Marketing

New partnerships, marketing fuel BNPL’s holiday surge

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. It wasn’t just shoppers with strapped budgets that boosted buy-now, pay-later services to a record-setting $1 billion in transactions on Cyber Monday. It was also the brands and fintech companies that pushed the services front and center. Continue reading this article on digiday.com. Sign up […]

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Media agencies test AI planning agents, while edging toward buying tools

AI agents have become a focal point for media agencies and brands hoping to move AI tech past potential and into practical benefit.  Agencies across the industry, from giants like WPP to indie shop Mediassociates have already begun using agents in an advisory capacity; they’ve developed programs that can make audience-segment suggestions based on client

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Media Buying Briefing: How the 4As’ Justin Thomas-Copeland is updating the org’s mission

As industries change — and which industry isn’t undergoing massive transformational change right now? — so must their industry associations.  Look no further than MMA, which started out as the Mobile Marketing Association during the decade that was “the year of mobile!” – then subtly became the “modern marketing association” – and is now simply

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Why HexClad Sees The Data And The Value From Producing All Its Own Content

The direct-to-consumer cookware company HexClad was founded in 2016, and celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay, joined as investor-ambassador in 2021. HexClad surfed a huge wave of new business 2020 and 2021, as many people began cooking more at home. By 2023, the company had matured to the point that execs decided “we really need to own

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