Inside toy brand Sticki Rolls’ YouTube strategy to win over Gen Alpha

Toy brand Sticki Rolls is hoping to turn its YouTube creator-generated buzz into a Gen Alpha collectible brand through pop-ups and retail expansion.

8/21/2026
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For brands, the creator ambassador is becoming a creator executive

The new creator partnership brings them into the C-Suite and seeks input and strategy, like Blenders and Jordan "The Stallion" Howlett.

8/21/2026
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Walmart gets close to $3 billion in tariff refunds

Tariff refunds continue to bolster big retailers while consumers remain constrained by higher fuel prices and other macroeconomic factors.

8/21/2026
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Discord adds lower funnel with outcomes push

Discord is pushing its ad business further down the funnel, betting that its gaming communities can deliver more than impressions.

8/21/2026
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Future of Marketing: For the source of Nike’s decline, ignore the easy answers

The markets have the vaunted apparel brand in last place. But to understand why it’s lagging, and the hurdles in the way of recovery, marketers should ignore hobby horse explanations.

8/21/2026
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Why fragmented buyer signals are holding back B2B marketing

B2B buyers expect relevant, connected buying experiences, but fragmented customer data and buying signals make it difficult for organizations to deliver a unified experience. As AI raises the stakes, organizations need a connected data foundation to turn buyer signals into meaningful insights. Partner insights from Adobe.

8/21/2026
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Creators are moving into brands’ AI search playbooks

As brands race to show up in AI-generated answers, creators are becoming part of the strategy.

8/20/2026
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Butler/Till extends agentic media buying tests into audio with iHeartMedia

Tests of autonomous media buying tools are spreading into more channels; publishers hope they can make direct buys easier and more attractive to advertisers.

8/20/2026
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Target plans to lower prices after receiving almost $1 billion in tariff refunds

Tariff refunds were a massive tailwind for Target last quarter that could help it continue to lower prices.

8/20/2026
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Media Briefing: Ads for AI agents have a measurement problem

A wave of startups is racing to solve AI ad measurement and attribution as publishers and advertisers experiment with serving ads to agents.

8/20/2026
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