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Nearly 40,0000 people attended The National Retail Federation’s annual conference NRF ’25 in New York City in January. The Big Show included 6,200 brands, 1,000 exhibitors, 450 speakers and 400 media/analysts.   I attended; I listened; I learned. Now I’m back with six key takeaways from the conference:   1. If you haven’t invested in A.I. yet, you […]

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover ice festivals, true crime spas and Big Rings.

PRNEWS talked to Tim Marklein, Founder and CEO, Big Valley Marketing, about the role of AI in content, how communicators can bridge the trust gap and, what disclosure can do for a brand, organization or public figure.

This week’s PR Roundup looks at the migration to RedNote, consumers’ distaste for trend posts, how companies are responding to DEI pressure and a unique anniversary celebration.

Multiple different criminal rings around the world are orchestrating surgical phishing scams that target ad industry media buyers. Specifically, fraudsters are duping ad buyers who log into Google Ads after running a Google search. The scammers serve fraudulent sponsored search links to these ad executives, and then hack into their accounts and use their funds […]

It’s a brand-new year, and singles are taking the time to reflect, reset and restart their dating journeys with open hearts. The first Sunday in January is annually recognized as Dating Sunday, the busiest day for dating apps, and Tinder revealed the internal data to back this up: Swipe activity is nearly 20-percent higher than […]

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover toy-sized pop-ups, a Fantasy Foodball Pool, and live from New York, it’s The SNL50 Experience.

The US will soon have a unified federal government under the incoming administration. While much of its agenda is unclear and margins in the House and Senate are razor thin, we can expect that the next two years will be relatively business-friendly, deregulatory and somewhat hostile to expansive regulatory regimes.  Indeed, the unexpected resignation of […]

AI is transforming how business gets done — and in 2025, those changes will only accelerate. We’ve pulled together nine key predictions about where AI is headed, from new regulations to practical applications affecting your day-to-day work.

CES may be about seeing the most cutting edge consumer tech, but Consumer Technology Association CEO, Gary Shapiro, wants attendees to see the personal connections, too.