YouTube adds Peacock to Premium: The deal could give Peacock more scale and make NBCU's premium ad inventory more attractive to marketers.
82% of weekly AI users use Google Search every day, compared with 71% of all internet users, according to a May 2026 survey from EMARKETER.
Google doesn’t penalize AI use in search: But human-created content still outperforms AI, suggesting quality over quantity should be the goal.
Chat controls speed up campaign work: PropellerAds moves campaign management into chat, simplifying control but lacking dashboards' visual checks.
Tech firms launch new coalition: The group backs open-source models, which could give marketers more AI options but deepen industry divide.
Google sends fewer clicks to websites: Brands may need to rely less on organic search as AI Overviews and zero-click results make traffic harder to earn.
Havas expands through acquisitions as consolidation accelerates: Marketers gain simpler agency relationships but fewer independent firms to choose from.
29% of US digital buyers picked up their online order at the store in May 2026, up from 22% in 2023, making it the only delivery method to grow every single year, according to a June report from Bizrate Insights and EMARKETER.
Back-to-school season is getting harder for retailers. Many parents plan to increase their budget from last year, but they’re taking longer to make decisions. That forces retailers to adapt to a longer, more complicated buying journey. “Parents are already building their back-to-school shopping lists, and most of them aren't moving in a straight line from seeing an ad to buying something,” said Rod Paolucci, global head of marketing at Channel Factory.
A new seller app and verification tools strengthen Marketplace as Meta competes for merchants and secondhand shoppers.
Michaels’ rapid rollout underscores how lower-cost AI tools are making conversational shopping a practical option for more retailers.
Global compliance records can derail US bank ambitions.
Ongoing benefits can be more compelling than rates in earning primary banking relationships.
Higher tariffs and fuel costs deepen pressure on shoppers and margins.
Smaller sellers may pay more for real models or risk losing shopper trust.
Local credit splits make market-by-market lending strategies more important.
The company’s lifestyle branding could cost bigger banks the next generation of wealth.
US consumers are picking buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers based on the best fit for particular purchases, rather than staying loyal to any one provider.
Cyclospora cases tied to fresh produce are mounting amid low confidence in the FDA and food safety, raising the value of transparent updates.
Peptide access may soon broaden in the US as the FDA's final decision could legitimize peptide compounding, giving telehealth brands with compounding facilities a head start.