AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoBrand Experience: Warner Bros. and Amazon Ads launched “Open to Fun,” an interactive Cat in the Hat campaign spanning Prime Video, Twitch, IMDb, Alexa and a mobile game ahead of the film’s Nov. 6 release. Agency Moves: Publicis expanded its Marcel platform and named Hagedorn its first CEO; Stagwell acquired publisher ad-services company Freestar. Marketing Tech: Salesforce’s planned $5.66 billion acquisition of Braze puts marketers at an ecosystem crossroads. Bloomreach and Optimove also rolled out “zero-copy” tools that let brands activate customer data without moving it from their data environments. Media Buying: Brands are shifting more spend toward retail and social, while buyers eye economic uncertainty. Talent & Strategy: Believe named Mel Curley global head of editorial and marketing partnerships; new WFA research identifies strategic thinking as marketing’s biggest skills gap.
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