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Zillow Report Signals Major Shift in U.S. Rental Market as Concessions Surge

The U.S. rental market is beginning to look very different from the ultra-competitive landscape renters faced just a few years ago. A new Zillow rental market report shows that nearly 40% of rental listings across the country now include concessions — incentives such as free rent, waived application fees, discounted parking, or reduced move-in costs — as landlords and property managers compete to...

marketing 28 May 2026

The Now Agency and Zeover Launch AI Visibility Partnership Focused on Generative Search

As generative AI platforms increasingly reshape how consumers discover brands online, marketing agencies are beginning to rethink the relationship between content creation, search visibility, and machine-readable infrastructure. The Now Agency, part of Reign Maker Group, has announced a strategic partnership with AI visibility platform Zeover aimed at helping brands improve how they appear across...

artificial intelligence 28 May 2026

CEO Coaching International Adds Marketing and Events Veteran Tony Lorenz as Partner

Executive coaching firm CEO Coaching International has appointed global marketing services executive Tony Lorenz as Partner and Coach, adding a veteran operator with deep experience in acquisitions, founder-led growth, and enterprise transformation across the business events and marketing services industries. Lorenz joins the firm after more than three decades building and scaling companies...

marketing 28 May 2026

Tovala Hires Former SimpliSafe Growth Executive as CMO Amid Smart Kitchen Expansion

Smart oven and meal subscription company Tovala has appointed former SimpliSafe executive Scott Braun as Chief Marketing Officer, signaling a stronger push toward customer acquisition, subscription growth, and broader consumer brand expansion as competition intensifies in the connected kitchen and food technology market. Braun joins Tovala after serving as Chief Growth Officer at SimpliSafe...

technology 28 May 2026

5W Study Finds AI Search Is Reshaping Airline and Hotel Brand Visibility

Travel brands spent two decades optimizing for Google Search rankings, loyalty ecosystems, and online travel agency placement. A new report from communications firm 5W argues that the next battleground is no longer the traditional search engine results page — it is the AI-generated answer. 5W has released what it calls the first large-scale benchmarking study focused on how airline and hotel...

artificial intelligence 28 May 2026

Anza Launches Real-Time Solar Module Intelligence Platform for Developers and Utilities

The U.S. solar industry has spent years relying on quarterly market reports, supplier surveys, and fragmented procurement intelligence to navigate a rapidly shifting supply chain environment. That model is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain as tariffs, foreign entity of concern (FEOC) rules, domestic content incentives, and module pricing volatility reshape project economics in real time...

artificial intelligence 28 May 2026

Factory Expands Enterprise AI Push With NEA Leadership Appointments

Enterprise AI infrastructure startups are increasingly competing not just on model performance, but on the depth of technical leadership shaping their long-term strategy. Factory is reinforcing that approach with two high-profile leadership moves tied to venture firm New Enterprise Associates, as the company scales its AI-powered software engineering platform for large enterprises. Factory, a...

artificial intelligence 27 May 2026

Higher Logic Vanilla Connects Community Data to Enterprise AI Tools

Enterprise software vendors are increasingly racing to make proprietary business data accessible to generative AI systems without forcing organizations into complex integrations or custom infrastructure projects. Higher Logic is the latest to move in that direction with the launch of Higher Logic Vanilla MCP, a new integration layer designed to connect enterprise community data directly to AI...

artificial intelligence 27 May 2026