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Nestlé’s marketing focus and marketing-led transformation: Your Marketing Week

Nestlé’s marketing focus and marketing-led transformation: Your Marketing Week

Be the best It’s always unsettling when a new CEO takes over, as it can mean changes to strategic direction, company culture, leadership style and more. It’s all the more anxiety-inducing when the business is experiencing a period of low growth, and the previous CEO was forced to leave abruptly under less than favourable circumstances.

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Indie game Denshattack turns Japan’s iconic train culture into pure pop-art motion

Indie game Denshattack turns Japan’s iconic train culture into pure pop-art motion

Trains are pretty great. They reliably get you from A to B and often with great scenic views, and are iconic in pop cultural moments from thrilling getaways and heists in Westerns to the Hogwarts Express that takes its passengers to their wizarding school. But you probably never imagined they could be used as the

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Google Business Profile Tests Cross-Location Posts

Google Business Profile Tests Cross-Location Posts

Google Business Profile appears to be testing a feature that lets managers share the same update across multiple locations from a single dialog. Tim Capper reported seeing the option. After publishing an update, a “Copy post” dialog appears with the prompt: “Copy the update to other profiles you manage.” You can now post an update

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5 questions marketers have about Sora and the synthetic social era

5 questions marketers have about Sora and the synthetic social era

AI video tools like OpenAI’s Sora are edging into mainstream culture while marketers watch — some intrigued, others concerned. The promise of near-instant, realistic video may sound like a dream for cash-strapped, content hungry brands. However, marketers are increasingly nervous about risks such as copyright liability, brand safety and ethics, wanting answers before committing to

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Get tickets for November’s Nicer Tuesdays in LA!

Get tickets for November’s Nicer Tuesdays in LA!

After the success of our two Nicer Tuesdays events in London and New York, we’re extremely glad to bring the first iteration of our creative discussions series to Los Angeles! Join us at the Nimoy Theatre, 1262 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024, on Tuesday 4 November! At this month’s event, you can expect talks

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Google Reminds SEOs How The URL Removals Tool Works

Google Reminds SEOs How The URL Removals Tool Works

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about removing hacked URLs that are showing in the index. He explained how to remove the sites from appearing in the search results and then discussed the nuances involved in dealing with this specific situation. Removing Hacked Pages From Google’s SERPs The person asking the question was the victim

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Week of Oct. 6 Cable News Ratings: Declines Across the Board

Week of Oct. 6 Cable News Ratings: Declines Across the Board

This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of October 6, 2025. Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN experienced erosion in viewership during primetime and total day, both in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo, for the just-concluded week. The primetime demo losses for all three networks were not

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Honor shares first look at its AI Robot Phone – and all I can say is wow

Honor shares first look at its AI Robot Phone – and all I can say is wow

Honor has designed an exciting new type of smartphone, and all I can say is wow. I’ve been so impressed by Honor’s deeply creative approach to tech this year, especially with some of the best camera phones, and I think it may have just invented the smartphone of my dreams (although it’s also reminiscent of

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Your Brand Is Being Cited By AI. Here’s How To Measure It

Your Brand Is Being Cited By AI. Here’s How To Measure It

Search has never stood still. Every few years, a new layer gets added to how people find and evaluate information. Generative AI systems like ChatGPT, Copilot Search, and Perplexity haven’t replaced Google or Bing. They’ve added a new surface where discovery happens earlier, and where your visibility may never show up in analytics. Call it

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Smarter reporting, AI enhancements lead HubSpot’s September 2025 updates

Smarter reporting, AI enhancements lead HubSpot’s September 2025 updates

If HubSpot’s August 2025 update was the fireworks show, September is the cleanup crew: tidy, practical and exactly what your teams need to move faster with fewer mistakes. This month’s highlights bring long-requested reporting, better guardrails for data and a handful of AI boosts that remove drudgery without adding complexity. Below are the 14 updates

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Ba’ndo’s identity for Japanese matcha brand Nippon turns to tradition, not trends

