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Why the traditional agency model is struggling to keep up with AI

As AI reshapes how customers discover brands, traditional agency models are...

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The Checkout: Joe Rotondo, Founder of Smearcase

Smearcase founder Joe — building the first cottage cheese ice cream.

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The Good Table: Vuokko Aro — Chief Design Officer, Monzo

The Good Table: Vuokko Aro, Monzo’s Chief Design Officer, on scaling design.

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The Checkout: Eric Gonzalez, Founder of Tranquila

Tranquila Coffee founder Eric Gonzalez - building a first specialty decaf RTD

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The Good Table: Shinji Yamaguchi — Managing Director, Yakult UK & Ireland

Yakult invented the probiotic category in 1935.

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What We're Tracking: Stealth nutrition

The most effective health product is the one you don't notice you're taking.

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What We're Tracking: The cost of context switching

Why uninterrupted time is becoming a competitive advantage for leadership.

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The Checkout: Elan Halpern, Co-Founder of Sourmilk

How Sourmilk is building a CPG brand in public, with co-founder Elan Halpern.

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Huel Joins Danone: The rise of daily nutrition systems

Huel joins Danone as meal replacement evolves into daily nutrition systems.

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Too visible to feel valuable? The new reality for luxury on social media

As visibility fades. Luxury turns to discretion again.

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Simpson’s in the Strand is open again — Jeremy King revives London’s grand restaurant

Simpson’s in the Strand reopens under Jeremy King.

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John Lewis invests in AI-powered shopping and launches TikTok Shop pilot

John Lewis is investing in AI-powered shopping and testing TikTok Shop.

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What We’re Tracking: Overnight Oats

Overnight oats are maturing as a category. The next shift may be structural.

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The Good Table: Yasmin Shahida—Oatly Senior Director of Public Relations North America

The Good Table: Oatly’s PR strategy, GLP-1 trends and fibre focus

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The Most Expensive Room: Why we disqualify ourselves

Why self-doubt often determines who steps forward into leadership roles.

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What We’re Tracking: Defaultcore

How consumer and CPG brands are designed for repeat, automatic use.

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The Good Table: Guillame Millet—Danone VP of Plant-based Europe

Guillaume Millet, European VP of Plant-Based at Danone, on Alpro’s Meal to Go.

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Blueprints: Jac Chetland — Co-Founder of SURREAL

How Surreal co-founder Jac Chetland built a D2C high-protein cereal brand.

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What We’re Tracking: Meal replacement drinks

Meal replacement drinks are becoming nutritional stabilisers as GLP-1 use.

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Why Coca-Cola paused the Costa Coffee sale

Coca-Cola has reportedly abandoned plans to sell its Costa Coffee chain.

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Blueprints: Abigail Forsyth—Co-founder of KeepCup

Founder interview: Abigail Forsyth on building KeepCup into a global brand.

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The Good Table: Jessica Schinazi—Away's CEO

Away CEO Jessica Schinazi on scaling beyond the founder phase.

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Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Ed Stack on Foot Locker ‘straying from retail 101’

Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Ed Stack: Foot Locker ‘Strayed from Retail 101'.

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5 minutes with Justin Billingsley: agencies, AI and what survives to 2026

Justin Billingsley on what survives the agency shake-up to 2026.

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Blueprints: Luke Boase—Founder of Lucky Saint

How did Lucky Saint become the UK’s leading dedicated alcohol-free beer brand?

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The Good Table: Giovanni Zaccariello—Coach's SVP Global Visual Experience & Store Design

Interview: Coach SVP Giovanni Zaccariello’s world of ‘expressive luxury’.

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What We're Tracking: Digital-detox

From SS26 runways to daily rituals, digital detox is now a design brief.

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Forrester’s 2026 predictions, explained

As attention thins, brands that win will soften AI, strip friction from CX.

