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B-to-B Events
How Brands Honored People in Exhibit Designs at ASCO 2026
From precision medicine to cell therapy and advanced diagnostics, oncology is rapidly evolving, improving patient outcomes and bringing hope. At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2026 Annual Meeting, which took place at McCormick Place in Chicago May 29 through June 2, science was paramount but another narrative was just as important—celebrating patients, clinicians […]
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Shopper/Retail
Economy Squeezes Back-To-School Spending, Deloitte Finds
Parents plan to cut discretionary back-to-school purchases and spend less per child. Retail marketers need to emphasize the value they provide to shoppers.
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Branding/Marketing
From Brand Storyteller to Business Strategist: MSIG USA CMO Jennifer Marino on the New CMO Mandate
CMOs used to just tell the brand story. Today, leaders like Jennifer Marino, CMO of specialty insurer MSIG USA, also shape strategy, manage reputation and steer the customer experience.
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Shopper/Retail
Gritty Ambassadors To Increase Brand Awareness At Every Man Jack
The personal care brand refreshes its packaging, launches a new brand platform and taps sports influencers in a push to increase its marketing efficiency, said the VP of Brand.
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AI
AI Is Spreading Inaccurate Information About Brands. This Tool Can Help Fix That
There’s an old adage that all press is good press – but, as pretty much any marketer can tell you, that isn’t always true. As more consumers turn to AI for conducting product research, brands need to pay attention to not just when they’re showing up in the results but how. Sentiment and accuracy should […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Q2 2026 Was The Quarter AI Media Started To Scale
Advertising in AI-native destinations and experiences is already starting to look less like a series of experiments and more like an emerging market. Three months ago, I argued that AI platforms had started acting like media companies. Now, the conversation has already changed. It wasn’t simply that OpenAI introduced ads in ChatGPT and advertisers started […]
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Threads Finds Its People, World Cup Builds a New U.S. Fanbase, and Local News Decline Reshapes CSR
What Threads’ third birthday tells us about the platform’s evolving identity, record World Cup viewership, and new research on how the disappearance of local newspapers is changing CSR.
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Digital & Technology
85% of Tech Journalists Have a Primary PR Contact. How to Be That Person.
When Nycole Walsh and her research team at Kickstand surveyed 350 tech journalists about what’s working in their inboxes, 69% said they have warned a colleague about a specific PR person to avoid.
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AI
MFA Ad Spend Is Increasing. Is AI Slop To Blame?
This year, the percentage of ad spend going toward made-for-advertising (MFA) sites went up instead of down for the first time since 2023.
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AI
Why Retail Marketers Need to Treat AI Agents as Customers, Not Tools
According to Kartik Hosanagar, Faculty Co-Director of the Wharton Human-AI Research Center, AI isn’t just a new technology or tool; it’s a new customer. And brands must analyze how it makes purchase decisions.