In today’s Digest, we cover Apple training its own AI model for China with Alibaba’s help, Walmart Connect adding negative keyword controls for sponsored ads, and Audigent’s brand disappearing as Experian absorbs it into its marketing services division.

As brands prepare for the annual Back to School shopping season, Captify (part of Verve), the leader in Search Intelligence, has revealed new analysis showing that Back to School has evolved into two distinct consumer journeys, each with different audiences, [...]

Experian and AUDIENCES today (30th July, 2026) announce a new partnership designed to help brands and agencies unlock greater value from their first-party customer data and deliver more effective marketing across the media ecosystem.  Experian is uniquely combining its consumer insight, [...]

Assertive Yield announced a multi-year partnership with Trusted Media Brands (TMB), owner of properties such as Reader’s Digest, Taste of Home, Family Handyman, and The Pet Collective. TMB selected Assertive Yield over its previous solution to modernise its programmatic ad [...]

Wella’s audio advertising campaign for Nioxin Pro Clinical has significantly boosted the product line, which tackles hair thinning and promotes scalp health. Delivered by omnichannel advertising platform Azerion and media agency Digitas, the ads used AI-generated personalised dynamic creatives to [...]

Jean-Christophe Conti, CEO at VIOOH, looks at the rise of programmatic DOOH in China - and how the region is making the most of the format…

Today, VIOOH, the leading premium global digital out of home (DOOH) supply-side platform, announced today (28 July, 2026) a strategic partnership with b.drops, the largest Brazilian DOOH channel specialising in self-care and wellness environments, expanding programmatic access to premium DOOH [...]

International travel across Asia-Pacific has rebounded strongly, but the way consumers make travel decisions has fundamentally changed. Following the post-pandemic travel boom, consumers now face higher travel costs, greater destination choice, and an overwhelming volume of travel content across social [...]

Following the FIFA World Cup Final, Captify, the leader in Search Intelligence, has revealed new analysis showing the brands that won – and lost – consumers' attention during the tournament.  Drawing from billions of real-time search signals across the open web, Captify's data [...]

Captify UK has released new research Prompt to Purchase: How AI is Rewriting the Consumer Journey, exploring how responses generated by large language models (LLMs) are influencing brand discovery, product consideration, and purchase intent. The findings reveal that around 70% of [...]