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The report finds US consumers have tighter budgets, growing AI influence and high customer experience expectations heading into the holiday season

What starts as a quick regional fix or a departmental workaround rarely stays small — and by the time leaders notice, it's already a liability hiding in plain sight.

Droga5 São Paulo's Diego Limberti and Black Madre Studio's André Maciel explain why brand recall and emotional loyalty is built through authentic design, strong brand identity, and meaning rather than rewards.

Generative AI has made campaign planning dramatically faster, but advertising success is still determined by execution. The next competitive advantage will come from AI that can operate campaigns, not simply recommend them.

As shoppers ask ChatGPT what to buy before they ever click an ad, marketers are learning that ROAS was never built to capture the moment demand is actually created.

Incrementality has become the benchmark for proving media effectiveness, but marketers still need attribution, MMM and performance analytics to understand why campaigns succeed or fail.

Industry leaders from Kevel, DG Media Network and The Trade Desk discuss why the future of retail media lies in unified decisioning, connected measurement and commerce data.

New research reveals that culturally relevant brands are valued nearly 3x higher, giving CMOs new evidence that investing in culture directly drives long-term business value.

The Buy Box shifts in minutes. Stockouts hit search rankings for weeks. Retail media runs on real-time auctions. And most brands are still checking in once a week.

People aren't afraid of autonomous systems. They're afraid of unaccountable ones. The answer isn't less autonomy. It's autonomy that's been earned, says John Kim, CEO of Delight.AI & Sendbird.