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WPP integrates Google Earth AI into marketing platform

2 days ago
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WPP expands Google partnership with Earth AI to sharpen local ad planning using weather, traffic and neighbourhood data across its marketing platform.
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Code and Theory appoints JJ Schmuckler as President

4 days ago
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Code and Theory names former WPP and Real Chemistry executive JJ Schmuckler as president to bolster senior client ties and integrated growth.
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Adobe launches CX Enterprise for AI marketing workflows

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Adobe unveils CX Enterprise to knit together AI agents, cloud partners and governed marketing workflows across large enterprise tech stacks.
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Adobe expands AI partner network for customer experience

6 days ago
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Adobe widens AI alliances with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and agencies to embed agent workflows across customer experience tools.
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Microsoft launches three new MAI AI models for Foundry

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Microsoft expands its in-house AI push with three Foundry models for speech, voice and images, as WPP signs on to test the new tools.
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Garnier wins JCDecaux award for weather-led campaign

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Garnier's Vitamin C Daily Tinted Fluid campaign wins JCDecaux's 2025 programmatic award after weather-triggered ads lifted sales and brand consideration.
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Google funds online safety programs for Canadian youth

Fri, 20th Feb 2026
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Google.org is investing over CAD $1.4 million in Kids Help Phone and Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada to bolster youth online safety programs.
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Gain Theory has been named Leader in Forrester Wave report

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Gain Theory named a Leader in Forrester's latest Marketing Measurement and Optimization Services Wave, topping the Strategy category.
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Digital billboards to power USD $54.6bn OOH boom

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Digital billboards are set to drive OOH ad spend to USD $54.6bn by 2025, as programmatic trading and data tools fuel rapid DOOH growth.
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Exclusive: The future of creative agencies as platforms

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Adobe leads a quiet revolution as agencies transform into tech platforms, automating creative workflows with AI to boost speed and scale content production.
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Forrester predicts agency mergers, job cuts & creator growth

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Forrester forecasts major agency mergers, job cuts of 15%, and growth in creator-led marketing by 2026 amid automation and industry shifts.
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UK leaders report confusion as digital transformation grows

Fri, 15th Aug 2025
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A VML study reveals UK business leaders face growing confusion and reduced confidence as digital transformation complexity stalls progress and staff morale.
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Michelle Whelan joins Komerz as Global Chief Business Officer

Wed, 30th Jul 2025
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Michelle Whelan joins Komerz as Global Chief Business Officer, also investing personally, to drive global sales and marketing growth for challenger brands.