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Coca-Cola's Javier Meza and Maira Genovese on 'test and learn' AI advertising

From Web Summit Lisbon, Coca-Cola’s Javier Meza on using AI in ad creativity

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The Ritual of Retail: MrBeast Feastables with Anna Pan, Director of Omnichannel & Shopper Marketing

“As we enter traditional channels like grocery, mass grocery, we want to...

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Operating AI at Scale, preserving the work - with Zoe Scaman and Tim Rodgers

Beyond pilots: how to scale AI in creative organisations.

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Thirty years in, Tina Fegent is still redefining marketing procurement

A profile of Tina Fegent, one of the first in marketing procurement.

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lululemon × Erewhon collab, explained

Lululemon borrows Erewhon’s cultural authority; the app captures the upside.

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What We’re Tracking: Brutalist pep-talks

Nike’s mile-22 voice goes mainstream: blunt, runner-coded, meme-ready lines.

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What We’re Tracking: Emerging aesthetics & ideas

Inside the spaces between things, where the next aesthetic vocabulary begins.

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Shelf life: inside CPG’s pre-winter power struggle

The pre-winter shelf battle shaping CPG’s Q4 mood

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Nike earnings beat as Hill’s reset gains traction

Nike’s Q3 earnings beat expectations as CEO Elliott Hill’s global reset gains.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT checkout is live. What next for D2C brands?

OpenAI’s ChatGPT adds Instant Checkout with Etsy and soon Shopify brands.

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CHFA 2025: What Canada’s biggest natural products show revealed

CPG news. Fred Hart on CHFA 2025 and Canada’s natural products boom.

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Blueprints: Nicola Stäubli—Co-founder of MONoPOLE

MONoPOLE co-founder Nicola Stäubli on FREITAG, creating design-led cargo bikes

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The Most Expensive Room: AI, boredom and the rise of quiet quitting

What causes quiet quitting? AI, boredom, and disengagement. How leaders can...

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Reddit survival guide for brands

Why Reddit now ranks high on Google and what brands need to know.

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The Most Expensive Room: How breathing shapes public speaking

C-suite leaders are using breathwork to speak with more power and presence.

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The Good Table: Mark Sandys—DIAGEO's Chief Innovation Officer

Diageo’s Mark Sandys on brand stretch, consumer, Guinness brand innovation.

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The Dishoom effect: Why LVMH backed a £300 million restaurant chain built on fictional backstories

What Dishoom’s £300M valuation tells us about brand control, story, and growth

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Co-op launches new ‘food to go’ retail format focused on hot meals and convenience

Co-op launches new ‘Food to Go’ stores offering hot meals, deli pots, retail.

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The Ritual of Retail: Poppi with Matt Giese, Sr. Director of Retail Marketing and Partnerships

How Poppi is scaling functional soda through taste, retail, and strategy.

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Boots plans first fragrance-only boutique as beauty strategy sharpens under Sycamore

Boots' Broadgate Central concept store showcase over 400 luxury, niche scents.

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Delta’s Paris café debut brings Manteigaria’s pastéis de nata to Avenue de l’Opéra

Delta Coffee opens its first Paris flagship Experience on Avenue de l’Opéra.

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The Most Expensive Room: Why empathy defines leadership impact

Empathy drives leadership impact through presence and Ichigo Ichie.

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First Amazon took the sale, now the studio.

Amazon wants it all. Its new AI video tool can turn listings into ads.

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The Good Table: Gary Raucher—ASICS' Global Head of Marketing

ASICS CMO Gary Raucher on brand preference, mental wellbeing, and strategy.

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One Week, Two Conglomerates: Nestlé and L’Oréal Expand In-House Content Infrastructure With AI and Digital Twins

Nestlé and L’Oréal expand in-house content with AI, digital twins, and NVIDIA.

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Skip the Ad: Publicis Snaps Up $1.7B Mars Account as WPP CEO Mark Read Exits

CEO Mark Read exits WPP after 30 years. The story? Traditional agencies are...

