Getting to Know CarltonOne: A Conversation with Laura Wiese, VP Client Success

Getting to Know CarltonOne: A Conversation with Laura Wiese, VP Client Success There’s a moment in this interview where Laura Wiese describes a promotion she helped reinvent at AIR MILES — a multi-retailer challenge that went so viral it blew past its budget and spawned its own online community of members swapping tips on where […]

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Optimove Launches Optimove AI, the Only Marketing AI Suite That Brings AI Everywhere the Marketer Works

Optimove AI works in every place a Positionless Marketer does their work. Inside the platform. Outside it on tools such as Claude. And on top of it through custom apps. Marketers can start anywhere FRISCO, TEXAS – JUNE 01, 2026 –  Optimove, the creator of Positionless Marketing, today launched Optimove AI, the only marketing AI suite that works in […]

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#776: Best of the Back Catalogue | Rakuten Rewards — Affiliate Marketing, Cashback & Global Partnerships

In this Best of Our Back Catalogue episode, we speak with Kristen Gall about how Rakuten Rewards became one of the world’s largest cashback programs. We explore affiliate marketing, major brand partnerships, global sports sponsorships, and emerging retail trends shaping consumer spending today.

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Hint Water Launches Sexy Campaign To Tap Into Culture

Sex sells many products, so why not water? Hint Water doubled its marketing investment from last year with a lust-forward campaign that showcases its brand evolution as water that tastes “really freaking good,” said Allison Cullman, senior vice president of marketing. “There are definitely some things that we’re doing that will raise eyebrows,” Cullman said. […]

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The Loyalty Newswire June 01, 2026

The Loyalty Newswire from The Wise Marketer This edition covers:  7-Eleven, Albertsons Media Collective, AI & Copyright, AI & Loyalty, Club Wingstop, CNN vs. Perplexity, Converge BizFriends, Florida vs. OpenAI, Gas Station Brands, Gen Z & Millennials, Mobile Payments, Mobile Wallets, Pricer/Sobeys, Restaurant Loyalty, Retail Media Networks, Sam’s Club, Stater Bros., TELUS Rewards, TUI Smiles, […]

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Low Prices Drive Gen Z Shoppers To Resale

Gen Z shoppers are more than twice as likely to buy secondhand items than Gen X shoppers. A new survey of 1,100 U.S. consumers from return platform Seel found that 57% of Gen Z consumers purchased a resale item either in store or online in the past 12 months, compared with 53% of millennials and […]

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Funded: Fonoa raises $110M to build the operating system for autonomous tax

Hi there and welcome to Funded, where we spotlight the early-stage bets on the future of tech. This week, we’re looking at a startup taking aim at one of the most complex corners of enterprise infrastructure: tax. Fonoa has raised fresh capital to build an AI-powered system that unifies compliance, invoicing, and tax operations under […]

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Sprinklr Acquires ViralMoment to Define the Next Era of Multimodal Customer Intelligence

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 28, 2026 –  Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM), the definitive, AI-native platform for Unified Customer Experience Management (Unified-CXM), today announced the acquisition of assets of ViralMoment, an AI-powered social video intelligence and analytics solution, strengthening Sprinklr’s leadership in modern, multimodal customer intelligence. Social has become video-first — and increasingly image-led—with the majority […]

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5 Tips for Addressing the Pivotal Changes in B2B Buying Models

Roughly 90% of B2B buyers use generative AI or conversational search in the buying process, according to the Forrester report “The GTM Singularity Is Here.” What’s more, 68% already have a front-runner candidate when they begin their purchase process, and that process involves more decision-makers and influencers than ever before. Toss in marketplace turbulence and […]

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Private Fintech Has Quietly Become Bigger Than Public Fintech. Now What?

The top 100 private fintech companies in the world are now worth $1.9 trillion, nearly three times the combined market cap of the 100 largest public fintechs founded in the last twenty years. They generate about 10% more revenue, too. That’s the headline finding from a new report jointly produced by Blue Dot Investors and […]

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