New Google Protocol Brings ‘Intelligent Shopping’ To Advertising by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 20, 2026 Google brought new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) features to retailers on Wednesday with the launch of “Universal Cart” to introduce what the company calls “intelligent shopping.” It works across retail and services like Search. When shoppers are ready … Continue reading Google Connects Ads To UCP, Expands Into New Categories
Comcast Connects ‘Universal Ads’ To AI Via MCP by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 13, 2026 Moving performance advertising and marketing deeper into television, Comcast on Wednesday released a tool for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for connecting AI tools to external data sources, as an extension of its existing developer … Continue reading Comcast Connects Universal Ads To Advertisers’ AI Tools
How Internet’s Underbelly Connects AI Shopping Shift by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, December 23, 2025 AI agents can scour the web one thousand times faster than a human to find information on products and services. This is prompting brands and retailers to make a fundamental ecommerce shift. “It’s painful to watch an agent try … Continue reading Internet’s Underbelly Connects AI Shopping Shift
Dos Equis Connects To Music, Performance, Hispanic Culture by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 6, 2025 My granddaughter at age five would dance through the house singing the lyrics to Santana’s and Maná’s song “Corazón Espinado.” The words are in Spanish, so she didn’t know they meant longing, pain and despair associated with the … Continue reading Dos Equis Connects To Music, Performance, Hispanic Culture
Claravine will now provide marketing data standardization within Snowflake AI Data Cloud. Kim Davis on July 11, 2024 Marketing data standards platform Claravine today announced the launch of Powered by Snowflake, a new application that connects its Data Standards Cloud with Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud. Claravine offers standardization of marketing data — standardized taxonomies, … Continue reading Claravine connects its Data Standards Cloud with Snowflake
April 30, 2024 This Bay Area startup connects you with a ‘repair artist’ who can fix your broken stuff Nimble wants to make it easier for people to repair their items—which in turn will pressure companies to make products more fixable to begin with. BY Adele Peters When her air purifier broke, Stephanie Hoang did what … Continue reading This Bay Area startup connects you with a ‘repair artist’ who can fix your broken stuff
TD Bank rolls out a new sonic identity aiming to communicate consistent brand values and messages at every touchpoint. Chris Wood on February 14, 2024 When customer experience works, customers receive a consistent and seamless interaction with a business from touchpoint to touchpoint. An often overlooked feature of CX is sound. TD Bank sees it … Continue reading How TD Bank connects customer experience with sound
Director of digital media Paras Shah tells us how he got started with RMNs and what his focus is on now with RMN campaigns. Chris Wood on October 5, 2023 Georgia-Pacific advertises its popular paper brands — including Brawny, Angel Soft and others — on retail media networks. Overseeing these campaigns is Paras Shah, the … Continue reading How Georgia-Pacific connects with customers on retail media networks
Uberall Creative Campaign Connects Physical (Bric) And Digital (Pin) Experiences by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, November 18, 2022 Meet Bric and Pin, Uberall’s “real guy” and “virtual” character, respectively. The global provider of hybrid customer experiences (CXs) has launched a major creative campaign to demonstrate the need for location-based businesses to combine online and offline channels. “Bric … Continue reading Uberall Creative Campaign Connects Physical (Bric) And Digital (Pin) Experiences
Soundrise is using technology to scale sponsorships while prioritizing creator independence and listener privacy. Chris Wood on November 1, 2022 Market Enginuity, a values-driven media sponsorship company, announced a spinoff — Soundrise — dedicated to the growing podcast industry. While Market Enginuity focuses on public radio sponsorships in local markets, Soundrise provides marketing, sales and … Continue reading Soundrise connects advertisers to podcast creators with shared values