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The Ritual of Retail: Erewhon with Sean Pool, Head of Data and Analytics

Inside Erewhon’s $20 smoothie economy: Luxury retail, data, pricing power.

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The Ritual of Retail: IKEA’s Oxford Street Opens New Format for Fast Furniture Shopping

IKEA opens on Oxford Street, unveiling a new compact urban store format.

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The Most Expensive Room: Why listening is the most strategic skill in leadership

Why great leaders listen before they speak. How boardroom habits shape trust.

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Why Nike is Decentralising Marketing in China with In-House Icon Studios

Nike is decentralising its China marketing with in-house Icon Studios.

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Under Armour x Eric Liedtke’s Unless Debut Regenerative Sportswear at Milan Design Week

Compostable Sportswear at Milan Design Week | THE GOODS

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LinkedIn Tracked Who You Know. Feats Shows What You’ve Done.

Feats offers what Cannes can’t: a lasting record of contribution.

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Why Fernando Fernandez and Unilever’s Social-First Strategy Isn’t Reckless. It’s Just Misunderstood

Unilever’s social-first shift isn’t reckless. It’s a strategic reset.

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Why Your Grocery Store Looks Different Now: An Interview with Fred Hart on IFE & Expo West

Why Your Grocery Store Looks Different Now: Fred Hart on IFE & Expo Trends

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China’s Gen Z is Melting Gold at Home for DIY Luxury Jewellery – We Have Questions.

China’s Gen Z is redefining generational wealth by transforming gold.

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Gen Z Trusts Pubity More Than Your Brand—Here’s Why

Pubity reaches 1.9B people monthly without paid ads. How they won Gen Z trust.

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Who Moved Where? The Senior Marketing Leadership Moves That Defined Q1 2025

Tracking Q1 2025’s Biggest Marketing Leadership Moves & Power Shifts

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Safe agencies cost CMOs more and deliver less. Here’s how to fix it

CMOs want bold work, but keep paying marketing agencies for safe ideas.

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UPDATE: Walgreens Boots Sells for $23.7B – What Happens Next for Beauty & Retail?

Walgreens Boots Alliance is going private in a $23.7B Sycamore Partners

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Louis Vuitton Expands Into Beauty, Betting on Power, Profit and Pat McGrath

With fashion sales softening, Louis Vuitton turns to high-margin beauty.

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Prada to Acquire Versace for €1.5bn—But Can Minimalism and Maximalism Coexist?

Prada SpA is moving closer to a deal to buy Versace from Capri Holdings Ltd.

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How AI Could Solve the $18B Cart Abandonment Problem and Redefine Product Discovery

How 70% of online shopping carts are abandoned, costing brands $18B a year.

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The Stormzy Meal; Not #MerkyMeal? McDonald's CEO Says Their UK Marketing Must Improve

Chris Kempczinski, Mcdonalds CEO says UK marketing must improve.

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Kendrick Lamar’s Most Watched Super Bowl Halftime Show in History: FIFA 2026 and What Brand Must Do Now

From Super Bowl to FIFA 2026: Why activation beats passive sponsorship.

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Technicolor’s Fade to Black: A Creative Industry Reckoning

Technicolor’s Collapse & The Future of Creative Production

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Unilever Eyes Wild Acquisition: Will a Second DTC Gamble Pay Off Where Dollar Shave Club Stumbled?

Unilever has agreed the terms of a transaction to acquire Wild.

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Nike’s “So Win” Super Bowl Ad: A 60-Second Start to Rewriting Recent History But It'll Take Time

THE GOODS on Nike’s “So Win” Super Bowl Ad and rewriting recent history.

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The Good Table: Javier Meza—Coca-Cola's President of Marketing for Europe

THE GOOD Table: Javier Meza—Coca-Cola President of Marketing Europe

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Intern Insights: 3 Misconceptions Creative Agencies Have About Retail

Intern Insights: Debunking agency myths about brands, retailers, and strategy.

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Don’t Be Scared, It’s Just Water: What Went Wrong for Liquid Death as Brand Exits UK?

