Tech Stack
Everpure’s Rebrand Reflects the New Rules of B2B Marketing in the AI Era
Everpure CMO Lynn Lucas dishes on the company’s rebrand, how AI is changing marketing and why trust remains a critical differentiator in B2B.
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Shopper/Retail
How Helzberg’s New Product Data System Drives Customer Acquisition
Fine jewelry retailer Helzberg increased online sales by 25% and accelerated product launches after implementing a new data asset management system.
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AI
How A New MCP Is Helping Advertisers Bet Bigger On YouTube
YouTube doesn’t have an official MCP server, so third parties have had to take matters into their own hands. On Wednesday, video advertising platform Pixability joined the conversation with the launch of a Model Context Protocol-enabled agent built specifically for YouTube ads that allows clients to integrate Pixability’s proprietary YouTube intelligence and data into their […]
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AI
Ad Revenue Stands To Grow By 8.9% This Year – And AI Might Be Why
WPP Media released its annual global midyear forecast on Tuesday, and the report’s central theme should be enough to give pause to anyone who paid attention in history class.
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AI
This AI ‘Brain’ Wants To Get Rid Of The Grunt Work In Creative Campaigns
Agentic systems and the scarecrow from “The Wizard of Oz” have more in common than you might think: They’re both in dire need of a brain. At least, Innovid thinks so. Last year, Mediaocean-owned Innovid, which, these days, describes itself as an omnichannel ad platform, came out with an orchestration layer to connect fragmented data […]
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AI
StatSocial’s New AI Tool Digital Twins Is Helping Shepherd To Pressure-Test Audience Insights
Finding the right audience is hard. Finding an audience that barely exists in traditional research panels is even harder. That’s the challenge agencies face when clients want insights into highly specific consumer groups, such as politically independent news subscribers or niche investor communities. Recruiting those audiences can take weeks and cost thousands of dollars, often […]
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Shopper/Retail
Fenty Strategizes To Rank in Agentic AI Platforms
After noticing a ‘seismic shift’ in consumers using agentic platforms, Chief Digital Officer at Fenty Beauty Brands shares pillars of how the brand is adapting to the shopper’s new way of discovering products.
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Marketers
5 Tips for Addressing the Pivotal Changes in B2B Buying Models
Too many B2B vendors have yet to modify their sales models in response to gen AI search habits, marketplace turbulence and economic volatility. For those sellers unsure of how to address GTM changes, Forrester offers some suggestions.
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AI
How Much Are Bots Costing You? IAB Tech Lab Wants Content Owners To Find Out
The bots are hungry for content. The content owners are hungry for monetization. And the IAB Tech Lab is working on new recommendations that will – hopefully – help everyone get fed. On Wednesday, the Tech Lab released its guidance for bot management strategies, which is open for public comment until June 26. The purpose […]
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Research
Survey: Despite Positive C-Suite Relationships, Few CMOs Feel Equipped to Meet Goals
The vast majority of CMOs and communications leaders surveyed in a report from Arketi Group and executive search firm JM Search described their relationships with the C-suite as positive. And 67% said that alignment with the C-suite was a top driver of CMO tenure. Yet only 38% of those surveyed felt set up for success.
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AI
AI Needs Humans In The Lead, Not Just In The Loop, Says JPMorgan Chase Programmatic Lead
Hot take: Sometimes, having more guardrails isn’t a limitation. Instead, the added responsibilities can actually make automation easier, according to Melissa Bonnick, EVP, head of programmatic for JPMorgan Chase. As a financial services company, JPMorgan Chase is beholden to stricter rules than brands in most other verticals. But those restrictions make it easy to communicate […]