Ba’ndo’s identity for Japanese matcha brand Nippon turns to tradition, not trends

When shaping Nippon’s visual tone, the agency aimed to preserve the simplicity, calmness and depth of meaning inherent in matcha making, building a brand that felt loyal to its roots yet unmistakably modern – “an identity that carries the ritual of the past into the rhythm of today”, Emrah summarises. To reinforce this balance the

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Google Says It Surfaces More Video, Forums, And UGC

Google Says It Surfaces More Video, Forums, And UGC

Google says it has adjusted rankings to surface more short-form video, forums, and user-generated content in response to how people search. Liz Reid, VP and head of Google Search, discussed the changes in a Wall Street Journal Bold Names podcast interview. What Reid Said Reid described a shift in where people go for certain questions,

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B2B fintech Yaspa on using its ‘homegrown rebrand’ to break America

B2B fintech Yaspa on using its ‘homegrown rebrand’ to break America

After growing from 15 to 70 employees over the past 18 months and receiving a $12m (£9m) investment, B2B fintech Yaspa’s next move is breaking into the US. The B2B open banking payments provider, which works primarily within the iGaming (online gambling) sector, is launching into the US with a refreshed brand and visual identity.

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Nintendo meets photography with these new Instax Mini Link features

Nintendo meets photography with these new Instax Mini Link features

This week, we were introduced to Instax’s latest hybrid instant camera, the mini LiPlay+. And while this camera certainly looks pretty stylish, I’m actually more excited about the new Nintendo-themed features coming to Instax’s dedicated Nintendo Switch app (arriving October 30). If you have the latest Nintendo Switch 2 console, you can now level up

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Bing Supports data-nosnippet For Search Snippets & AI Answers

Bing Supports data-nosnippet For Search Snippets & AI Answers

Bing now supports the data-nosnippet HTML attribute, letting websites exclude specific page sections from search snippets and AI-generated answers in Bing. Websites can exclude selected sections from Bing Search snippets and Copilot answers Tagged content stays indexed and eligible to rank but is hidden from previews Useful for paywalled material, UGC moderation, and limiting what

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AdCP will be the blueprint for how AI agents transact

AdCP will be the blueprint for how AI agents transact

Ad tech has a new acronym, dubbed “AdCP,” and it’s one backed by some of the industry’s OGs. The cynical might quip, “That’s just what we need…” But more forward-thinking readers will appreciate it as a sign of the changing times. However, according to advocates, AdCP will be the blueprint for how AI agents transact

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At Adobe MAX LA 2025, creativity is still the name of the game

At Adobe MAX LA 2025, creativity is still the name of the game

A new addition to this year’s programme is the Creator Track, a series of sessions designed for those working primarily in online content creation, aiming to help individuals build visual identities on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. With workshops that unpack how to create, adapt, and sustain work in a fluctuating digital landscape, Creator

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Google’s John Mueller Flags SEO Issues In Vibe Coded Website

Google’s John Mueller Flags SEO Issues In Vibe Coded Website

Google Search Advocate John Mueller provided detailed technical SEO feedback to a developer on Reddit who vibe coded a website in two days and launched it on Product Hunt. The developer posted in r/vibecoding that they built a Bento Grid Generator for personal use, published it on Product Hunt, and received over 90 upvotes within

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GrubHub Will Make Its Super Bowl Debut in 2026

GrubHub Will Make Its Super Bowl Debut in 2026

Grubhub is entering the Big Game for the first time. The food delivery service announced on Wednesday that it will air its inaugural Super Bowl commercial in 2026, marking its first national campaign since being acquired by Marc Lore’s Wonder Group last November. The company offered few details about the creative concept or timing of

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The MTV logo history: how an ’80s icon became a pop culture legend

The MTV logo history: how an ’80s icon became a pop culture legend

When we think of ’80s aesthetics, no design quite embodies the era like the MTV logo. Evolving into a pop culture icon across the decades, the timeless identity has had a lasting legacy in the design world, never losing sight of its retro roots. With news that it is shutting down its five UK channels,

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