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Max Fashion’s Haroon Rasheed on why AI won’t replace trust

For Max Fashion’s Marketing Head, the future of retail is not about choosing between digital and physical. It is about making customers feel like they are…

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BYD’s José Miranda: AI can build awareness but culture builds brands

The automotive industry has become one of marketing’s fastest-moving sectors. AI is reshaping creative workflows, product innovation is accelerating, and new brands are expanding globally at…

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Why food delivery brands are becoming entertainment platforms 

Food delivery platforms are no longer just competing on speed and convenience. Increasingly, they are looking for ways to become part of consumers’ lifestyles, tapping into…

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BYD’s next big test isn’t technology. It’s winning hearts

When most people think about a car brand, they usually think about history. They think about the logos their parents drove, the brands they grew up…

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From Homepage to Doorstep: How Lenovo’s Omnichannel Campaign with Amazon Ads Drove Success During Peak Shopping Season

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Transparency in the storm: How the GCC managed crisis communication

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Ounass expands into physical retail activations with Stage

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Aramco remains Middle East’s sole entrant in Kantar BrandZ global top 100

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AI agents to influence $3.35 trillion in consumer spending by 2030: study 

Artificial intelligence agents are expected to facilitate more than $3.35 trillion in global consumer spending by 2030, transforming how products are discovered, compared and purchased, according…

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WARC’s Alex Brownsell: The YouTube opportunity most CMOs are still missing

YouTube may be the world’s largest video platform, but WARC Media’s latest Platform Insights: YouTube report suggests its next growth challenge is convincing marketers it deserves…

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The creator economy is growing up and the UAE is leading the next chapter

TikTok says the future belongs to creators who think like entrepreneurs, while new RedSeer research reveals the platform is contributing AED 1.1 billion to the UAE…

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YouTube ad growth slows amid TikTok, Netflix challenge

YouTube generated more than $40 billion in advertising revenue in 2025, but its ad business is entering a slower growth phase as competition from TikTok and…

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97% of marketers use AI, yet most consumers still prefer human-made ads

Artificial intelligence has become virtually inseparable from modern marketing, with 97% of marketing leaders now using AI in their daily creative work and 99% planning to…

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Middle East malls must reinvent beyond retail space: Boston Consulting Group

Middle East shopping malls are rapidly evolving from landlords that lease retail space into digital, data-driven platforms where customer experiences, artificial intelligence and retail media could…

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What 600 marketers revealed about the industry’s biggest blind spot

Marketing teams are under growing pressure to justify every dollar they spend, yet many are still prioritizing what is easiest to measure over what delivers sustainable…

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New Alibaba AI delivers 4% sales boost without bigger discounts

Alibaba researchers have developed an AI-powered marketing model that promises to make coupon campaigns more effective by reducing “cannibalization”—when discounts simply shift customers between sellers or…

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Unilever automates creator marketing as influencer network grows to 300,000

Unilever is increasingly relying on automation and artificial intelligence to manage its rapidly expanding creator marketing programme, as the consumer goods giant scales its global influencer…

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