Facing significant pressure to increase their oversight of ESG issues including climate and diversity, directors around the world say they’re concerned that their companies will not be able to execute on their ESG ambitions, according to a new report from Boston...

New study sheds light on priorities and challenges shaping product marketing and GTM strategies
New research from on-demand product marketing agency Aventi Group reveals the top priorities and most pressing obstacles facing go-to-market (GTM) initiatives this year within global B2B technology enterprises. The data correlates with top business challenges...
AI’s latest challenges—too much friction, too little machine learning: Are ML pros giving up?
Despite the promise of artificial intelligence, many AI business initiatives seem to keep running into roadblocks. In a new survey from enterprise machine learning (ML) platform Comet, hundreds of ML practitioners were asked about their experiences and the factors...
Brands in motion: Stakeholders want move to climate-friendly economy to be equitable to all
New research from comms giant WE Communications uncovers rising expectations from brand stakeholders that the move to a more climate-friendly economy should be fair and equitable to all people and communities—a principle known as “just transition.” The firm’s latest...
New innovation trends report card reveals barriers to innovation
While three-quarters (77 percent) of respondents in a new business survey say they work in an environment where it is safe to fail in the name of innovation, 38 percent said their companies are not investing enough in innovation, 35 percent cited the lack of clear...
The era of alignment: New Nielsen research uncovers brands’ top priorities for rest of 2022
Marketers are prioritizing digital first, but have struggled over the past two years to keep up with consumers' changing media habits, according to new research from Nielsen. The firm’s new 2022 annual marketing report, Era of Alignment, the first global report of its...
The metaverse has a problem: Consumers aren’t ready yet to shop—and distrust the Big Tech driving it
As brands are staking their claim on the metaverse continue to multiply, new research from consumer insights data platform Zappi shows that consumers don’t have a desire to shop on the metaverse and that appeal and trust is still low. The survey, which asked consumers...
New study finds over a third of people incorrectly recall their consumer journey behaviors
As the marketing and advertising industry moves away from third-party cookies as measures of consumer behaviors online, many are turning to surveys to understand the consumer journey, but caution is due—a new study from consumer insights platform DISQO reveals that...
Sustainability actions can speak louder than intent: Protecting people, planet and the bottom line
Environmental sustainability is more important to consumers today than it was 12 months ago, according to more than half (51 percent) of respondents in a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study—and they are demonstrating its importance through their...
How Gen Z is forcing change to decades-old business practices
What’s the lifespan of your business? To achieve growth and success past 2030, businesses must start to understand the living, shopping, and financial habits of Gen Z now, and accept that they are very different from previous generations, according to new research...
99% of marketers are actively responding to data deprecation by capturing zero-party data
Most marketers are now using or considering zero-party data—data that consumers voluntarily provide brands—in order to combat increasing challenges with data deprecation, resulting from browser and operating system restrictions as well as a growing number of privacy...
New Ogilvy research explores the changing look of consumer loyalty—8 new insights on CLV
New research from The Lacek Group, an Ogilvy Experience company, shows that the loyalty landscape is changing—outdated loyalty programs, relying heavily on transactions rather than a combination of emotional and rational benefits, no longer appeal to most customers....