Why is Liquid Death exiting UK market? The brand to focus on US market.

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Oatly and Nespresso Pull Together and Release Oatly Barista Edition Coffee Capsule

Nespresso Oatly Collaborate on Oatly Barista Edition Coffee Capsules.

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Guinness Off the Table: Diageo Dismisses Sale Rumours

Diageo affirms Guinness brand and their stake in Moët Hennessy is not for sale

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Guinness on the Block? Diageo Mulls £8bn Sale as Irish Icon Shares Decline

Diageo considering selling off Guinness for a reported £8billion.

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How AI Agents Like OpenAI’s Operator Are Poised to Reshape Brand Strategy and Consumer Loyalty

AI agents redefine brand visibility. Can your business survive the shift?

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Why Brands Are Turning to X&O’s Sprint-Based Model for What They Really Need

How X&O’s sprint-based model is changing agency-brand collaboration.

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The Good Table: Sir Will Butler-Adams—Brompton Bicycles CEO

Will Butler-Adams, CEO of Brompton, on leadership, fear and innovation.

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The Good Table: Franck Denglos— Under Armour's VP EMEA

Franck Denglos, Under Armour VP EMEA on growth, humility and wellness.

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The North Face x SKIMS: Kim Kardashian Takes Après-Ski to the Slopes

The North Face x SKIMS: Kardashian skiwear with a chic 14-piece collab.

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The Good Table: Sara Rose—Manchester United's Marketing Director

Conversations at The Good Table: Sara Rose—Manchester United's First Director

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Max Siegelman on Reinventing Legacy and The Extraordinary Ascent of Siegelman Stable 

Where tradition meets trend: Siegelman Stable Store 10 Greene Street, New York

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Why Beckham’s Brand Longevity Now Includes Your Daily Wellness Routine: Welcome to IM8

From Stella to Supplements: Beckham’s Play for Brand and Body Longevity

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Chanel Opens New Watches & Fine Jewellery Boutique at Taipei 101 Designed by Peter Marino

Chanel opens new Boutique at Taipei 101 focussing on Watches & Fine Jewellery

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Why Diageo’s New Luxury Group Strengthens Brand's Global Resilience—and What’s Next

Diageo brand creates the Diageo Luxury Group uniting Its global luxury assets

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Specialty Tea Market Drivers, Challengers, Gen-Z & Trends to Watch in 2025

Specialty tea sales soar: inside the trends shaping 2025.

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From Pret’s Portuguese Debut to Starbucks’ Slump: Is the Prosumer Coffee Movement Pushing Chains Out of Style?

Discover the two very different CEOs leading Starbucks and Pret A Manger.

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7 ChatGPT Prompts to Help CMOs Make an Impact in Their Next Board Meeting

Discover 7 ChatGPT prompts every CMO should have saved and ready.

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Le Club Lacoste: Future of Loyalty or Just Another Members Club?

Lacoste launches LACOSTE MEMBERS in France. Lacoste reinforces brand loyalty.

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Luxury Fashion at a Crossroads: How Real Estate, Personalisation, China’s Gen Z, AI and Wellness Can Revive the Industry

As China’s luxury market slows, niche sectors like fragrance remain strong.

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Dr. Martens: Can the Icon Reboot Itself? 14XX; Everything Old (& Not Old) Is New Again

Dr. Martens share price struggles amid reboot with 14XX experimental range.

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Google Ads Drops 11-Year Data Policy: Here's the Impact on Advertisers

Brand advertisers prepare for Google Ads API update: retrieve & store old data

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Here's How BrewBird is Helping Specialty Coffee Take Flight in the Office

BrewBird Brings Specialty-Grade Coffee to Office CPG Microkitchens.

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Lessons from Siete’s $1.2B Unintentional Playbook: How Evolving Beyond the Original Vision Led to a Pepsi Payday

Pepsi’s $1.2B buyout of Siete: Authentic food and beverage marketing