Marketing stories
More creators in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Brazil can now earn commissions by tagging Shopee products in Instagram posts and Reels.
The recognition underscores how governed customer data is becoming essential as marketers shift toward real-time decisions and AI-driven personalisation.
Missed promotion windows are costing grocery retailers up to EUR €50,000 as campaign production outpaces manual workflows.
A voluntary framework may help brands and agencies avoid disputes over consent, attribution and commercial use as AI spreads through marketing.
Disjointed ticketing, commerce and app data are making it harder for clubs to spot churn, target offers and boost matchday revenue.
Monthly active customers climbed 220% as marketers moved from testing to routine use of AI tools built into Kentico's platform.
Consumers may see very different beauty brand suggestions depending on which AI assistant they ask, a study has found.
Business users gain faster, cheaper image generation and new video editing tools as Google Cloud rolls out Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash.
Rushed teams are spending hours fixing AI copy, with most marketers saying the technology adds manual work rather than saving time.
Streaming viewers can spend up to 10 minutes choosing what to watch, giving brands a rare chance to grab attention before the show starts.
Rising living costs are pushing New Zealand shoppers to compare prices, reviews and product details across AI, social media and search.
More than half of UK consumers are likelier to engage when brands react to live events, but internal bottlenecks are slowing marketers down.
Bad contact data is costing large Australian organisations hundreds of thousands of dollars a year through delayed payments, fraud risk and wasted spend.
Rising living costs are pushing 71% of online shoppers to compare more options and cross-check purchases across more channels before buying.
The Florida optical shop lifted revenue by 16% after owner Lea Agramonte used free training to tighten budgets and adopt digital tools.
In-house teams often miss hidden salary, tooling and efficiency costs that can wipe out the savings from ditching agency retainers.
Americans largely misunderstand how chatbots source brand answers, leaving companies at risk of being invisible in AI search results.
Many marketers are still unclear how to use agentic AI, even as pilots remain limited and governance questions grow across the industry.
Most AI-discovered brands still face a trust test, as 79% of UK users check other sources before buying and only 4% would skip that step.
Outsourced fulfilment has freed the Lincoln confectionery firm to scale up, with daily collections replacing weekly dispatches and turnover climbing.