Retail executives are largely aligned on one point: Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental, but is central to how retailers expect to drive growth, improve customer experience, and build more resilient operations.
Publicis shows strong growth as AI takes center stage, but advertisers should monitor which holdcos prove AI-driven gains across planning, activation, and outcomes.
TikTok reliably draws strong results that make it a must-have for short-form social advertising, even amid uncertainty.
The European Commission is probing Google’s AI data practices to stop its search dominance from hardening into AI ad power.
Brands court affluent consumers with upgrades while discounting to retain price-sensitive buyers, hedging for the next rebound.
Market power drives Senate scrutiny for good reason; a combined Netflix–HBO Max would concentrate premium CTV buying without expanding total market size.
AI is entering prime TV ads, automating complex sponsorships that programmatic pipes were never built to handle.
Marketers could face a new challenge of podcast fragmentation, requiring more complex media planning.
The Post’s layoffs show how generative search is accelerating divergence among publishers—and suggests that AI-driven discovery is breaking legacy news.
Anthropic says it prioritizes trust over monetization; the company says ads inside AI chat would undermine credibility in work, health, and reasoning contexts.
Revenues jumped 30% YoY as consumers’ takeaway habits solidified.
While Chipotle struggles to get customers through the door, Taco Bell is gaining share.
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games will begin on February 6 with an opening ceremony that will also kick off advertisers looking to make the most of the global event.
Consumers accept AI, not wasted effort. Seamless AI-to-human handoffs in customer service drive spend and brand affinity.
Deal talks suggest a Microsoft-style alliance to bypass Anthropic limits and deliver more customizable, differentiated AI services.
60% of younger travelers use genAI for trip planning, but high dissatisfaction with generic and wrong answers remains a hurdle.
Smaller beauty brands are shaking up the retail space by achieving faster-growing sales than their big name competitors. Independently owned and operated brands with under $300 million in revenue, called "indie beauty brands" by NielsenIQ in a new report, are rising fast online and outpacing their conglomerate competitors in-store.
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New openings aim to improve convenience and support faster omnichannel fulfillment.
China consumer confidence shows few signs of improvement heading into the holiday period.