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The US consumer is hitting a rough patch

Even before the Iran war’s oil price spikes, people were getting more cautious about spending. That means buying less from retailers.

Target consolidates spring savings event into 3 days

Competitors expanded the length of seasonal sales over the past year, but the retailer’s March event marks a reduction from 2025’s Target Circle Week sale.

Saks Global snags final $300M in bankruptcy financing, nears home stretch

An ad hoc group of senior secured bondholders has approved the luxury retailer’s five-year plan, aiming for double-digit adjusted EBITDA margin and profitable growth.

David’s Bridal launches wholesale business

A selection of 50 gowns from designer brands is part of the retailer’s initial offering, along with private-label and white-label services.

Opsera Unified Insights Now Available in the Microsoft Marketplace

ustomers can deploy Opsera to accelerate innovation and business transformation with unified integration across Microsoft products Opsera, the leader in Agentic DevOps, announced the availability of Unified Insights in the Microsoft Marketplace, the unified online destination for customers to buy trusted cloud solutions, AI apps, and agents to meet their business needs. Microsoft customers can […]

Ping Identity: Only 9% of Organizations are Prepared for Continuous AI-Driven Identity Threats

An independent global study finds that organizations meeting verified trust criteria achieve 51% higher transaction conversion and 43% lower fraud losses. Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities for the world’s largest enterprises, released independent research showing that organizations that have operationalized continuous, contextual identity verification materially outperform peers across revenue growth, fraud reduction, compliance readiness, and workforce […]

Contentsquare Launches New AI Agent And Analytics Capabilities to Understand Customer Journeys Across LLMs, ChatGPT Apps, Web, and Mobile

Digital analytics leader expands its platform with configurable AI agents, ChatGPT app and prompt analytics, visibility into LLM traffic, and conversation intelligence — giving organizations a 360-degree view of AI-driven and support experiences AI is rapidly changing how customers discover and interact with brands. Journeys that once happened on websites and mobile apps now begin inside […]

Blackbaud Launches New Category of AI Agent with General Availability of its First Agent for Good™

The Development Agent, designed to help personalize donor engagement and grow giving at scale, is the first-ever expert agent to be embedded in a dedicated social impact platform Blackbaud, the world’s leading provider of AI-powered solutions for social impact, announced the general availability of the Development Agent, Blackbaud’s first Agent for Good™, to Raiser’s Edge […]

SkrewAI Launches Free Camera App That Uses Physics to Prove Videos Are Real

Patent-pending app replaces the default phone camera with a full-featured alternative that captures sensor data during every recording, creating unfakeable proof of human presence SkrewAI LLC launched SkrewAI Camera, a free full-featured camera app for iOS and Android that takes a fundamentally different approach to the deepfake crisis. Instead of trying to detect AI-generated content […]

BetterCloud Launches Chrome Browser Extension to Combat AI-Accelerated Shadow IT and De-Risk Resulting SaaS Sprawl

BetterCloud, the leading platform for SaaS management, announced the launch of its new Chrome Browser Extension, a powerful tool that gives IT teams expanded visibility into their organization’s SaaS ecosystem. The extension directly addresses the growing challenges of shadow IT and shadow AI by discovering unmanaged applications and providing actionable insights to optimize costs and […]

Informa TechTarget Launches AI Visibility and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) Content Solutions for the Zero-Click B2B Buyer Journey

With up to 60% of online searches ending without a click1, B2B companies are seeing website traffic decline, as buyers increasingly use AI to identify and shortlist vendors before engaging directly with brands or sales teams. Despite this changing buyer behavior, Informa TechTarget grew its tech and business audiences across its industry-leading media brands, quadrupling […]

Gamma Launches Gamma Imagine to Bring AI-Native Design to the Masses

The company is expanding the platform from AI-powered presentations, websites, and documents to include a powerful new AI-native visual creation tool and several other features in its biggest release to date Gamma, the AI-powered platform for visual communication, announced the launch of Gamma Imagine, a new AI design tool that lets users create standalone, on-brand […]

fullthrottle.ai® Launches Enhanced SmartMail Capabilities to Unify Identity-Based Campaigns with Automated Self-Service Direct Mail Activation

The first DSP platform with a native direct mail component, enabling brands and agencies to activate identity-based first-party and third-party campaigns within a single campaign workflow.  FullThrottle Technologies, LLC, a pioneering innovator in first-party data media solutions and AdTech operating systems, announced an enhanced SmartMail offering, delivering a first-of-its-kind integration that brings identity-powered direct mail to […]

Associate Owners Group (AOG) Announces Strategic Partnership with Copper CRM

Associate Owners Group (AOG) today announced a significant expansion of its technology ecosystem through a strengthened partnership with Copper CRM. Associate Owners Group (AOG) Announces Strategic Partnership with Copper CRM Associate Owners Group (AOG) today announced a significant expansion of its technology ecosystem through a strengthened partnership with Copper CRM, a fast-growing, Google-integrated customer management […]

iHeartPodcast Award Winners: ‘Giggly Squad’ Takes Home Trophy for Podcast of the Year

The 2026 iHeartPodcast Awards Live at SXSW were held Monday night, celebrating the most entertaining and innovative podcasts of the year. The awards show, which took place at Austin’s Moody Theater, was hosted by comedian, podcast and “SNL” alum Ego Nwodim. The top honor of Podcast of the Year, a fan-voted category, went to Hannah […]

Beverage marketer sees cost savings with agentic media-buying test

Completed with PubMatic and Butler/Till, the campaign’s fully automated media buying and optimization process reduced buy-side costs by 5.5x.

Why adland's women are the AI explorers we need right now

Despite the persistent rise of Generative AI, women’s adoption rates remain significantly lower than men’s.

Global agency groups 2025 report card: WPP revenues slide as Omnicom and Dentsu cuts continue

WPP reported a drop in revenues, as it undergoes a strategy overhaul, while Dentsu also struggled and Omnicom continues to navigate a post-takeover period following its acquisition of Interpublic. Havas and Publicis, meanwhile, returned more positive results.

Helen Weisinger co-founds AI production consultancy Creative Engineers

Former chief marketing officer EMEA at Tag says the business aims to “enable brands to do more in-house or work differently with agencies”.

Omnicom Media appoints new OMD global leader

Ellen Griffin succeeds George Manas, who has been promoted to chief growth and solutions officer of Omnicom.

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At SXSW, Marketers Say the Era of Spectacle Is Over

Panelists at ADWEEK House argued that experiential marketing has outgrown the pop-up.

EXCLUSIVE: Shaq Will Headline Walmart and Vizio’s First Joint NewFront Event

Execs from L’Oreal, NBCUniversal, and Universal Studios will also be on stage.

Lands’ End names first chief marketer in nearly a decade

The appointment of Sarah Sylvester, who most recently led marketing for Victoria’s Secret, represents a renewed focus by the retailer on brand building.