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After 25 years in consumer marketing, I stepped into my first B2B role about 18 months ago. Before that, I spent my whole career in consumer marketing, working on powerhouse brands like Procter & Gamble, Hilton, American Express and many more. And yes, the B2B learning curve has been steep. Fire hose feels about right.…

This is an excerpt from our Modern Retail+ Research report The 2026 guide to holiday marketing strategies, including A-Frame Brands, Mastercard and Ritual, which examined which commerce channels are dominating marketers’ holiday strategies. The report is based on a survey of 90 brand and retailer professionals, as well as individual interviews with marketing executives.

New research from BrightEdge shows that top brands in travel categories dominate the rankings in both ChatGPT and AI Overviews. What’s interesting is that while the BrightEdge data shows that the same brands are dominating travel queries, the top-ranked brands differ according to which sector/niche of travel is being inquired about.

Two years ago, the default for many brands was to buy influencer marketing one post at a time. A brand picked a creator, often by follower count or reach, and agreed a fee. It ran a code and moved on to the next name on the shortlist. Each deal was a separate negotiation with its…

Australia — 29 October 2026 — UNTMD, a South Melbourne digital marketing agency, says the arrival of advertising inside AI-generated search answers has changed the paid search brief for Australian brands, and that most businesses running Google Ads campaigns have not yet adjusted their creative, targeting, or measurement approach to account for it