The retailer’s leadership reshuffle signals a long-term bet on agentic commerce and faster, AI-fueled retail.
Digital keeps growing, but differently; slower growth rates signal market maturity, forcing marketers to prioritize mix, performance, and flexibility.
Retail display ad pricing held steady heading into the 2025 holiday season, even as ad spending surged across major categories, according to our Industry KPI data.
Dunkin’, Starbucks, and Walmart are among those looking to capitalize on “better for you” food trends.
Our analysts (or “bakers”) compete in a Great British Bake Off–style episode, discussing why podcasts will be more important to digital audio marketers than music and how FAST services will help push AVOD viewership across the 200 million milestone. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Principal Forecasting Writer Ethan Cramer-Flood and Senior Director of Forecasting Oscar Orozco. Listen everywhere, and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
This FAQ breaks down what’s next for the creator economy and how marketers should respond.
This FAQ outlines what marketers need to know to connect with Gen Z.
NFL viewership favors broadcast as traditional TV draws the biggest audiences, but streaming’s ad effectiveness is unmatched.
The continued economic turmoil means that retailers will face a fork in the road in 2026, according to marketing experts. While luxury shoppers remain a strong segment, many consumers will insist on affordability, and retailers will have to wrestle with this gap.
GenAI adoption gap: Most teams use AI on the surface; without access to company data, it drafts fast but can’t do real work.
Super Bowl campaigns aren’t one-size-fits-all; brands are now splitting between full-scale TV buys and multi-channel activations that extend beyond the broadcast.
As bots strain its servers, the platform turns its content into a revenue stream.
IAB's framework helps cautious brands—but without mandates, deceptive actors stay unchecked.
Nearly two-thirds of worldwide marketers (64%) say reduced use of traditional search engines like Google will be the top AI-driven shift impacting digital advertising over the next few years, according to a September 2025 survey from Funnel and Ravn Research.
"Retail and growing a business today relies a lot more on developing alternative revenue streams and brand building that goes far beyond the typical selling products at a good price," said our analyst Blake Droesch during a recent “Behind the Numbers” podcast recorded live at the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2026 Big Show.
AI deepfakes are sparking a global crackdown after Grok’s explicit content scandal triggered UK probes and stricter safeguards--raising governance stakes for AI tools.
This FAQ covers what marketers need to know about native advertising formats, regulatory requirements, emerging AI capabilities, and budget allocation strategies for 2026.
CTRs and CVRs rise with repeated YouTube creator integrations—proving the ability of repeat brand exposure to drive action.
Retailers can’t bank on a housing rebound just yet.