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Snapchat Arms Advertisers With a Holiday 'Commerce Power Pack'
Snap is putting AI-recommended shoppable ads into private Chat for the holidays. A real performance opportunity - if brands respect messaging as personal space.
Sep 143 min read


Cheez-It Seats Fans on the 'Couch Committee' for College Football
Cheez-It's 'Couch Committee' imitates the sports-debate shows its fans already binge. A tidy lesson in building renewable content platforms, not one-off spots.
Sep 142 min read


AI Buying Platforms Will Run 27% of US Ad Spend by 2030, Forecast Says
AI buying platforms will handle 27% of US ad spend by 2030, a new forecast says, as global ad revenue tops $1.3tn. Why inputs, not autopilot, will decide winners.
Sep 143 min read


Hilton's 16-Year CMO Mark Weinstein Checks Out
Hilton's 16-year CMO Mark Weinstein is stepping down with no successor named. Why long marketing tenure is an underrated competitive asset.
Sep 142 min read


Old Navy Bets Its Back-to-School Season on One Creator: MrBeast
Old Navy anchored back-to-school on one creator, MrBeast, and traffic to its kids' range jumped 22%. Why creators are becoming the campaign, not the cameo.
Sep 143 min read


Amazon Plugs Its Advertisers Into ChatGPT as the AI Ad War Goes Mainstream
Amazon is letting advertisers buy ChatGPT placements through its DSP - pushing 'ads inside the chatbot' into the mainstream. What marketers should do now.
Sep 143 min read


Caesars Sportsbook 'Has Had Some Work Done' for Football Season
Caesars Sportsbook gives Clay Matthews an over-the-top 'looksmaxxing' makeover — real prosthetics, no AI — to dramatise its app upgrades for NFL season, via agency Fellow Kids.
Sep 112 min read


The UPS Store Debuts Its First Brand Character, 'Blu,' to Sell Beyond Shipping
The UPS Store has launched 'Blu,' its first brand character, to unify messaging around printing, shredding and mailboxes — and remind small businesses it's more than a shipping counter.
Sep 112 min read


Athletic Brewing Names Dan Kleinman as CMO to Power an 'Adult Non-Alc' Land Grab
Athletic Brewing has hired Deutsch Family and Diageo veteran Dan Kleinman as CMO, as the non-alcoholic beer leader ramps national media 120% and lands a MetLife Stadium deal.
Sep 112 min read


Johnsonville Puts Sausage on the 2026 Ballot to Cut Through Political Ads
Johnsonville's 'Sausage for Dinner 2026' parodies political attack ads to cut through midterm noise — complete with lawn signs, a gen-AI TV spot and a food-insecurity tie-in.
Sep 113 min read


DeepIntent Launches 'Cora,' a Fully Agentic Ad Platform for Healthcare
DeepIntent has launched Cora, billed as the first fully agentic marketing platform for healthcare — letting marketers direct AI agents in plain language across strategy and activation.
Sep 113 min read


Tubi Goes Global With 'Find Any Feeling for Free'
Tubi's biggest-ever campaign, 'Find Any Feeling for Free' by Mischief @ No Fixed Address, leans on Y2K nostalgia to sell its free library as the cure for anyone chasing a feeling.
Sep 113 min read


Brands Start Buying 'Agent Ads' to Influence AI Shopping Bots
US publishers and brands including Time and Wayfair are building ads and data feeds aimed at AI agents, not humans, as agentic shopping begins to reroute buying decisions.
Sep 103 min read


Five Guys Names Mirimar as Its First Creative AOR, Ending the Word-of-Mouth Era
Five Guys has appointed LA agency Mirimar as its creative agency of record, cementing a more deliberate marketing push after decades of relying on word of mouth.
Sep 103 min read


Anthropologie Adds Nike as Sneaker Shoppers Surge Nearly 30%
Anthropologie is stocking Nike for the first time as sneaker-seeking customers jump almost 30% year on year, doubling down on footwear as its most valuable shopper segment.
Sep 103 min read


GLP-1 Insurance Cutbacks Push Weight-Loss Marketers Into Brand Mode
As employers and insurers pull back GLP-1 coverage, drugmakers like Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are pivoting from awareness ads to brand-building for a growing out-of-pocket market.
Sep 103 min read


US Publishers' Paid-Search Spend Jumps 274% as AI Craters Organic Traffic
US news publishers are spending hundreds of millions a month buying search traffic to offset AI-driven organic declines, with paid-search budgets up 274% in three years.
Sep 103 min read


BBDO's Andrew Robertson Takes Over Omnicom Advertising as Troy Ruhanen Retires
Omnicom has named BBDO chairman Andrew Robertson CEO of its combined Omnicom Advertising division as founding chief Troy Ruhanen retires after two decades.
Sep 103 min read


My Code Adds Three C-Suite Leaders as the Multicultural Media Firm Bets on Video
My Code, billed as the largest US multicultural media and marketing company, has appointed a new chief revenue officer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer as it pushes deeper into video and CTV.
Sep 93 min read


Hyundai's 'Little Warrior' Campaign Casts Childhood-Cancer Survivors as Heroes — and Shows No Cars
For Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, Hyundai's Hope on Wheels program launched 'Little Warrior', a campaign centred entirely on young cancer survivors with no vehicles in the creative.
Sep 93 min read
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