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BTS' V brings Nothing deeper into music culture

BTS' V brings Nothing deeper into music culture

Nothing is using BTS' V to connect product design with music culture and creative identity as Headphone (1) Pro enters its audio lineup.

Nestlé turns LazzieChat into a regional commerce layer

Nestlé turns LazzieChat into a regional commerce layer

Nestlé and Lazada connect AI discovery, shopper insights and checkout in a five-market ecommerce campaign.

Fore Coffee turns everyday cat stories into a collectible Tahilalats world

Fore Coffee turns everyday cat stories into a collectible Tahilalats world

Fore Coffee turns everyday cat stories into a Tahilalats pop-up spanning interactive installations, collectibles, merchandise and new menu items.

Lotte makes JENNIE its first ad model in 10 years, then takes the campaign across Asia

Lotte makes JENNIE its first ad model in 10 years, then takes the campaign across Asia

Lotte Department Store makes JENNIE its first ad model in about 10 years and rolls the "As I am" campaign into Vietnam and Indonesia.

Gemini 4 Argon scores 51.3% on AutomationBench

Gemini 4 Argon scores 51.3% on AutomationBench

Google says Argon scored 51.3% on AutomationBench, showing why marketing teams still need review gates for autonomous workflows.

ACUVUE turns an MRT ad into a CORTIS fan-content engine

ACUVUE turns an MRT ad into a CORTIS fan-content engine

ACUVUE turns a Bras Basah MRT takeover into a CORTIS photo moment, collectible push and localized K-pop fandom campaign in Singapore.

Louis Vuitton's China sales fell an estimated 30% amid Molly Tea backlash

Louis Vuitton's China sales fell an estimated 30% amid Molly Tea backlash

Louis Vuitton's China sales fell an estimated 30% in July as the Molly Tea trademark fight triggered a wider cultural backlash.

POP MART’s next test is turning Labubu fandom into story

POP MART’s next test is turning Labubu fandom into story

POP MART is moving Labubu from collectibles into entertainment, testing whether fandom can support deeper character stories.

Kroger tests AI creative scoring against actual conversions

Kroger tests AI creative scoring against actual conversions

Kroger linked AI creative scores to e-commerce conversions, showing how pre-launch evidence can shape both ad edits and media allocation.

WPP Media loses two senior APAC leaders within the same week

Public Relations

WPP Media loses two senior APAC leaders within the same week

WPP Media is losing two senior APAC leaders within the same week, putting succession and client continuity in focus across the region.

Motion buys TRIAD to merge physical and digital brand experience

Motion's acquisition of TRIAD combines experiential, sensory, creative and digital capabilities as APAC clients push for more integrated brand experiences.

Retailers are teaching AI assistants to finish the shopping trip

Retailers are teaching AI assistants to finish the shopping trip

Kroger, Giant Eagle and DoorDash are pushing retail AI from search and inspiration toward basket building, ordering and task completion.

California is turning newsroom headcount into a refundable tax credit

California is turning newsroom headcount into a refundable tax credit

California's new local-news tax credit ties refundable benefits directly to journalist employment, making newsroom headcount part of publisher economics.

Ecommerce influencer marketing: how brands turn creator attention into attributable sales

Influencer Marketing

Ecommerce influencer marketing: how brands turn creator attention into attributable sales

A practical ecommerce influencer marketing playbook for creator fit, shoppable content, attribution, conversion, and repeatable sales.

Reddit is closing the free pipes that power social listening

Reddit is closing the free pipes that power social listening

Reddit is ending RSS and broad public API access, forcing social-listening teams to audit how their monitoring tools collect community data.

Gemini 4 Argon turns frontier-model access into a workflow governance question

Gemini 4 Argon turns frontier-model access into a workflow governance question

Google's Gemini 4 Argon launch makes access controls, permissions and workflow governance part of the frontier-model adoption decision.

Netcore.ai's Rajesh Jain: Your AI marketing agent is only as smart as how old its data is

Netcore.ai's Rajesh Jain: Your AI marketing agent is only as smart as how old its data is

Netcore.ai founder Rajesh Jain explains why stale customer data can make marketing agents act quickly on the wrong customer picture.

Crisis communication examples: 4 recent cases PR teams can learn from

public-relations

Crisis communication examples: 4 recent cases PR teams can learn from

Four recent crisis communication examples from Delta, M&S, Cracker Barrel, and Sonos, with practical lessons PR teams can reuse.

OpenAI turns 4,000+ app connections into an always-on work layer

OpenAI turns 4,000+ app connections into an always-on work layer

OpenAI's Dots move AI from chat sessions into persistent work across connected apps, Slack, Teams, and enterprise systems.

Standard Chartered turns Formula 1 preparation into a banking brand story

Standard Chartered uses Formula 1 preparation and AI-enabled production to turn a sports partnership into a global banking campaign.

PUCPR’s Cristina Pastore: AI can sound certain while inventing the story

PUCPR’s Cristina Pastore: AI can sound certain while inventing the story

Cristina Pastore tested PUCPR’s Humanitas Code after an AI assistant invented work she had never done. Her lesson for marketers: polished output still needs grounding.

AppLovin-Unity fight turns ad-quality data into a model-governance question

AppLovin-Unity fight turns ad-quality data into a model-governance question

The AppLovin-Unity dispute puts ad-quality SDK data access, downstream reuse and model training under scrutiny as mobile ad platforms automate more auction decisions.

Meta turns Muse into a connected operating layer for small-business marketing

Meta turns Muse into a connected operating layer for small-business marketing

Meta's Muse for Small Business connects marketing, commerce, finance and collaboration tools while keeping publishing, sending and spending behind approval gates.

e.l.f. turns its second album into a bigger entertainment play

Mirror Mix shows how e.l.f. is using rising artists and cross-platform distribution to deepen its entertainment strategy.

Instagram Live partnership ads turn creator broadcasts into paid media

Influencer Marketing

Instagram Live partnership ads turn creator broadcasts into paid media

Instagram Live partnership ads let brands amplify creator livestreams as paid media, making permissions and media planning pre-broadcast requirements.