Consumers Are Abandoning Traditional Search Faster Than Brands Expect, New Study Finds

Consumers Are Abandoning Traditional Search Faster Than Brands Expect, New Study Finds

The full 2026 AI & Search Behavior Study is available for download here. More than one-third of consumers now begin their digital search journeys with AI tools rather than Google or other search engines, signaling a fundamental shift in how people discover information, evaluate brands, and make purchase decisions. According to Eight Oh Two Marketing’s newly […]

Life Goals book brings together 75 campaigns that made marketing feel meaningful again

Life Goals book brings together 75 campaigns that made marketing feel meaningful again

Performance Marketing experts, Genie Goals, has launched Life Goals, the second volume in its annual series highlighting the most creative, effective and imaginative digital marketing campaigns across ecommerce. Following the success of Home Goals, this new edition highlights 75 brands shaping how people spend their time through sport, crafts, outdoors, reading, self care and everyday micro hobbies. Life Goals brings […]

Limelight Inc.’s annual report charts ad networks’ move from aggregation to curation

Limelight Inc.’s annual report charts ad networks’ move from aggregation to curation

White paper finds that ad networks are working hard to clean up the supply path and focusing on quality rather than quantity to deliver better outcomes Limelight Inc.’s latest annual report, Progress and Possibility: State of Ad Networks 2026 delves into how successful ad networks are shifting from aggregation to curation – doubling down on […]

BRANDS ARE FACED WITH A NEW ERA AS CONSUMERS SEEK TO RESET THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGY

BRANDS ARE FACED WITH A NEW ERA AS CONSUMERS SEEK TO RESET THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGY

Dentsu Creative‘s Generative Realities Trends Report highlights a world exhausted and exhilarated by change From AI intimacy to the analog revival, new global research reveals an increasingly complex relationship with technology. While 53% of people now use AI in their personal lives, rising to 70% of Gen Z, 55% of consumers say they are tired of […]

Influencer marketing set for major growth as 81% of UK marketers plan to increase 2026 budgets

Influencer marketing set for major growth as 81% of UK marketers plan to increase 2026 budgets

Influencer marketing is set for strong growth in 2026, with 81% of UK brands planning to increase their budgets, according to The State of Influencer Marketing in Europe 2025, a new benchmark study from Kolsquare, produced in partnership with NewtonX. The UK stands out as one of Europe’s most active markets: 84% of UK brands and agencies […]

Interpublic & Momentum Worldwide Research Reveals In-Store Media’s Untapped Potential

Interpublic & Momentum Worldwide Research Reveals In-Store Media’s Untapped Potential

New Global Shopper Study Shows In-Store Experience Has Always Been Critical, Just Underutilized Global experiential agency Momentum Worldwide and Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) have released new research today challenging the industry narrative that in-store media is experiencing a “resurgence.” The comprehensive study reveals that in-store media hasn’t been reborn, it’s been consistently powerful but dramatically underutilized by […]

Yes& Unveils “Gen Z in [ Focus ]”: How a Generation Is Redefining the College Decision

Yes& Unveils “Gen Z in [ Focus ]”: How a Generation Is Redefining the College Decision

Download the report at: https://info.yesandagency.com/gen-z-in-focus Yes&, an integrated marketing agency, has released Gen Z in [ Focus ]: How Gen Z Is Redefining the College Decision, a proprietary national study revealing how today’s students are rethinking success, education, and work—and what that shift means for colleges. First presented at the AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher […]

Rival & Imperial College Business School Unveil “The Rival 50”: The Leading Challenger Brands Redefining Modern Marketing

Rival & Imperial College Business School Unveil “The Rival 50”: The Leading Challenger Brands Redefining Modern Marketing

Rival, the global marketing research and consulting firm, and Imperial College’s Business School, London, today announced the launch of The Rival 50, a new global index revealing the top 50 challenger brands that redefine the standard for success across today’s increasingly complex global marketing landscape. The list analyzes and celebrates the brands that have challenged the conventions […]

Premium live sports prove unstoppable as new formats and women’s competitions drive viewer engagement to new heights

Premium live sports prove unstoppable as new formats and women’s competitions drive viewer engagement to new heights

Today, the leader in TV and video market intelligence, Glance, shared its annual sports report, Yearly Sport Key Facts 2025 revealing record-breaking audiences and significant shifts in sports viewership patterns across global markets. The comprehensive report analyses television sports consumption from September 2024 to August 2025 in 45 markets globally. The initial wave of 15 […]