NRF Events: Building Community & Revenue

How CMOs are rethinking metrics moving beyond vanity KPIs toward lifecycle value and ROI, while balancing CFO pressure to automate with the need to preserve brand voice and integrity.

How is NRF redefining the role of events by becoming a platform for ecosystem-building and community? Events as a whole are an excellent way to create a larger sense of community. However, NRF specifically creates continuity across various retail partners, technology providers, and decision-makers, allowing ideas and relationships to develop past the show floor. This…

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Beauty PR: Turn Social Buzz into Sales

How Beauty PR Firms Turn Social Buzz Into Business Results

The Power of Authentic Engagement In the beauty industry, consumer attention is both fleeting and fiercely competitive. Capturing it requires more than advertising. It demands trust, authenticity, and meaningful conversations.PR firms have become essential partners for beauty brands, translating social buzz into tangible business outcomes. By shaping perception and driving engagement, these agencies help brands turn…

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Klaviyo‑Google partnership fuels autonomous AI

Klaviyo Teams with Google to Push Autonomous AI‑Driven Commerce Experiences

The marketing‑technology landscape took a notable turn on Tuesday as Klaviyo (NYSE: KVYO) disclosed a strategic alliance with Google. The collaboration is designed to fuse Klaviyo’s real‑time customer‑data platform with Google’s suite of AI, search, advertising, and messaging capabilities, giving brands the tools to deliver what the companies call “autonomous” customer experiences—from the moment a shopper…

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Analytic Partners outlines five forces reshaping marketing budgets

Analytic Partners Reveals Five Key Drivers Shaping 2026 Marketing Budget Strategies

The report’s most striking finding is the elevation of Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) and broader commercial analytics to the status of a “source of truth” for high‑stakes financial decisions. Executives are increasingly relying on econometric frameworks to guide budget allocation, pricing strategies, and promotional planning. This transition signals a move away from intuition‑driven budgeting toward…

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Taboola Q4‑2025 earnings, AI focus and 2026 outlook

Taboola Posts Q4‑2025 Earnings, Signals Strong AI‑Driven Momentum and Sets 2026 Outlook

Taboola (Nasdaq: TBLA) released its fourth‑quarter and full‑year 2025 financial results, highlighting modest revenue growth, a shift in profitability metrics and an aggressive investment in its Realize platform. The data points to a company that is consolidating its position in the performance‑advertising space while navigating a competitive landscape dominated by AI‑enabled buying. “2025 was not just…

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Samsung taps Gracenote data for AI‑driven TV search

Samsung Teams Up with Gracenote to Power AI‑Driven TV Search and Discovery

Samsung Electronics announced a strategic collaboration with Gracenote, the data arm of Nielsen, to integrate the latter’s extensive entertainment metadata into Samsung’s next‑generation smart‑TV platform. The move, disclosed on Feb. 25, 2026 from New York, aims to give Samsung users conversational, AI backed ways to locate movies, TV shows and sports events, while also laying groundwork for new…

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FUZE launches Member Benefit platform for charging solutions

FUZE Technology Unveils “Member Benefit” Platform to Fuse Loyalty Programs with On‑Site Charging Solutions

The first public deployments of Member Benefit took place in 2025 at a series of large‑scale gatherings, including Austin City Limits Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, and the Ryder Cup. In each case, FUZE collaborated with existing clients such as Chase, Citi, Verizon and T‑Mobile to provide on‑site charging kiosks that also served as touchpoints for brand engagement….

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AI Digital’s Open Garden Framework Shows Faster Decisions

AI Digital Unveils Animated Explainer Highlighting Open‑Garden Gains: 2.9× Performance Boost, 73% Faster Decisions

The release is anchored in a set of internal findings that AI Digital says demonstrate a stark contrast in outcomes. Advertisers that employ predictive analytics across open platforms are achieving 2.9× higher performance than those confined to proprietary stacks. Teams that can adjust campaigns in real time see a 26% lift in ROI, while organizations…

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Inmar Intelligence joins GS1 US to streamline CPG couponing

Inmar Intelligence Gains Direct Access to GS1 Product IDs, Aiming to Streamline Coupon Creation for Emerging CPG Brands

GS1, the worldwide authority on product identification, maintains a catalog of unique Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) that serve as the backbone of retail supply chains. When a brand wants to issue a coupon, the identifier links the offer to the exact SKU, ensuring that the discount is applied only to the intended product. Errors…

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