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PR Roundup examines Peloton’s conflicting messaging, a study showing that LGBTQ+ visibility in advertising and messaging is important to consumers, and tariff price increases are here—so how should that be communicated? 

Herding cats. A wild goose chase. Leading a horse to water (or, more specifically, trying to make it drink). Pick your animal-related idiom of choice, because no matter what, the point is the same: Sometimes, you try your best, and things still feel out of your control. That’s what it can feel like for marketers […]

Facing financial concerns and an unclear future, many shoppers are planning to approach the holiday season differently than they have in the past. A report from Wunderkind outlines what to keep in mind as brands gear up for the holiday shopping rush.

Vanity metrics have been a sugar rush for marketers for nearly two decades, but they’re ultimately unsatisfying. Clicks, likes, page views and time-on-site may look impressive on a dashboard or great in a deck, but they rarely correlate to true success where it matters: revenue, growth and long-term business performance. These surface-level metrics give a […]

This week’s PR Roundup looks at what communicators can learn from Sony’s public pledge for product sustainability, a new list honoring the top 50 independent creator-journalists and the continuing problem of AI summary results for the news industry and earned media.

By Chris Hogg, Chief Revenue Officer, Lotame   AI-powered tools promise smarter targeting, faster insights, and better business outcomes. But without a durable, privacy-first identity strategy, they can’t deliver. Why? Because the data these tools run on is typically incomplete, inconsistent, or disconnected. The fragmentation of media means that while signals arrive from dozens of […]

Dentsu-owned media agency Carat wants to understand audiences better, and its solution is an introvert’s dream: cut down on human conversations and bring in the bots. On Thursday, Carat announced a partnership with Vurvey Labs (a portmanteau of “video” and “survey”), an agentic AI-powered research platform that uses short video surveys to quickly get insights about […]

Half a dozen major merchants—Fat Brain Toys, E.l.f., Topdrawer, Schmidt Brothers Cutlery, Swingline Staplers and The Honest Kitchen—share strategies on communicating their tariff woes and price increases.

Half a dozen major merchants — Fat Brain Toys, E.l.f., Topdrawer, Schmidt Brothers Cutlery, Swingline Staplers and The Honest Kitchen — share strategies on communicating their tariff woes and price increases. The 2025 tariff headlines have kept retailers and shoppers alike on their toes, with taxes on imports going from high to higher, to paused, […]

This week’s PR Roundup looks at the HR AI crisis for McDonald’s hiring methods, Morning Consult’s latest study on newsletter consumption and subscriptions and a new GIF-tionary for office slang.