Marketing strategy stories
Halifax customers will keep their account details as Lloyds Banking Group folds the brand into Lloyds, with no immediate action needed.
Urgent discounts are failing to speed up purchases, with most shoppers consulting multiple sources and many abandoning baskets over shipping fees.
Australian marketers are turning to agentic AI to keep pace with fragmented customer journeys and rising demand for personalised content.
Chief marketers now have a members-only AI tool that turns peer research and case studies into quick guidance as marketing teams face pressure to adapt.
Despite heavy use of AI tools, fewer than 10% of firms have scaled them across marketing, leaving billions in potential gains unrealised.
The member-only hub gives 1,200 global marketing leaders a secure way to query shared insights and case studies as AI reshapes their jobs.
Most marketers still miss growth because insights rarely turn into timely action, leaving customer decisions slow and fragmented.
Product teams may get concepts to review in minutes rather than months as the new service aims to speed early decisions on brand fit and compliance.
Young consumers are far more likely than marketers to punish value clashes, exposing a trust blind spot as influencer spending grows across Europe.
The hire gives Swisslog Healthcare extra marketing firepower as it pushes deeper into hospital automation and customer growth.
Planned restrictions could strip £1.3 billion from UK digital ad spend in 2027 as brands lose easy access to under-16s online.
More than half of UK consumers are likelier to engage when brands react to live events, but internal bottlenecks are slowing marketers down.
In-house teams often miss hidden salary, tooling and efficiency costs that can wipe out the savings from ditching agency retainers.
Americans largely misunderstand how chatbots source brand answers, leaving companies at risk of being invisible in AI search results.
Many marketers are still unclear how to use agentic AI, even as pilots remain limited and governance questions grow across the industry.
Younger consumers are shaping retail deal days, with Gen Z and Millennials far more likely than Boomers to use AI tools and spend more.
The hire comes as agencies race to adapt to AI-driven shifts in search, with Click Click Media seeking stronger leadership for bigger clients.
Strained household budgets and rising use of AI search are forcing brands to offer clearer value if they want Australians to stay loyal.
The rebrand comes as the combined group passes 10,000 practitioners and seeks to win more enterprise work moving AI from trials into operations.
Brands and rights holders will get a free diagnostic as scrutiny grows over whether sports sponsorships drive business value beyond visibility.