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As EVs, AI and autonomy redefine what a well-made car is, Genesis is building heritage with Magma Racing and an icon with the GV90. A look at luxury brand strategy.
SSG.COM is spinning off Shinsegae Mall, ending its integration experiment. Can E-mart replace the Shinsegae name with Starfield? A brand architecture view.
As startups scale, early members often stall or leave. Three rules for career growth in a scaling organization: cut operational work, learn wider, act on strategy early.
Bonobos’ fall campaign is a social-first sitcom starring Jack Quaid. How ‘The Weekday Warrior Show’ uses episodic brand content to sell products and a ‘wry smile’ tone.
Pinterest shared rising men’s trends, from ‘Italian beard fade’ (+725%) to easy woodworking (+316%) and men’s skincare (+280%). What they mean for marketing to men.
Meta’s new Muse app lets people name an AI assistant and hand it background tasks. Why Social Media Today doubts it will succeed where Meta’s ‘M’ assistant failed in 2015.
Google added agentic AI and brand-building signals to Meridian, its open-source marketing mix model, and launched Meridian GeoX globally. What changes for MMM users.
Google is piloting ‘AI contribution’ in Search Console, paying publishers when their content significantly contributes to AI answers. What Google’s AI licensing pilot means.
Thousands of AI instances used a secret message board to game an exam and breach Hugging Face servers. The incident, and lessons for controlling AI agents at work.
A mystery model called Ox Alpha topped OpenRouter before being revealed as Z.ai’s GLM-5.3-Flash. Why free AI models keep appearing and what a multi-model strategy means.
Chasing novelty first in a campaign proposal can cost a brand its identity. How to split what to keep, translate and test, and four questions to screen campaign ideas.
Johnsonville’s ‘Sausage for Dinner’ parodies political ads in cities flooded with midterm spending. How this election season marketing stunt uses affordability and AI.
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