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Smarter Sorting: The “Product Truth” Imperative: Navigating AI Shopping Systems in Agentic Commerce

Feb 28, 2026

The Smarter Sorting study, Product Truth in the Age of Agentic Commerce: A Multi-Platform Evaluation of AI Shopping Systems’ Accuracy, Completeness, and Regulatory Reliability (2025), exposes persistent challenges in delivering “product truth”—a SKU-level representation that is accurate, complete, and regulatory-aligned.

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IAB and Sonata: Bridging the AI Ad Perception Gap: Strategic Imperatives for Enterprise Leaders

Feb 28, 2026

While ad executives increasingly leverage AI in creative processes, The AI Gap Widens, new research from IAB and Sonata Insights reveals that consumers hold significantly less positive views on AI-generated advertising than advertisers assume. For senior marketing and customer experience (CX) leaders, addressing this disconnect through strategic disclosure and…

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Yesterday’s MarTech News: February 28, 2026

Feb 28, 2026

The most significant pattern across yesterday’s announcements is the proliferation of specialized AI agents and point solutions.

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Expert Mode: Reconciling the Customer Paradox of Price vs. Premium Experience

Feb 28, 2026

Do you invest in the bottom-line appeal of price, or the long-term value of a superior experience? It feels like a zero-sum game, forcing a choice between margin-eroding discounts and costly Customer Experience (CX) investments.

#819: Recurrent CEO Andrew Perlman on the role of traditional media companies when there are 1.1 billion active content creators

#819: Recurrent CEO Andrew Perlman on the role of traditional media companies when there are 1.1 billion active content creators

Feb 27, 2026

Today, we’re going to talk about the seismic shift in the media landscape, driven by the explosive growth of the creator economy. We’ll explore how the very definition of a creator is evolving from a short-term influencer to a long-term brand builder, and what opportunities and challenges this presents…

Channel99 Connects Marketing Intelligence Data to GenAI Platforms Enabling a New Generation of Marketing Clouds

Channel99 Connects Marketing Intelligence Data to GenAI Platforms Enabling a New Generation of Marketing Clouds

Feb 26, 2026

New Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enables secure, real-time access to Channel99 marketing performance data within private instances of ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Claude.

Smartcat: Scaling Global Enterprise Growth: Orchestration, Governance, and Structured AI are Critical for 2026

Smartcat: Scaling Global Enterprise Growth: Orchestration, Governance, and Structured AI are Critical for 2026

Feb 26, 2026

According to Smartcat’s The State of Global Enterprise Growth in 2026 report, for senior marketing and CX leaders, navigating this environment requires more than isolated efficiency gains; it demands a strategic approach to AI integration, workflow orchestration, robust governance, and structured training. 

Siteimprove Expands its Agentic Content Intelligence Platform with Conversational Analytics Agent

Siteimprove Expands its Agentic Content Intelligence Platform with Conversational Analytics Agent

Feb 26, 2026

Siteimprove.ai now delivers natural-language analytics, multimodal AI for PDF and Image accessibility coverage, and Keyword Intelligence for search in the world of AEO

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Truthset Launches Integration with Databricks via Delta Sharing to Provide Marketers Advanced Data Accuracy and Quality Controls

Feb 26, 2026

The partnership gives brands, agencies, and publishers the ability to evaluate and tune the accuracy of consumer data to increase profitability

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Scratch and Trendemon: From Content Buffet to Decision Support: B2B Marketing in the Age of LLMs

Feb 26, 2026

Answer Led Journeys, a new report from Scratch Marketing and Media and Trendemon indicates that the traditional sales funnel has not merely evolved; it has migrated off-site into AI chat interfaces.