marketing 8 Sep 2026
Mavlers Agency says it now supports more than 600 agency partners worldwide, as growing demand for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) prompts agencies to outsource specialist delivery rather than build dedicated teams internally.
According to the company's internal partner-onboarding data, Mavlers added an average of more than 20 agency partners per month over the past 12 months. It says a significant portion of that growth has come from agencies adding services designed to improve brand visibility across AI-powered search and answer experiences.
The development highlights a changing dynamic in the SEO services market. As traditional search increasingly intersects with generative AI interfaces, agencies are being asked to address where brands appear in AI-generated answers, which sources are cited and how content can become more visible within those environments.
Mavlers operates as a behind-the-scenes delivery partner rather than competing directly for its agency partners' brand accounts. The company says its model allows agencies to retain client relationships and margins while outsourcing specialist execution.
The agency now works with more than 400 specialists, according to the announcement, and offers dedicated AEO, GEO and AEO audit services.
For agencies, the proposition reflects a familiar build-versus-buy decision. Developing an internal AEO or GEO capability requires recruiting specialists, establishing processes and developing experience across emerging AI-search environments. Outsourcing can potentially shorten that setup period, although agencies still need to maintain oversight of strategy, quality and client communication.
The expansion of AEO and GEO services reflects the growing importance of generative interfaces in how users discover information.
Unlike conventional search optimization, AI-search visibility can involve multiple variables, including the sources an AI system draws from, how information is synthesized and whether a brand is mentioned in an answer at all.
Mavlers says agencies are increasingly approaching the company when clients ask for visibility within AI-generated answers but their existing teams lack specialist expertise.
That creates a new service opportunity for digital agencies already managing SEO, content and digital marketing accounts.
The company also says it uses AEO and GEO processes internally. Its GTM team built an automated workflow to identify sources cited by AI models for specific queries, determine where Mavlers is absent from relevant lists and roundups, and initiate personalized outreach.
Mavlers says the workflow reduced a research-to-outreach process that previously took days to a matter of minutes and was operational within two weeks.
The disclosed technology stack includes a custom Chrome extension, n8n, Apify for domain-authority scoring, GPT-4o-mini for pitch drafting and Instantly.ai for outreach delivery.
For prospective agency partners, demonstrating the workflow on the company's own visibility provides a practical example of how the firm intends to operationalize AEO and GEO rather than treating the disciplines solely as strategic consulting services.
SEO agencies are adapting as AI-generated answers introduce another discovery environment alongside conventional search results. AEO and GEO remain relatively new service categories, but their emergence is creating demand for capabilities spanning content strategy, technical SEO, digital PR, source analysis and AI-search monitoring.
The competitive landscape is therefore shifting toward providers that can combine established search expertise with measurement and execution processes for generative search.
The agency-services market could see further specialization as brands seek measurable approaches to AI visibility. White-label providers may benefit if smaller agencies prefer to add emerging services without carrying the recruitment and training costs internally.
However, sustainable differentiation will depend on evidence of visibility improvements, transparent methodologies and the ability to adapt as AI search systems and their source-selection behaviors change.
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marketing 8 Sep 2026
QWEEN has partnered with Perfect Corp. to introduce a 3D jewellery virtual try-on experience across its digital platform, allowing Indian shoppers to view rings, earrings and bracelets on themselves in real time before making a purchase.
The implementation uses Perfect Corp.'s Web Consultation Mode for Jewellery and is designed to address a persistent challenge in online luxury commerce: customers can see a product through photographs but may struggle to understand its scale, movement, colour and material finish on their own appearance.
For a high-consideration category such as jewellery, that gap can influence how confidently consumers move from product discovery to purchase.
QWEEN's implementation supports up to 2,300 Virtual Try-On-enabled SKUs, according to the companies. The experience is integrated into the brand's website and mobile web environment rather than requiring shoppers to move to a separate application.
The technology uses physically based rendering (PBR) to reproduce material characteristics such as textures, reflections and light behavior. This is particularly relevant for QWEEN's assortment, which includes natural diamonds, gemstones and seven colours of gold.
Rather than positioning augmented reality solely as an engagement feature, the deployment makes visualization part of the product-discovery journey. Shoppers can interact with jewellery while evaluating how individual pieces complement their appearance and personal style.
That creates a closer connection between digital merchandising and customer experience. For marketers, the objective is not simply to generate an immersive interaction, but to provide additional information at a point where uncertainty can affect conversion.
Another component of the partnership is Perfect Corp.'s 3D Authoring Tool. QWEEN's team can upload industry-standard 3D files and product imagery, apply material textures and preview renderings through the company's console.
This self-service approach could become important as digital retailers expand the number of products available through virtual experiences. Creating individual 3D assets manually can introduce production dependencies, while a self-service workflow gives merchandising teams greater control over how products are prepared for digital channels.
For QWEEN, the ability to add new designs as collections expand also links virtual try-on with broader digital merchandising operations.
Jewellery purchasing involves aesthetic preference as well as confidence in how an item will appear when worn. Static photography provides limited information about how a product interacts with an individual shopper.
Virtual try-on attempts to reduce that uncertainty by allowing consumers to visualize products directly on themselves. In this context, AR becomes part of the customer journey rather than an isolated marketing campaign.
