Programmatic plays a small but growing role in digital audio services ad spending. Major digital audio platforms are leaning in.

B2B ecommerce growth is outpacing B2B product and electronic sales growth. And ecommerce site sales are taking an increasing share of the market. Macroeconomic conditions, buyers’ preferences, and AI use are fueling increased digital transactions, particularly through third-party marketplaces.

Disruption is imminent for programmatic. The market teeters on the brink of several seismic shifts around identity and audience data. And a landmark antitrust ruling could energize an already hot ad tech consolidation streak.

Meta Advantage+ is increasingly relying on AI: Some campaigns will lose the ability to manually target consumers in an effort to lean on automation.

Traditional prompt-driven AI is giving way to agentic AI, which consists of autonomous agents capable of independently performing tasks, making real-time decisions, and learning from experience. Though it’s still in its early phases, agentic AI enables marketers to enhance operational efficiency, personalize customer interactions, and drive innovation.

When we asked US banking customers how they felt about their banks using AI to improve their banking experience, attitudes were mixed—and often sharply divided along demographic lines.

As penetration weakens and margins shrink, insurers across business lines will prioritize emerging growth areas in 2025—including novel technologies—strategic marketing efforts, and leveraging favorable legislative changes.

Amazon, Starbucks workers threaten strikes as the labor movement loses steam: But mixed signals from Trump could raise unions' hopes as they fight for concessions.

The top B2B marketing trends in 2025 include AI-driven insights, first-party data strategies, and balancing automation with authenticity. In this report, marketers and agencies can learn how to embrace these evolving strategies in order to boost engagement, trust, and ROI.

AI will become deeply woven into daily life in 2025. Autonomous agents, smart devices, AR glasses, search engines, and digital twins are making AI an ambient presence in how we work, shop, browse, and interact with the world.

Amazon is on a never-ending mission to speed up delivery: The retailer’s latest initiatives, including smart glasses and streamlined grocery fulfillment, will help cut costs and encourage shoppers to order more—and more often.

B2B marketers are embracing genAI-powered tools to enhance the effectiveness of their marketing initiatives. Marketing teams can use this technology in six valuable ways to drive better outcomes.

As marketers attempt to piece together a full, nuanced picture of how their paid media affects outcomes, old-fashioned measurement tactics are coming back into vogue, and new players are rising to prominence.

Email engagement on the rise: Industry KPIs show improvement in core metrics, but brands need to prevent user fatigue.

CMOs and brand strategists are using generative AI-powered tools to enhance their advertising and media strategies. Marketing teams can harness this technology in six key ways to drive results.

Its latest tools promise faster, more efficient support while keeping human agents available for higher-level problem-solving.

Walmart rolls out series of initiatives to attract customers to its stores and boost ecommerce business: The retailer is opening a cashierless Sam’s Club store, adding pet care centers, and automating more distribution centers.

Port strike notwithstanding, companies are confident in their abilities to weather supply-chain disruptions: But a drawn-out shutdown could test that resilience as backlogs grow and costs rise.

US port strike could paralyze supply chains just as the holiday season gets underway: A week-long stoppage could cost the US economy up to $7.5 billion, while the effects of a two-week strike could last until 2025.