Hi, Welcome Welcome back July 18, 2026 Feeling sticker shock in the produce aisle? Try these hacks to save money BY The Conversation From tomatoes and berries to lettuce and peppers, shoppers are feeling sticker shock in the produce aisle. Recent headlines have focused in particular on soaring tomato prices. They spiked by roughly one-fifth from … Continue reading Feeling sticker shock in the produce aisle? Try these hacks to save money
Evolution agrees to pay $6.4M settling UK license review investigation Suswati Basu Evolution has agreed to pay £4.75 million ($ 6.38 million) to resolve a license review by the UK Gambling Commission, ending an investigation that began in December 2024 into how its casino games became available on gambling websites serving British customers … Continue reading Evolution agrees to pay $6.4M settling UK license review investigation
Thanks to AI, customers have all the information they want. The challenge now is giving them a reason to trust you. By Reid Holmes Published on July 17, 2026 Your best prospective customer just fired up an AI tool and asked for everything about your category and which product it should pay attention … Continue reading Your content isn’t your competitive advantage anymore
AI dominates the conversation, but stack rationalization, modern measurement, and modular content are quietly reshaping marketing operations. By Steve Bevilacqua Published on July 17, 2026 It’s amazing to be living through an industrial revolution and know that is what is going on. This is my second. The internet was my first. Although I … Continue reading Look past AI to see where martech is going
July 18, 2026 Why high achievers can’t just ‘be nicer’ to themselves BY Dara Simkin If you’re a high achiever, you’ve probably been told—in various formats and with varying degrees of sincerity—to be kinder to yourself. Choose kindness. You are enough. For most, that advice likely lands somewhere between mildly irritating and completely useless. This has … Continue reading Why high achievers can’t just ‘be nicer’ to themselves
What AI Engines Want From A Brand by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 17, 2026 Artificial intelligence (AI) engines want different things from one brand compared with another. Google AI Overviews uses social platforms for local and availability signals. Between 11% and 14% of its transactional citations are near-me and store-hours prompts, according to … Continue reading What AI Engines Want From A Brand
Washington and Tulalip reach tentative gaming compact update with modern safeguards Suswati Basu Washington state officials and the Tulalip Tribes of Washington have reached a tentative agreement on a new amendment to the Tribe’s Class III gaming compact, bringing decades of revisions into a single governing document while introducing several changes for casino … Continue reading Washington and Tulalip reach tentative gaming compact update with modern safeguards
New research found marketers invest in targeting, AI, and creative while neglecting the post-click experiences they say drive paid media ROI. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on July 17, 2026 Nine out of 10 marketers say budget constraints are squeezing their paid media programs, yet many are still overlooking one of the biggest … Continue reading Marketers know what improves paid media ROI, but underinvest in it
A bug in AWS has caused some customers’ bills to spike from a few cents to billions of dollars “The displayed billing estimates do not reflect actual usage and charges,” Amazon said. By Will Shanklin July 17, 2026 u/killpowa / Reddit If you’ve ever gotten an unexpectedly high bill, you know the panic that can … Continue reading A bug in AWS has caused some customers’ bills to spike from a few cents to billions of dollars
Slow Agentforce adoption highlights the poor data quality and operational readiness limiting enterprise AI adoption. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on July 17, 2026 Salesforce’s CEO, Marc Benioff, said the company was “all in on Agentforce” when it launched in 2024, but so far, only 34% of customers have adopted it. As … Continue reading Salesforce’s woes underline marketing’s agentic AI problems
