Research
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Research
Gartner CMO Spend Survey: Budgets Reflect Increase in Consumption-Based Martech, Paid Media Spend
According to the 2026 Gartner CMO Spend Survey, a shift toward consumption-based martech solutions coincides with the decrease in martech as a percentage of marketing spend. We review the highlights of the report, including insights on increased paid media spend and AI maturity.
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Survey: Despite Positive C-Suite Relationships, Few CMOs Feel Equipped to Meet Goals
The vast majority of CMOs and communications leaders surveyed in a report from Arketi Group and executive search firm JM Search described their relationships with the C-suite as positive. And 67% said that alignment with the C-suite was a top driver of CMO tenure. Yet only 38% of those surveyed felt set up for success.
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Boathouse Survey: CEOs’ Opinions of CMO, Marketing Team Performance Down from Last Year
Boathouse’s Fifth Annual CEO Study showed that 71% of the 150 CEOs surveyed said their CMO put the interests of the company ahead of their own, up from 55% last year. However, a scant 15% of the CEOs gave their CMO’s performance an A grade, down from last year’s 24%.
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AI
Jasper State of AI Report: Marketers’ Responsibilities Shift, ROI Harder to Prove
Jasper’s “The State of AI in Marketing 2026″ report details how marketers roles have shifted, where ROI is more difficult and how companies plan to invest.
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Capgemini Survey: Consumers Seek Online Deals, Transparency, Balanced Use of Tech
Tech convenience and a human touch. Price consciousness and selective splurging. Openness to AI and wariness of it. Shoppers are rife with contradictions, according to Capgemini’s report “What Matters to Today’s Consumers 2026.”
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Branding/Marketing
Marketing to Clean Beauty Shoppers: Five Categories of Consumers
Executives from AI-driven predictive marketing intelligence company Sooth share their research findings on the maturation of the clean beauty category and the resulting implications for marketers and professionals seeking to connect with these consumers.
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Branding/Marketing
CMO Strategy, AI & Brand: Top Stories of 2025
Following were the most engaging Chief Marketer stories of 2025 — from a case study in higher education marketing to a creator network launch from Lowe’s to a McKinsey growth study examining the CMO-CEO disconnect.
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Survey: B2B Tech Firms Race to Keep Up with AEO, More-Agile Competitors
When it comes to marketing and PR, most business technology companies feel they’re playing catch-up in a race whose rules keep changing. That’s according to “How to Win Influence in B2B Tech,” a report from comms agency 3Thinkrs based on a survey of 400 B2B tech CMOs in the U.S. and U.K.
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Tech & AI
Digital Trends Report: The Tech Set to Influence the Sports and Media Landscape
Sports marketing agency IMG has released its eighth annual Digital Trends Report, highlighting the technologies and innovations set to influence the sports and media landscape over the coming year. Ashley Shaner, IMG’s Vice President of Strategy & Operations for Digital, shares key insights.
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Research
Harris Poll: Marketers Must Combat Algorithmic Sameness and Appeal to a Lottery Mindset
According to Harris Poll research, marketers need to oppose the trend of “beigeification” created by repetitive, omnipresent digital media and social algorithms, and cater to a public that has adopted a lottery mindset.
