News PUMA appears to remove Joanna Wietrzyk collab page after HYROX incident PUMA appears to remove Joanna Wietrzyk’s collab page after a HYROX Beijing incident, as HYROX updates rules on welfare and contamination risk.
AI marketing Amazon Ads brings agentic campaign tools to Australia Amazon Ads is connecting agentic campaign control, external AI tools and personalized Prime Video creative for Australian advertisers.
public-relations How to send a press release via email: a practical PR workflow A practical workflow for sending press releases by email without confusing the pitch, release, assets, timing, or follow-up.
Influencer Marketing Why luxury resale is becoming live shopping’s strongest trust case TikTok Shop says livestreams generate 94% of U.S. luxury-resale revenue. The reason is not just urgency. Live video lets buyers inspect condition and test seller expertise.
SEO Google opens Search profiles to publishers with 10,000 followers Google has lowered the Search profile threshold and added multi-brand management, giving U.S. publishers another controlled surface across Search and Discover.
News Coach turns Spotify into the connective tissue of its Gen Z campaign Coach links campaign films, custom Tabbys, playlists and the Tabby Tour through Spotify, turning Fall 2026 into a participation system.
News NESCAFÉ turns 4 no na members into 4 flavour personalities NESCAFÉ pairs four no na members with four coffee flavours, then stretches the idea across music, OOH and social participation.
martech Google brings Business Agent into YouTube ads, turning views into product research Google is testing Business Agent inside YouTube ads, merging product research, AI visibility and checkout infrastructure.
Public Relations Spikes Asia is becoming LIONS Asia LIONS is turning a long-running APAC awards brand into a year-round regional platform, but the operational impact depends on details still to come.
News Flipkart turns a five-minute celebrity film into a social content factory Flipkart's Big Billion Days film uses a time loop and rotating stars to turn one long campaign into reusable social cutdowns.
martech Google Ads is turning peer spend into a benchmark. Marketers should not treat it as a budget target. Google Ads is reportedly showing some advertisers how weekly spend and clicks compare with peers. The useful question is whether those peers share the same economics.
News Pangdonglai turned customer service into its strongest marketing channel Pangdonglai shows how customer service, product trust and employee policies can turn retail operations into word-of-mouth marketing.
News Carrefour uses Fortnite to make food careers feel playable Carrefour built a Fortnite experience to showcase food careers via mini-games, with cross-market support from social, DOOH, CRM, and in-store.
News Overwatch x LE SSERAFIM returns as Steam traffic jumps The third Overwatch x LE SSERAFIM wave ties K-pop fandom, new skins and BlizzCon into one recurring live-service moment.
Spotlight Most brand-monitoring tools stop at the alert. dig is building past it. 84% of brands can't prove their measurement is working. dig built custom apps in under a week to close the gap between an alert and someone actually acting on it.
News Anker’s Valorant gear turns a USB-C hub into a collector item Anker’s Valorant hub and 100W charger use smart displays and OTA character updates, plus a limited gift box for early buyers.
AI marketing Goodwipes turns OpenAI's Astra ad into an AI-made parody The brand used generative tools to answer a fast-moving cultural moment, showing why speed matters only when distinctive assets and human judgment remain intact.
public-relations Earned media examples: 8 types of coverage B2B teams can actually earn Eight practical earned media examples for B2B teams, plus what counts, what does not, how to create earned attention, and how to measure it.
News Riot Games and Pop Mart tease VALORANT collectibles, starting with Jett Pop Mart confirms a VALORANT figure collection with Jett revealed first. Key open questions: release timing, regions, pricing, and blind-box format.
News Guinness turns matchday identity into a customizable fan uniform Guinness reunites with Tobyato for a customizable Singapore football jersey as Guinness 0.0 enters Southeast Asia.
Spotlight AI didn't kill the writing job. It made everyone an editor. A content operation that once needed 20 writers can now run on one person and a well-trained AI system, according to a conversation between C2 Media's Enricko Lukman and StoryMint's Miftahul Khoir. The catch: someone still has to know what good looks like.
martech EU Kids Act sets a 13-to-15 age ladder for social platforms The EU Kids Act would set new age tiers for social platforms, with implications for onboarding, targeting, measurement and compliance.
martech Meta One puts a US$14.99 entry price on Meta's marketing stack Meta One packages AI, publishing and analytics into paid creator and business plans, turning Meta's subscription tests into a marketed stack.
News Wonderful Pistachios turns 7 college athletes into a year-round NIL content engine Wonderful Pistachios signs seven college athletes across six sports, turning its first NIL roster into a year-round social content engine.
News Bluey enters 5 Mattel brands as fandom moves beyond the screen Mattel and BBC Studios are extending Bluey beyond the screen through five established toy and game franchises.