Marketing stories

Markable opens free creator tier and adds AI shopping tools as it targets a fast-growing social commerce market.

Mars broadens Google Cloud tie-up, making Gemini Enterprise the core AI layer for employees as it pushes unified search, custom agents and faster workflows.

WPP expands Google partnership with Earth AI to sharpen local ad planning using weather, traffic and neighbourhood data across its marketing platform.

Adobe is remaking its marketing and design suite around AI agents, tying content, data and commerce into a single workflow system.

Cognizant deepens Google Cloud tie-up with embedded engineers, new Marketplace offers and a North American telecoms AI win.

SAP and Google Cloud extend partnership with multi-agent AI to let marketers run campaigns across connected platforms using shared customer data.

Google Cloud study finds 52% of executives have deployed AI agents, with early adopters reporting stronger returns and wider business use.

Agentic commerce is forcing firms to rethink websites, as AI agents bypass ads and clicks for API-driven transactions.

Amazon Ads rolls out AI video tool in Australia to help small businesses make Sponsored Brands clips at no extra cost.

Code and Theory and Adobe launch AI tool for financial services, using synthetic personas to guide creative decisions before campaigns reach approval.

SAP and Google Cloud widen AI partnership to give marketers agent-driven campaign tools linking customer data, activation and optimisation.

Adobe's Summit Sneaks session spotlights seven experimental AI tools aimed at speeding up personalisation, testing and campaign production.

Adobe unveils CX Enterprise to knit together AI agents, cloud partners and governed marketing workflows across large enterprise tech stacks.

Forrester says most firms cannot show AI marketing spend is lifting revenue or profit, as buyers rely on generative search and AI agents.

MSPs that boost search visibility and editorial presence can land on CIO shortlists sooner, as Australian buyers research vendors before contact.

How CIOs can separate mere digital visibility from genuine market authority by checking for earned media, independent coverage and peer trust.

Australian small business owners nearing retirement are rushing to shore up branding and exit plans, with many lacking any documented handover.

OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Images 2.0 with sharper text, layouts and multi-format output aimed at marketing, publishing and design teams.

Australians back tighter AI rules and clear labelling, with new data showing deep scepticism over synthetic content, misinformation and news use.

WordPress plugins can boost security, speed and search visibility for business sites, with experts highlighting the must-have tools firms should install.