Tech Stack
A New Bill Targets ‘Bad Bots’ That Scrape Websites Without Permission
Some political issues don’t become mainstream talking points, but that doesn’t make them any less urgent. They’re more like “hygiene [and] vegetables,” quipped Danielle Coffey, president and CEO of the News/Media Alliance, as in, a little unglamorous, but crucial for a healthy body. Or, in this case, a healthy content marketplace. In late July, three […]
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Shopper/Retail
How Polywood’s Chief Digital Officer Increases Repeat Purchases, Sales and More
Chief Digital Officer Ben Spiegel shares how he is transforming Polywood into a lifestyle brand with better personalization and a robust in-house marketing team.
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MarTech
Evaluating Martech Through Real-World Deployment Patterns
As AI accelerates the pace of marketing execution, weak foundations become harder to hide. That reality is why MartechTribe and the CMO Council developed the Apex Martech Matrix, a data-driven framework designed to understand what actually drives martech performance in the real world.
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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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Shopper/Retail
Tractor Supply CMO Aims to Balance AI With The Human Connection
At CommerceNext, Tractor Supply’s Chief Marketing Officer discusses how the retailer is using AI to do more, but still keeping its stores and employees as the hub of its brand.
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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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Shopper/Retail
How Pandora, Authentic Brands Balance Efficiency and Empathy in the AI Era
At the CommerceNext Growth Show in June, brand marketers from Pandora, Authentic Brands and G-III Apparel Group explained how they optimize AI without destroying their brands’ unique qualities and human elements.
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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.
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AI
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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AI
Large Language Models Are Overkill For Some Marketing Tasks. Enter The Small Language Model
It’s no secret that large language models (LLMs) have gotten exorbitantly expensive. Companies are starting to limit their employees’ AI usage to save money; OpenAI has even discussed lowering the cost of tokens to retain financially anxious customers. But you know what’s cheaper than a large language model? A small language model. AI company ZeroGPU […]
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CMO Council
AI Finds the Pattern. Human Marketers Break It.
In a new report from the CMO Council, First American VP of Brand Marketing Stephen Shultz describes how the company uses AI for original marketing.
