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AI is turning agency work into a pricing argument before it becomes an operating model. The easy version of the story says automation will strip cost out of media buying, reporting, creative versioning, and campaign analysis. That is already happening in pockets. But the more durable shift is less flattering to both agencies and clients:…

Teen culture has been drifting back toward “in real life” rituals again: mall hangouts, spontaneous fit checks, and that late-summer reset energy that turns shopping into a group activity. Back-to-school is still a retail moment, but for Gen Z it is also a social storyline that plays out across group chats, campus life, and creator…

Back-to-school season always comes with its own rituals: trying on jeans with friends, scrolling outfit ideas late at night, and treating the mall like a social hangout again instead of a chore. For Gen Z, that “in real life” vibe is part nostalgia, part community, and it is showing up in how brands plan their…

It is not every day that a milk tea logo becomes a national-level comment section event. But in China, the Molly Tea and Louis Vuitton trademark dispute has turned into something bigger than design similarity. It has become a proxy argument about cultural ownership, foreign brands, and who gets to “own” motifs that feel historically…

PR clipping is the habit of collecting earned media mentions and turning them into a useful record of what coverage actually said. For B2B PR teams, the point is not nostalgia for old newspaper cuttings. The point is to make coverage searchable, comparable, and useful for decisions after the campaign has moved on. That matters…

Some brands get talked about because they are trendy. Others stick around because they are quietly present in people’s real routines, the kind tied to family kitchens, childhood memories, and the food you grew up tasting. That is the cultural space Ligo Sardines is stepping into with “Butterfly”, a short film built around a familiar…

impact.com, with Cube and dentsu, has put a sharper shape around Southeast Asia’s next commerce question: AI is becoming useful earlier in the shopping journey, but people still matter when the decision gets risky. The latest ecommerce influencer and affiliate marketing research points to a market where ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, marketplaces, creators, reviews, publishers, retail…

AI creative is making production easier and brand management harder. The old problem was getting enough assets made. The new problem is making sure every asset still carries the same memory of the brand when production has been spread across internal teams, agencies, templates, tools, prompts, local markets, and automated workflows. That changes the value…

Archetype has moved Owen Waters from Singapore to London as Director at Archetype UK, adding a cross-market operator to its UK leadership bench at a time when technology clients are asking agencies to connect reputation, AI visibility, and commercial communications more tightly. Waters was most recently Deputy Managing Consultant at Archetype Singapore. In the UK…

Ziggo is leaning into a familiar truth of football culture: fandom is loud, communal, and way more fun when a brand can show up with a character people actually remember. Mascots work when they feel like part of the ritual, not a bolt-on logo with a punchline. In a new campaign, Ziggo partnered with Not…