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The power of fragrance to elicit deep emotional responses and improve memory recall at live events isn’t a new concept. But several brands have been offering a fresh take on scent-centric experiences to cut through a beauty category that is becoming increasingly oversaturated—and the data fueling the surge in pop-up perfumeries doesn’t lie. According to […]

It’s official: AI is coming for marketing jobs. CMOs’ ad budgets are flat this year compared to last year, according to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey. Fifty-nine percent of CMOs said they don’t have enough budget to execute their strategy this year. Overall, brand marketing budgets will average 7.7% of company revenue in 2025, the […]

Economic concerns may be in the headlines, but networks still pulled out all the stops for the splashy spectacle of the network upfronts Monday. They also announced some real news.

Paid social is the most popular channel for retail marketers, according to a new report from Wunderkind. But email has proven most effective.

Instead of simply watching ads on the big screen, consumers are now being encouraged to interact with those ads – a shift in marketing that was particularly apparent at the 2025 NewFronts presentations in New York City this week.

If you felt a strange gust around 5 pm ET on Thursday, it was probably the cumulative sighs of relief across Wall Street as The Trade Desk shook off its Q4 blues with a better-than-expected first quarter earnings report. In February, when TTD reported a bad miss on Q4 revenue, its shares plummeted by one-third, […]

This week’s PR Roundup looks at the annual Cision State of the Media Report, what we learned about higher education and crisis at the Meltwater Summit and new digital data from GIPHY on the papal internet frenzy.

 By Rachel Hazelwood, VP, CX & Digital Transformation, Night Market This blog was co-written with AI. That’s the point. Because how we use AI is the story and the strategy. At Night Market, AI doesn’t replace our strategic thinking. It enhances it. It’s embedded in how we explore ideas, build experience strategy, and communicate with […]

To stay in sync with the news cycle, communicators need to identify what is gaining momentum, engage with relevant angles, and ride the trend hopping wave to gain media attention.

The reason why TikTok will likely never face a full ban is also the strongest argument for why it should: It’s simply too effective at capturing attention. Beyond issues of geopolitical surveillance and data privacy lies a deeper, less-discussed concern: the quality of the attention platforms like TikTok capture and the methods used to capture […]