Why Your Attribution Stack Is Already Wrong by the Time You Act on It
eTail Palm Springs 2026

Why Your Attribution Stack Is Already Wrong by the Time You Act on It

2h ClickZ

Why Your Attribution Stack Is Already Wrong by the...

Every marketer who has stared at a dashboard has quietly wondered the same thing. Is this number real? Does it reflect what actually caused that sale,...

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Why the Smartest Omnichannel Brands Are Thinking in Moments, Not Channels
eTail Palm Springs 2026

Why the Smartest Omnichannel Brands Are Thinking in Moments, Not Channels

5h ClickZ

Why the Smartest Omnichannel Brands Are Thinking i...

The modern shopper does not follow a funnel. She watches a TikTok, compares prices on Amazon, checks her Sephora loyalty balance, and buys in store. S...

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Where Did All the Eyeballs Go? The Customer Journey Has Left the Funnel
eTail Palm Springs 2026

Where Did All the Eyeballs Go? The Customer Journey Has Left the Funnel

6h Zihan Lyu

Where Did All the Eyeballs Go? The Customer Journe...

The marketing funnel that e-commerce was built on is a decade-old agreement between brands and consumers. Brands pay for attention, consumers click th...

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How REI Is Rebuilding Around the Customer Without Losing Its Soul
eTail Palm Springs 2026

How REI Is Rebuilding Around the Customer Without Losing Its Soul

10h Zihan Lyu

How REI Is Rebuilding Around the Customer Without ...

Most retailers say they are customer-centric. Very few of them can tell you exactly what that costs. At REI, the price is quantifiable. It means holdi...

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Why Your CFO Doesn't Trust Your Marketing Numbers
Leadership Q&A

Why Your CFO Doesn't Trust Your Marketing Numbers

6d Zihan Lyu

Why Your CFO Doesn't Trust Your Marketing Numbers

A Q&A with McCall Milligan, Head of Data Science at Fospha, on building the trust layer that makes measurement actually useful Every marketer has ...

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What Changed in Retail Between eTail Palm Springs 2025 and 2026
eTail Palm Springs 2026

What Changed in Retail Between eTail Palm Springs 2025 and 2026

1w ClickZ

What Changed in Retail Between eTail Palm Springs ...

When eTail Palm Springs convened in February 2025, the mood was cautious optimism. AI dominated almost every stage and hallway conversation, but the q...

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The Brands AI Agents Will Recommend Are Already Pulling Ahead
eCommerce Marketing

The Brands AI Agents Will Recommend Are Already Pulling Ahead

3w ClickZ

The Brands AI Agents Will Recommend Are Already Pu...

For two decades, marketing invested in being findable. But as shopping moves inside AI conversations, the question facing senior marketers has changed...

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Why Retail Marketing Teams Are Reorganizing Around Social Commerce and UGC
Influencer Marketing

Why Retail Marketing Teams Are Reorganizing Around Social Commerce and UGC

4w Zihan Lyu

Why Retail Marketing Teams Are Reorganizing Around...

Marketing teams are being reshaped by fluid shopping behavior, tighter budgets, and the collapse of the traditional funnel. In this conversation, Cour...

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Zero-Click Search: What Marketers Get Wrong (and What to Do Next)
AI

Zero-Click Search: What Marketers Get Wrong (and What to Do Next)

4w ClickZ

Zero-Click Search: What Marketers Get Wrong (and W...

Charlie Clark, Founder of Minty Digital explains why SEO fundamentals still underpin both traditional and AI search visibility, even as zero-click beh...

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A Recap of NRF2026: Click's Main Takeaways
AI

A Recap of NRF2026: Click's Main Takeaways

1m ClickZ

A Recap of NRF2026: Click's Main Takeaways

At NRF 2026, the signal was clear: AI is rewriting discovery, but the brands that win will be the ones that keep the customer promise, online, in-stor...

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Shoptalk Spring 2026: What ClickZ Is Looking Forward To
AI

Shoptalk Spring 2026: What ClickZ Is Looking Forward To

1m ClickZ

Shoptalk Spring 2026: What ClickZ Is Looking Forwa...

Shoptalk returns to Vegas March 24–26, and the early speaker lineup is a clear signal: retail media is maturing fast, discovery is shifting again, and...

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How Ralph Lauren is using AI to scale luxury service without losing heritage
NRF 2026

How Ralph Lauren is using AI to scale luxury service without losing heritag...

1m ClickZ

How Ralph Lauren is using AI to scale luxury servi...

At NRF 2026, Ralph Lauren and Microsoft shared how "Ask Ralph" brings brand heritage into conversational commerce, and what it teaches marketers about...

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How Fran Horowitz quietly rebuilt Abercrombie
NRF 2026

How Fran Horowitz quietly rebuilt Abercrombie

1m ClickZ

How Fran Horowitz quietly rebuilt Abercrombie

NRF 2026 Visionary award winner Fran Horowitz shares how humility, customer listening, and team autonomy powered Abercrombie’s turnaround and what com...

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REI’s CEO Is Betting on Trust in an Age of Agentic Commerce
Customer Marketing

REI’s CEO Is Betting on Trust in an Age of Agentic Commerce

1m ClickZ

REI’s CEO Is Betting on Trust in an Age of Agentic...

