Treasure AI Takeover: 4 Episodes Featuring the Product Team
Rafael Flores and the Treasure AI product team on why the CDP had to stop storing and start deciding — four conversations on vision, roadmap, operations, and design.
Inflation Is Rewriting Holiday Shopping: 96% of Consumers Are Finding Smarter Ways to Stretch Their Budgets
Minty’s new Smart Shopper Study finds consumers are turning to AI and cashback and savings apps, shopping earlier to uncover best values
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | August 22, 2026
Martech news for August 21, 2026: NielsenIQ finds 58% of shoppers ignore brand ownership, Gravitate publishes AEO research, KNOREX flags going concern.
Smart Brands Prepare for Black Friday in August Before Ad Costs Climb 18% and Competition Jumps 40%
Data from marketing platform Billo dated June to December 2025 shows Meta ad competition rose 40% between August and the November peak. Billo, which connects brands with creators to produce social video ads, says the brands that win Black Friday test their creative already in August
Adobe Moves Firefly’s AI Audio Out of Beta as Music Licensing Friction Shifts to the Generation Layer
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.
51.8% of QSR Workers Who Found Onboarding Inefficient Exited Before Starting Work, Survey Finds
AllianceHCM’s survey of 1,000 QSR employees suggests that a frustrating employee experience is costing trust, reducing lifetime value
Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | August 21, 2026
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 in-store retail media measurement: the barrier to scale is alignment, not technology
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 and alfa Stylo Form Strategic Partnership to Enhance Direct Advertising Design Capabilities
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.
BLK Teams Up with The Gathering Spot for New Black Business Month Campaign and Content Series
New campaign “Open for Business (and Love)” celebrates Black entrepreneurs who are building businesses and relationships with equal intention
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