Tech Stack
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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.
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Research
Gartner CMO Spend Survey: Budgets Reflect Increase in Consumption-Based Martech, Paid Media Spend
According to the 2026 Gartner CMO Spend Survey, a shift toward consumption-based martech solutions coincides with the decrease in martech as a percentage of marketing spend. We review the highlights of the report, including insights on increased paid media spend and AI maturity.
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Shopper/Retail
How FragranceNet Weighs the Cost of RCS Marketing
The newer form of text marketing, rich communication services, delivers more engagement from shoppers but a richer price tag for retailers.
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AI
The Agentic Media Buying Platform That Says The Less AI, The Better
Everywhere you look, a new agentic measurement tool seems to have sprung up. Agentic execution layers, on the other hand, are harder to come by, according to Nathan Venezia, founder of Concord. (As you may have guessed, Concord, which is based in France, is a platform for agentic media executions.) “I’m not going to say […]
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AI
At Its First-Ever Cannes, OpenAI Says ‘We Are Clearly In The Advertising Business Now’
OpenAI didn’t make its Cannes Lions debut from a Croisette rooftop or in a branded beach club. Instead, the company summoned a small group of reporters late Monday morning to a semi-secluded outdoor patio located a roughly 15-minute walk from the festival’s main center of gravity. It was a rather sedate way to unveil what […]
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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.