With the industry of influencer marketing at the same time booming incessantly and facing new challenges of overhype and fraud, it’s no wonder that PR and marketers are scratching their heads about how much they should be paying, under what circumstances, the return...

Rebooting innovation in financial services: 3 key drivers to success
Financial services organizations are reconfiguring their digital transformation strategies, which had become somewhat unfocused and ineffective, as they strive to innovate to stay ahead of their competition, reveals new research from business information publisher...
Spread the news: Millennials want to do business on chat—and businesses need to catch up
Have you heard the news? Business chat isn’t just for customer service anymore. In fact, chat is poised to be the next big thing for U.S commerce, with 82 percent of millennials wanting to make purchases via chat apps like the ones they use to talk to friends and...
Product Pacesetters prove value in promoting excitement and comfort during a trying year
Despite significant hurdles created by the pandemic, many new products managed to beat the odds and emerge as winners, making their way into shoppers’ carts during unprecedented times and resulting in multiple $100 million launches, according to new research from...
Examining social media’s influence on fashion industry sales
There is no denying that there’s a certain sense of community when it comes to who and what users follow on social media—evident in the fact that consumers put a lot of faith in the experiences and recommendations of fellow users, whom they may not know first-hand. As...
Navigating change in an era of compressed transformation: 6 signals to prepare for the future
If COVID taught us anything, it’s that things can always go wrong, and we need to be prepared for the unexpected—and that today’s business model needs to be ready to adapt on the fly. New research from Accenture shows that while 88 percent of companies finally have a...
Agility in motion: How COVID affected comms pros and the industry, and how we adapted
No matter your industry, there’s nothing like having a global pandemic rattle all of your chains at once and force you to face situations and make decisions with no precedent on which to guide you. But in an always-changing, adapt-on-the-fly field like PR, the...
Businesses must rethink path to trusted data for transformation and growth
A new report from data integrity firm Precisely and analytics community Corinium Global Intelligence explores how the exponential growth of business data, coupled with advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things has unleashed...
2021’s Most Patriotic Brands: Political polarization, COVID play big role in this year’s outlook
“Patriotism” is taking on a skewed meaning in today’s divisive culture, and these differing views of the term are reflected in this year’s Most Patriotic Brands results from brand engagement and customer loyalty research consultancy Brand Keys. The firm’s annual...
Are social media sites “cigarettes” of mental health? New report says yes
Most of us are admittedly addicted to social media, and an interesting new survey of social media users by critical thinking firm Reboot Foundation finds that even though a strong majority acknowledge that the platforms contribute to their symptoms of poor mental...
Millennial and Gen Z survey finds two generations pushing for social change, accountability
We’ve all been through a year of intense uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, political instability, racial discord, and severe climate events, and new research from Deloitte finds millennials and Gen Zers around the world are determined to hold themselves and...
Brand alert: Consumers are at risk of abandoning you if your offers aren’t relevant
Seven out of 10 consumers don’t think the offers they receive from brands are relevant, and half of US customers have left brands if competitors better met their needs—putting brands at risk of losing revenue and customers at a time when consumer spending is surging,...












