The ‘AI in Agencies’ Spark Report for Autumn/Winter 2026 has found that while 90% of agency staff use AI at work, few are turning AI productivity gains into commercial return Only 9% of agencies have redesigned a workflow end to end, and just 6% have enabled a new AI revenue model Unless pricing models change, […]
95% of shoppers have bought an AI-recommended product, yet three in five finished their purchase through a separate search, a brand or retailer site, or a physical store Half of AI-active UK consumers began their last product search with an AI-generated response (50%), compared with 28% who started with traditional search results, according to new […]
Digital 2027: The United Kingdom, from We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency, and Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, is a 167-page deep dive covering the entire UK digital ecosystem; from social media to ecommerce, mobile to smart devices, and more. According to the report, over 68.5 million people are […]
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[Ai]magination, Fred & Farid’s generative AI creative studio has created a 50-second film for the immersive brand experience Guinness: The Surge Odyssey. Guinness’s advertising characters travel from Ireland to contemporary China in a 50-second film by [Ai]magination, FRED & FARID’s generative AI creative studio. A silver fish cycles through Shanghai’s tree-lined streets, while a turtle […]
We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency, and Meltwater, the global leader in actionable intelligence for PR, communications and marketing teams, have released Digital 2027, their latest annual report on social media and digital trends worldwide. Digital 2027 reveals major milestones in artificial intelligence and social media adoption, with more than a third of the […]
October 2026 In a regular Q&A session, Jenny Stanley, Managing Director at Appetite Creative explores the key trends, around AI, full-funnel marketing and agentic workflows, facing experts from across the advertising and marketing industry. This conversation is with Sandra Wagner, CEO at AuraVeo. 1: What is one achievement from your career that you are most […]
Data and AI innovator joins Alliant’s executive team as the company scales its people-based data technologies Alliant, the leading provider of consumer data and intelligence illuminating modern human behavior, today announced that Joseph Byrum has joined the company as Chief Data and Engineering Officer. In this role, Byrum will lead Alliant’s data strategy, data science, […]
New Agentic AI solution allows consumers to ask questions, explore products and complete actions without leaving publisher websites. C-Centric has launched Cross-Site Agentic Transfer (X-AT), an Agentic AI solution that enables consumers to have conversations and make transactions with a brand’s trained AI agent directly within ads on publisher websites. Michael Page, CEO of C-Centric […]
SearchPulse finds 51.9% of Reddit users say the platform provides information from “real people” – raising questions about the value of human experience as AI search grows AI is making it easier than ever for consumers to find an answer. But new research from the performance marketing agency Reflect Digital highlights a potential shift in […]
Vurvey Labs recently unveiled its vision for Frontier Intelligence grounded in real human experience and introduced Freckle, the new product that puts that vision to work for businesses. Built on Vurvey’s People Models, the intelligence that reflects how people think, feel, and behave at scale, Freckle enables organisations to co-create with audiences through advanced simulations and validate […]