McDonald’s widely panned Instagram post of its CEO tentatively sampling his own company’s food has...
McDonald’s widely panned Instagram post of its CEO tentatively sampling his own company’s food has...
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Fast Company
Burger King drags McDonald’s with new video of its president taking a bigger bite of a burger
McDonald’s widely panned Instagram post of its CEO tentatively sampling his own company’s food has led to a social media frenzy—and reactions from competitors.The battle of the burgers is on. But at the center, there’s no actual fast food.
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Fast Company
How Taco Bell is becoming the Apple of fast food
With its third annual Live Mas LIVE, Taco Bell is turning its ‘product launch’ event into full-on variety show hosted by Vince Staples.
 
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Chief Marketer
Why Amazon Is Gaining Ground In CTV And The Trade Desk Is Losing Its Lead
CTV advertising is booming, with the channel growing by 13% in 2025 to $26.6 billion and projected to hit $51 billion by 2029.
 
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Designing Emotionally Intelligent Customer Data for Composable Intelligence
Composable architectures promise flexibility, modularity and interoperability. But their real potential emerges when leaders stop organizing systems around data types and start organizing them around customer emotion, behavior and experience.
 
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Click Funnels
5 Signs You Need a Sales Funnel, Not Just More Content
 
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Adweek
Total Wine’s Brian Gelb on Intent-Based Leadership and Retail Growth in a Challenging Market
Plus, how Total Wine stays focused on service, selection, and sharp pricing.
 
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Wider Images For Some Travel Queries
Google Search may have rolled out an update for the images it shows in the search results All tab. For some queries, Google is showing a full-width image pack, but with only four wider images, not the five images we saw before.
 
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Chief Marketer
Comcast, Versant Target DTC Growth
Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Versant Media may have split at the start of the year, but on Tuesday, the two pitched similar visions for programming growth that involve leaning more heavily on DTC products and live sports, while also eyeing future...
 
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Distilled
Reddit: The AI Search Advantage
Reddit carries real credibility with AI models, giving brands that show up authentically a visibility advantage most are leaving on the table. The catch is it works nothing like any platform brands already know.
 
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Neil Patel
How To Use AI To Support Your Design Process
If you’re trying to figure out how to use AI for graphic design without wrecking your creative process, you’re asking the right question. This is about removing friction, not replacing designers.
 
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LLMs Don’t Care Who Ranks First
When someone asks an LLM a question about your category, the answer they get isn’t determined by who ranks highest. It’s determined by whose content is the most citable: direct, structured, and corroborated across multiple trusted sources.
 
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Adweek
Retail Reloaded: Sam’s Club Is Redefining Membership Experience in the AI Era
The retailer is evolving beyond price and assortment to compete on something far more defensible.
 
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