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KFC Australia debuts “Go Full Chicken” platform with Special
KFC Australia has launched “Go Full Chicken,” a new brand platform and the first work from Special since the agency’s appointment earlier this year. The platform is built around the idea that great chicken comes from an obsessive commitment to doing things properly, spanning both staff craft and fan devotion. View this post on Instagram…
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Gen Z uses AI more, but Skyword says they are also correcting it
Gen Z is often framed as the generation most comfortable with AI. New survey data from Skyword suggests that view is only half right. The company’s survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers found that 67% of Gen Z respondents are using AI more frequently than they did a year ago, compared with 52% of consumers overall.…
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Fisherman’s Friend turns Gen Z labels into collectible pouch merch in Singapore
Fisherman’s Friend is running a Singapore campaign that turns internet personality labels and Singlish phrases into limited-edition pouches, redeemed via a WhatsApp flow tied to 7-Eleven purchases. The campaign, titled “Which one are you?”, is positioned as a way to make an everyday lozenge purchase feel more like a moment of self-expression, while extending the…
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The anatomy of a 7-figure B2B influencer marketing program
Most B2B influencer programs are built one campaign at a time. A creator is identified, a brief is written, a post goes live, and the team moves on. That model produces data points. It does not produce compounding pipeline influence. The brands spending seven figures on creator partnerships are doing something structurally different. They have…
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Stray Kids’ I.N returns for a second Damiani “Icons” campaign
Damiani has put Stray Kids’ I.N (Yang Jeong-in) front and center again for a second ad campaign with the Italian jeweler, this time alongside supermodel Mariacarla Boscono. The work continues the “Damiani Icons” concept introduced in prior ads, with portraits shot by photographer Larissa Hofmann and art direction by Christopher Simmonds. Table of contents Jump…
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Crisis communication plan: a practical template for PR teams before things go wrong
A crisis communication plan is the document your team reaches for when there is no time to think. If it does not exist before the crisis starts, you are writing it under pressure, which is exactly when mistakes get made. Most PR teams know this. Most still have not built one. The gap is not…
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AEON Bank brings back Creator collective with a six-month UGC challenge
AEON Bank is bringing back its “Creator collective” programme for a second year, positioning it as a six-month creator challenge focused on financial literacy and everyday use cases for its digital banking offerings. The company framed the 2026 edition around becoming more “celik Ringgit” (Ringgit savvy). The programme is set to kick off in July,…
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The state of B2B influencer marketing: mid-2026 pulse
B2B influencer marketing entered 2026 with a mandate to prove itself at scale. Six months in, the data from LinkedIn, TopRank Marketing, and the World Federation of Advertisers paints a consistent picture: this is no longer a channel B2B marketers are experimenting with. It is one they are being held accountable for. This piece pulls…
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Gap expands AI use across owned marketing channels for its brand portfolio
Gap Inc. is rolling out an AI-led effort to modernize how it runs marketing across its portfolio, starting with owned channels such as brand and commerce touchpoints. The initiative centers on unifying customer and product data, then using AI and agentic capabilities to personalize experiences, improve interactions, and accelerate campaign delivery. The company outlined the…
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Storika raises seed funding to expand AI influencer marketing automation
Storika has raised a seed funding round to build out its AI-driven influencer marketing automation platform and support expansion into the US market. The round brings together a mix of strategic and financial backers, and the stated focus is product improvement plus B2B customer growth. For marketers, the practical question is whether “AI-native” creator tooling…