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Cynsiders
Women’s Sports: From Cultural Play to Marketing Powerhouse
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 […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Optimization Isn’t A Growth Strategy: The Leadership Decisions Hidden Behind Marketing Metrics
For senior leaders, marketing performance has rarely looked more measurable. Dashboards are cleaner, efficiency metrics are stable and optimization systems promise continuous improvement at scale. Yet many organizations are encountering a paradox: Performance appears strong, while durable growth remains elusive. Today, there’s a widening gap between what modern marketing systems are designed to optimize and […]
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Tech & AI
When Aflac Integrates AI into Customer Service — And When It Doesn’t
Insurance brand Aflac is piloting generative AI company-wide, including integrating it into its call center. SVP Keith Farley discusses balancing automation and empathy.
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CTV Roundup
Are CAPIs The Next Phase Of Performance TV?
Netflix unveiled its own conversion API, which is meant to help marketers and media buyers prove their streaming campaigns are actually producing real business outcomes. The news is part of the rising trend of CAPIs becoming more popular in streaming advertising environments.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Target Targets Families, White House Reframes Deportation, AI and CEO Trust
From Target’s bid to win back skeptical shoppers, to the White House’s quiet attempt to reframe one of its signature policies, to what actually builds credibility in the AI era—this week offered a masterclass in how brands and institutions communicate under pressure.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Beyond Automation: How AI Is Rewiring Control In The Ad Tech Stack
The advertising industry is full of noise about AI making buy-side and sell-side processes more efficient. That framing is convenient, but it misses a broader point. Speed and effectiveness are easy to celebrate. Power dynamics are harder to talk about. Most conversations about AI in ad tech focus on fewer manual steps, more dynamic creative, […]
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B-to-B Events
Field Report: The 10 Best Exhibits from CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026
Held every three years, CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 brought together more than 140,000 construction professionals from 128 countries to the Las Vegas Convention Center and Festival Grounds. The trade show, which ran March 3-7, featured the latest in construction equipment, emerging technologies and solutions for the job sites of the future. EM couldn’t resist donning our hard […]
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Shopper/Retail
Beauty Brand Clarins Rolls Out U.S. Mobile App to Assist Shoppers In-Store
Roughly a decade after discontinuing its first mobile app, beauty brand Clarin has tried again with a successful UK rollout and U.S. launch. The new app assists shoppers in-store, provides access to AI features and supports its growing subscription business.
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Shopper/Retail
Thorne Shifts Marketing Message Strategy Away From Product Focus
After a consumer survey, supplement brand Thorne launches a new marketing campaign that focuses on the brand’s differentiators rather than product outcomes, Chief Growth Officer Mary Beech shares.
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Marketers
How Molson Coors Keeps Creative Effectiveness On Tap
For Molson Coors, creative effectiveness is about more than just generating buzz; ad creative needs to boost sales and improve brand health. Who cares how funny or award-winning a piece of creative is if it’s not helping sell beer, said Sofia Colucci, North America CMO of Molson Coors, speaking at the Marketecture Live event in […]