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Yeti’s “Four Letters” campaign turns obsession into a brand language
If you have ever watched someone wait out a bite, replay a trick until they land it, or show up to the same ritual every weekend, you already get the emotional core of Yeti’s latest brand work: devotion is its own aesthetic. Yeti has been expanding the way it talks about itself beyond “outdoor gear”…
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Stagwell takes AI media curation in-house
Stagwell is preparing to launch Stagwell Curate, an AI-powered platform that brings ad-inventory curation closer to the agency rather than leaving the work primarily with DSPs, SSPs, or external curation partners. The move matters because it reframes AI in media buying as a control layer, not only an optimization feature. Stagwell Curate is designed to…
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AI disclosure is becoming a brand trust decision
AI disclosure is no longer a small-print compliance issue. It is becoming part of how customers decide whether a brand is being useful, evasive, or manipulative. That shift matters because AI is moving from back-office production into customer-facing surfaces. Ads are being generated or edited by models. Voice assistants are being marketed through intimacy. Campaign…
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Neutrogena’s ‘Break the Rules’ bets on science over skincare noise
Skincare culture right now is a constant scroll: “retinol burns,” “slugging fixes everything,” “don’t smile or you’ll wrinkle,” plus AI-generated routines that sound confident even when they are not. That is the mood Neutrogena is walking into with a platform that basically asks consumers to stop treating the internet like a dermatologist. In its official…
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Newsjacking: how PR teams join breaking stories without forcing it
Newsjacking is the PR habit of turning a relevant breaking story into a useful brand comment, expert angle, or supporting asset before the news cycle moves on. Done well, it helps B2B teams earn coverage without manufacturing a campaign from scratch. The pressure point is speed with judgment. Journalists need credible angles quickly, but brands…
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APAC short drama apps see 452% session growth as marketers take notice
Short drama apps are seeing sharp growth in Asia Pacific, with sessions up 452% year-on-year in Q1 2026 and revenue per monthly active user reaching US$1.45, up 263% versus 2025. The deeper shift is not just “short-form is winning.” It is that entertainment is being reorganized around the spare moments of the day, and marketing…
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Coffee-mate’s “situationship” campaign turns a creamer drop into content
Summer dating slang has a way of becoming everyone’s shared language overnight, especially when the internet is already primed to joke about “situationships,” ghosting, and soft-launch behaviour. That’s the energy Coffee-mate is borrowing here: not a big glossy brand moment, but something that feels like a messy, entertaining timeline you can follow. Coffee Mate is…
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Getting a senior executive to say yes is the easy part. Here’s the hard part
AI can now draft a personalized cold outreach message in seconds, complete with a reference to the recipient’s alma mater, hometown, or last LinkedIn post. That should make it easier than ever to get a senior executive to say yes to an invitation. Jess Circi says it is doing the opposite. Jess co-founded The Ortus…
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Publicis lifts outlook as AI marketing services grow
Publicis Groupe is using its latest results to make a broader argument about where large agency networks believe growth will come from: not only creative output or media buying scale, but the data infrastructure that can make AI services operational for clients. The holding company raised its full-year outlook after a stronger quarter, while also…
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Events Are Becoming the Budget Test for Brand Belief
AI has made reach cheaper, faster, and easier to fake. That is pushing one old marketing channel back into a harder executive conversation: what can a brand do that makes buyers believe, not just notice? Events are being pulled into that debate because they sit at the intersection of trust, data, and commercial intent. A…