shoppers to try cameras and post pictures.

Women’s sports are no longer just a cultural signal for brands — they’re becoming a strategic cornerstone of the modern media mix. As investment accelerates and audiences scale, marketers are discovering that these environments deliver more than goodwill or alignment; they drive measurable business outcomes. WPP Media, in partnership with EDO, Adverteyes, and VideoAmp, has […]