Stagwell Puts a Research Veteran in Charge of Harris Quest—Its AI-Powered Push Into Modern Market Intelligence

Stagwell Puts a Research Veteran in Charge of Harris Quest—Its AI-Powered Push Into Modern Market Intelligence

Stagwell is tightening its grip on the fast-moving world of AI-driven market intelligence. The company has appointed industry veteran Jonathan Gardner as CEO of Harris Quest, the AI-powered research and brand management platform jointly driven by The Marketing Cloud and The Harris Poll. It’s a notable move—less about shuffling leadership, more about signaling where the future of enterprise-grade insights is heading.

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S&P Global Marks 10 Years of LME Steel Futures Benchmarking as Demand for Scrap-Based Pricing Surges

S&P Global Marks 10 Years of LME Steel Futures Benchmarking as Demand for Scrap-Based Pricing Surges

The steel market may not grab headlines like AI or quantum anything, but one corner of the sector has quietly undergone a decade-long transformation. S&P Global Energy—formerly S&P Global Commodity Insights—is marking the ten-year anniversary of its Platts steel scrap and rebar benchmarks becoming the settlement reference for two major London Metals Exchange (LME) futures…

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SoCal Digital Marketing Launches AEO Services to Help Brands Win in the AI Search Era

SoCal Digital Marketing Launches AEO Services to Help Brands Win in the AI Search Era

Search engines are no longer the sole gatekeepers of online visibility—and SoCal Digital Marketing wants to make sure businesses don’t get left behind. The agency, known for more than a decade of performance-driven SEO, has officially launched Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), also known as Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), a service designed to help brands surface inside AI-generated answers across platforms like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, and emerging large language models.

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