As AI reshapes commerce, REI’s CEO - Mary Beth Laughton, argues that trust and human expertise, not technology, will define the next era of retail. Re...

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The Great Scale-Up: Retailers Going All In on In-Store
Commerce & Sales

The Great Scale-Up: Retailers Going All In on In-Store

1m ClickZ

The Great Scale-Up: Retailers Going All In on In-S...

In-store retail media is no longer a “does it work?” question. It’s a “can you operate it?” question. At NRF, leaders from CVS, Loblaw, and STRATACACH...

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What Fanatics and Dick’s Sporting Goods reveal about the next era of retail marketing
Advertising & Promotion

What Fanatics and Dick’s Sporting Goods reveal about the next era of retail...

1m ClickZ

What Fanatics and Dick’s Sporting Goods reveal abo...

Fanatics and Dick’s Sporting Goods are taking opposite paths, one digital, one physical, but their retail marketing strategy is built on the same idea...

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Building the AI-ready enterprise: How JD Sports is scaling smarter
AI

Building the AI-ready enterprise: How JD Sports is scaling smarter

1m ClickZ

Building the AI-ready enterprise: How JD Sports is...

Agentic commerce and GEO are coming fast, but JD Sports argues the real advantage is operational: clean data and order management that keeps the custo...

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The AI Platform Shift and the Opportunity Ahead for Retail
Marketing Technology

The AI Platform Shift and the Opportunity Ahead for Retail

1m ClickZ

The AI Platform Shift and the Opportunity Ahead fo...

At NRF'26, Google introduced UCP for agentic commerce while Walmart unveiled agent-led shopping in Gemini. Discover what Sundar Pichai (Google, CEO) a...

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Does In-Store Digital Signage Actually Work? Four Years of Data Say Yes
ai in marketing

Does In-Store Digital Signage Actually Work? Four Years of Data Say Yes

1m ClickZ

Does In-Store Digital Signage Actually Work? Four ...

At an NRF session, Dhruv Grewal shared results from a four-year study of 237 in-store digital signage campaigns using randomized A B testing and 30 mi...

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How Beauty Marketing Will Really Work in 2026
Beauty Marketing

How Beauty Marketing Will Really Work in 2026

2m ClickZ

How Beauty Marketing Will Really Work in 2026

For much of the past decade, beauty marketing rewarded speed. Faster launches, faster content cycles, faster feedback loops… That model is losin...

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CES 2026: What Marketers Should Take Away So Far From the Conference
AI

CES 2026: What Marketers Should Take Away So Far From the Conference

2m ClickZ

CES 2026: What Marketers Should Take Away So Far F...

CES 2026 is less about “AI everywhere” and more about AI that actually works in real workflows. Here’s what marketers should take from the show so far...

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How AI-powered personalization, loyalty, and advocacy will define customer engagement in 2026: A Conversation with Channing Ferrer
AI & Automation

How AI-powered personalization, loyalty, and advocacy will define customer ...

2m ClickZ

How AI-powered personalization, loyalty, and advoc...

Senior marketers are entering 2026 with rising pressure to personalize at scale, unify customer data, and prove ROI across every channel. In this excl...

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What Beauty Brands Must Get Right in 2026: Insights from Christina Kao, Co Founder of Le Mini Macaron
Beauty Marketing

What Beauty Brands Must Get Right in 2026: Insights from Christina Kao, Co ...

2m ClickZ

What Beauty Brands Must Get Right in 2026: Insight...

As Gen Z reshapes the beauty landscape, Camelia Beauty Co Founder and Co CEO Christina Kao shares what brands must get right in 2026. From rapid innov...

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Marketing Moves of the Week: Longchamp, Disney, Chanel, SKIMS, The North Face, Apple
Campaigns of the week

Marketing Moves of the Week: Longchamp, Disney, Chanel, SKIMS, The North Fa...

2m ClickZ

Marketing Moves of the Week: Longchamp, Disney, Ch...

Longchamp • Paris Vertigo What it isLongchamp released Paris Vertigo, a cinematic brand film created by Obsidian that reimagines Paris through a fully...

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What Fitness Brands Must Get Right in 2026: Insights from Debra Strougo, Founder of Fitizens
Advertising & Promotion

What Fitness Brands Must Get Right in 2026: Insights from Debra Strougo, Fo...

2m ClickZ

What Fitness Brands Must Get Right in 2026: Insigh...

ClickZ sat down with Row House and Fitizens founder Debra Strougo to explore the strategies, customer shifts, and partnership models that will define ...

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The State of Marketing 2025: The Year the Funnel Finally Collapsed A ClickZ Wrap-Up
Digital Marketing

The State of Marketing 2025: The Year the Funnel Finally Collapsed A ClickZ...

2m Lee Arthur

The State of Marketing 2025: The Year the Funnel F...

If 2024 was the year of AI anxiety, 2025 was the year of the “Great Collapse”. Not of the market, but of the marketing funnel itself. As we close the ...

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Facebook Ads Has Changed & Most Brands Aren’t Ready
AdTech Platforms

Facebook Ads Has Changed & Most Brands Aren’t Ready

3m Sam Piliero (Founder & Head Of Growth @ The Moonlighters™️)

Facebook Ads Has Changed & Most Brands Aren’t Read...

Facebook ads are entering a completely new era. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a small brand or a long-time giant, what’s happening right now is lev...

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