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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 Checkout: Eric Gonzalez, Founder of Tranquila

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

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

Yakult invented the probiotic category in 1935.

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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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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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The Ritual of Retail: Adidas' VP of Global Retail Design & Consumer Experience On New Brand Centre in Bangkok

Discover Adidas' latest Brand Centre in Bangkok's Siam Paragon.

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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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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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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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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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How would you feel if an agency paid a cab driver to eavesdrop on your conversations?

Unlocking the Bond-esque Secrets of Agency-Client Dynamics in Pitches.

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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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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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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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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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Why Coca-Cola paused the Costa Coffee sale

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Review: Cap Juluca Spa, Anguilla. Why Guerlain and Belmond's Spa Partnership Plays Into LVMH’s Wider Strategic Pivots

Cap Juluca, a Belmond Hotel, Anguilla, Reveals Brand-New Spa in Partnership.

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From Pins to Profit: How Pinterest Transformed from Digital Scrapbook to a $4.2 Billion E-commerce Giant

Explore Pinterest's transformation into a $4.2 billion ad revenue leader.

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Intern Insights: 3 Misconceptions Creative Agencies Have About Retail

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

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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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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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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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Why Nespresso Has Just Launched Ready-to-Drink Coffee in the U.S.

Nespresso brand launches pilot RTD ready-to-drink coffee in the US.

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A2 Dairy Fuels Premium RTD Coffee Surge in the $14.91B Market Boom

Laurel's A2 milk-infused coffee is shaking up the RTD and luxury market.

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Nespresso x HIVED: 100% Electric Deliveries in London Could Cut 10,000kg CO2 Monthly and Boost Customer Experience

Nespresso partners with hived offering all-electric coffee delivery in London.

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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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World AeroPress Championship: George Stanica, Coffee, Community and Lessons for Brand Leaders

George Stanica wins the World AeroPress Championship 2024. Key lessons.

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Here's What Challenger Brands Can Learn from Mars' Acquisition of Kellanova

Mars' $36B Kellanova deal reshapes snacking: Key insights for challenger brand

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Adidas' Rachel Wentzel on Directing $1B Marketing Spend, Agency Relationships & Her Beauty Essentials

Discover adidas's Rachel Wentzel's Approach to Redefining Procurement

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Ask THE GOODS: How Do We Navigate New Business As a Independent Agency?

Ask THE GOODS is a advice column fuelled by questions from you, our readers,

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100 Years of Marketing HUGO BOSS: A Century of Fashion, Innovation, and How BOSS Remains Relevant

HUGO BOSS at 100. What marketing luxury looks like and how to strengthen brand

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Dior's Lisbon Debut: A New Chapter of Luxury on the Iconic Avenida da Liberdade

Discover Dior's latest luxury milestone: the grand opening in Lisbon

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Why the Dollar Shave Club Dream Faded: Inside Unilever's D2C Strategy Reassessment

Why the Dollar Shave Club Dream Faded: Inside Unilever's D2C Strategy Reassess

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A Subway Ride with ESPN's Mark L. Walker: Making Business Development a "Contact Sport."

Mark L. Walker: ESPN and Beyond: Making Business Development a “Contact Sport”

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5 Growth-Director Approved Ways to Turn LinkedIn Likes into New Business

Relationship building for effective agency new business.

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Yes, Cold Outreach is Dead and Here's the Proper Way to Win New Business on LinkedIn

Unlock the power of content marketing with Dina Calakovic's unique insights.

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Hiring Your First Creative Agency? Here's What to Look For

Hiring your first creative agency? Navigate the complexities with this advice.

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This is How You Grow Your Agency When You've Never 'Done' New Business

Why a clear business strategy and proactive growth are crucial for long-term

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Lululemon and Peloton Unite in a Five-Year Partnership: A Harmonious Fusion for Fitness and Wellbeing

Lululemon & Peloton: 5-year fitness alliance offering co-branded apparel & ta

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A Day in the Life: Kelly Taylor, Havas London's 38-Year-Old Head of Growth

A Day in the Life: Head of Growth at Havas London shares Her 24hrs

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The Reinvention of the Orient Express: Lessons from LVMH and Accor for Legacy Brands

LVMH and Accor join forces to reinvent the Orient Express brand.

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Small World's Founder Shares 3 Essential Collaboration Tips for Agencies: A Goldilocks Approach

Unlock the future of agency partnerships with Goldilocks Partnerships.

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Highsnobiety’s Vuk Bojovic Talks Business Development, Cultural Trends, and Brand Loyalty

20 Years of Highsnobiety: Vuk Bojovic on Culture, Advertising & Marathons.

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Four Things the New Porsche Studio Singapore Teaches Us About Customer Experience

Explore the groundbreaking approach of Porsche Studio Singapore.

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HUGO BOSS Opens Their Doors at The Dubai Mall Fashion Avenue

HUGO BOSS Opens Their Doors at The Dubai Mall Fashion Avenue.

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DJ Sets to Pitch Decks: Publicis' Global Content Director, Bianca McLeish.

Bianca McLeish of Publicis on new biz, mentoring, and her Grandma

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Here's 3 Key Ways Ketchum UK's Business Development Director Wins New Clients.

A Q&A with Janita Lakhanpal, Director of Business Development at Ketchum UK.

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Here's When, How, and Why to Say "No" – Insights from a Marketing Week Columnist

Saying 'No' in Adland: Robin Bonn on Client Boundaries.

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