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Redpoint Named Leader in QKS SPARK Matrix as Demand for AI-Ready Customer Data Surges

The fight for clean, unified, and AI-ready customer data is getting sharper, and Redpoint just scored a major credibility boost. QKS Group has named the company both a Leader and Ace Performer in its latest SPARK Matrix, a competitive evaluation that benchmarks global technology vendors on capability, innovation, and market impact. With enterprises racing to modernize customer experience and AI...

digital marketing 5 Dec 2025

DoubleVerify Taps Former TikTok Exec Stuart Flint to Lead EMEA Expansion

DoubleVerify is adding serious firepower to its leadership bench. The media-quality verification company has appointed Stuart Flint—most recently a senior executive at TikTok—as its new Managing Director for EMEA. The move signals DV’s intent to scale aggressively across a region primed for advertiser demand, regulatory shifts, and rapid innovation in AI-fueled ad measurement. As global brands...

digital marketing 5 Dec 2025

Walker Sands Adds Industry Veteran George Gallate to Board as It Ramps Up B2B Growth Strategy

Walker Sands is sharpening its growth trajectory with a heavyweight addition to its board. The integrated B2B growth services agency has appointed George Gallate—one of the industry’s most seasoned marketing executives—to guide its next phase of expansion. The move follows Walker Sands’ recent partnership with Mountaingate Capital, signaling a clear push toward scaling capabilities, accelerating...

digital marketing 5 Dec 2025

Holiday Shoppers Hit Record Search Levels — and Pets Were the Big Winners, Says Algolia

Online holiday shopping is exploding, and new data from Algolia shows just how big the surge really was. Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, shoppers generated 33.5 billion search queries, up 13% from last year. November overall hit 184 billion searches, a massive 61% YoY spike. Algolia kept everything running with 99.999% uptime, even as traffic reached nearly 120,000 queries per second at...

digital marketing 4 Dec 2025

Aker Ink Launches GEO Service to Boost Brand Visibility Inside AI Platforms

AI platforms are fast becoming the new front door for business discovery—and Aker Ink wants to make sure brands aren’t left standing outside. The PR and marketing agency has launched AkerGEO™, a generative engine optimization service that helps organizations improve how they appear, rank and get referenced inside tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot and Perplexity. Unlike traditional SEO...

digital marketing 4 Dec 2025

Kojima to Headline GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 With Keynote on Creative Independence

GDC is entering a new era—and it’s bringing one of gaming’s most iconic creators to the center stage. The newly expanded GDC Festival of Gaming announced that Hideo Kojima will deliver its first keynote in five years, marking a major milestone for the event and a symbolic moment for the industry. The festival returns to San Francisco on March 9–13, 2026, and registration is now open. The keynote...

digital marketing 4 Dec 2025

Emplifi Reveals 2026’s Defining Social Media Trends: AI, Authenticity, and the Rise of Seamless CX

The future of social media marketing is arriving faster than most teams expect—and Emplifi believes 2026 will be the year everything converges. The social media marketing platform released six predictions based on performance data and insights from tens of thousands of global brands using its tools for marketing, customer care and commerce. The message is clear: AI, authenticity, and integrated...

digital marketing 4 Dec 2025

GoWit One Aims to Fix Retail Media’s Fragmentation Problem With a Unified AI OS

Retail media continues to surge, yet the underlying infrastructure supporting it is still painfully fragmented. Agencies operating across retailers, markets, and formats spend more time wrestling with dashboards than optimizing campaigns. GoWit, a global AdTech player already powering thousands of brands, believes the industry has reached a breaking point—and it’s offering a fix. This week, the...

digital marketing 4 Dec 2025