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When a brand’s statement or action or advertisement inadvertently provokes a cancel culture backlash from certain sectors of their market, rather than apologize and go underground, companies are embracing the challenge, using it to energize new market opportunities and burnish their reputation with new audiences.

The use of AI is evolving at neck-breaking speed across every aspect of our lives, rapidly changing how we plan, work and even think. In trade shows, this evolution is also happening fast, with AI powering everything, from access to knowledge to agents that can be built with no coding skills. Here’s what we’re seeing […]

Hearing protection brand Axil is making a push to grow its brand through brand partnership and retail.

AI bots are hungry. They’re scraping information found on passports and credit cards and training on novels without authors’ consent. Even fanfiction has been used to train some (presumably quite nerdy) bots. But a bill proposed in the Senate a few weeks ago could change that. In late July, Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard […]

From Apartment Therapy’s sponsor-backed tools to MotorTrend’s interactive awards and Digital Trends’ AI gamification, publishers are finding fresh ways to keep audiences engaged. Here’s how they’re turning stickiness into loyalty—and loyalty into revenue.

Manscaped CMO Marcelo Kertész discusses the campaign inspiration, brand evolution, target market, strategic use of humor and his approach to creator-led content.

The historic marketing funnel, which treats buyers as leads to be captured, no longer reflects modern B2B buying behavior. Abdul Rastagar, co-founder of Sirona Marketing, offers up a new model: the buyer-aligned credibility ladder.

For more than 50 years, superfans of comics, movies, gaming and other popular arts have jetted to Comic-Con International for the community, the content, the cosplay—and the experiences. During this year’s event, July 24-27, EM joined the geek squad for a three-day jaunt through San Diego and its Gaslamp District, all in search of the […]

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? 

Ikea and Bet Buy are the latest retailers that are combining forces to feature a store within a store after Kohl’s models success with Sephora.