Month: August 2026

Generate Music, Generate Speech, and Generate Sound Effects reach general availability, bringing rights-cleared audio into the same workspace as image and video — and raising new questions for brand teams about where “commercially safe” begins and ends.

AllianceHCM’s survey of 1,000 QSR employees suggests that a frustrating employee experience is costing trust, reducing lifetime value

Martech news for Aug 19-20, 2026: Syndigo finds reviews beat discounts, BCC Research reports agentic AI uses 100-1,000x more tokens, Queen One raises $25M.

ISM’s Paul Brenner and IAB’s Collin Colburn on why in-store retail media stalls on misaligned scorecards, not tech — and what shopper purchase rate fixes.

Lineup, a leading global provider of media sales technology, today announced a strategic partnership with alfamedia, who operates alfa Stylo, a versatile online editor for professional ad editing, digital and print.

New campaign “Open for Business (and Love)” celebrates Black entrepreneurs who are building businesses and relationships with equal intention

This disparity, highlighted in the NPS Benchmark Report: Decade Edition by CustomerGauge, indicates that while CX practitioners are executing better, they are often failing to prove the monetary value of their efforts, risking their programs’ strategic relevance and budget stability.

Forrester’s new AI Disruption Model, Experian’s Identity and Fraud Report, and a B2B search overhaul at Akamai all point the same direction: durable martech budget is moving beneath the application, into data, identity, and trust. A practitioner’s read for CMOs planning 2027.

This article was based on the interview with Georgia-Pacific’s Jason Ippen on the intersection of brand creativity and AI by Greg Kihlström, AI and MarTech keynote speaker for The Agile …

Martech news for August 19, 2026: Attentive AI Grow lifts email and SMS sign-ups 25%, Calendly ships Callie, and Liferay opens its Data Platform to B2B.