The move also reflects a wider evolution in e-commerce, where brands are using AI, augmented reality and 3D visualization to bring elements of physical shopping into digital environments.
AI-powered visual commerce is expanding across beauty, fashion, eyewear, accessories and jewellery. The competitive focus is increasingly moving beyond simple image generation toward experiences that connect product visualization with merchandising, personalization and purchasing decisions.
For luxury brands, realism can be particularly important because customers are evaluating details such as material, colour, finish and proportions.
The QWEEN deployment highlights how virtual try-on can become part of a scalable digital commerce strategy. Its long-term value will depend on factors including product coverage, rendering quality, ease of use and whether shoppers find the experience useful enough to influence consideration and purchase.
For marketers, the broader opportunity is to use immersive technology to answer practical customer questions while maintaining a consistent brand experience across digital channels.
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marketing 8 Sep 2026
Coda has launched a redesigned Coda.co website aimed at helping publishers and digital commerce businesses evaluate its products, pricing and market expansion capabilities. The refreshed site brings together market intelligence, payment information, case studies and commercial details as the company broadens its focus beyond gaming.
Gaming remains central to Coda's business, but the company says its digital commerce expertise is increasingly being applied across entertainment, education and other sectors. The new website is designed around those broader B2B audiences, with an emphasis on helping businesses assess opportunities across markets and payment ecosystems.
One of the most substantial additions is a collection of Market Guides covering 49 markets. The guides provide information on consumer behavior, local payment preferences and potential growth opportunities at the country level.
For publishers and digital businesses expanding internationally, payment preferences can influence conversion and customer acquisition strategies. Local payment availability, consumer behavior and market-specific purchasing patterns can affect how businesses structure their direct-to-consumer operations.
Coda's new Payment Guides extend that information to 94 individual payment methods worldwide, covering areas such as reach, adoption and integration considerations.
The approach turns the corporate website into more than a product catalogue. Market and payment information can serve as an early-stage research resource for businesses assessing whether a new geography or payment method fits their expansion strategy.
Coda has also added a dedicated Pricing page covering standard and custom pricing options, payment-method coverage and other commercial considerations.
Pricing information can play an important role in B2B technology purchasing, particularly when buyers need to compare vendors, understand implementation requirements and build an internal business case. Providing commercial information alongside product capabilities potentially reduces some of the research required before a sales conversation.
The site also consolidates case studies, white papers and blog content, creating a broader content layer around Coda's Merchant of Record service and product portfolio.
Coda's repositioning reflects the changing requirements of digital publishers and brands operating across international markets. Businesses selling digital products increasingly need to manage multiple payment methods, currencies, markets and customer journeys while maintaining a direct relationship with consumers.
The company's Merchant of Record offering is positioned as part of that infrastructure, supporting businesses seeking to enter new markets and develop direct-to-consumer channels.
For marketing teams, this creates an intersection between commerce infrastructure and growth strategy. Payment availability and market readiness can influence acquisition, conversion and retention, making commerce technology increasingly relevant to the broader marketing technology stack.
Coda says the redesigned website will become available in Japanese, Chinese and South Korean languages by the end of 2026.
The planned localization is notable given the company's emphasis on international digital commerce. Providing market-specific information and localized website experiences can help technology providers communicate more effectively with regional businesses and buyers.
B2B technology websites are increasingly becoming research environments rather than simple corporate brochures. Buyers can investigate pricing, compare capabilities, examine customer examples and research market requirements before engaging with a vendor.
For digital commerce providers, combining product information with market intelligence may help address the increasingly complex questions businesses face when expanding internationally.
Coda's website overhaul indicates a broader shift toward content-led B2B commerce marketing. Publishers and brands evaluating international expansion need both technology and market context, while vendors must increasingly demonstrate how their platforms fit into the complete growth journey.
The effectiveness of the new site will ultimately depend on how frequently its market and payment information is updated and how easily buyers can translate that information into expansion decisions.
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marketing 8 Sep 2026
Sensors Data used its September 4, 2026, AI Salon in Hong Kong to outline a shift in enterprise marketing technology from software platforms toward AI agents that can participate directly in growth operations.
Held at the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, the closed-door event brought together senior decision-makers from banking and finance, aviation, hospitality, premium retail, property development and utilities. Discussions focused on how enterprises can combine customer data, AI agents and human teams to move from data-driven decision-making toward more automated growth execution.
Welf Sang, founder and CEO of Sensors Data, argued that enterprises ultimately seek business growth rather than software itself. He described the company's evolution from user behavior analytics to marketing cloud capabilities and now AI-powered growth operations.
The company's proposed model centers on an AI Growth Team, combining human employees with AI-based workers. Sang characterized the progression from human-led, AI-assisted activity toward AI-led execution with human oversight and eventually more autonomous operations.
Sensors Data presented its Sensors AI 1.0 platform as the technology foundation for this approach. The platform combines AI growth workflows with three underlying capabilities: customer data platform (CDP), customer journey analytics (CJA) and customer journey optimization (CJO). These capabilities are packaged as skills that AI agents can invoke.
The company's Customer World Model is designed to provide agents with an enterprise-specific understanding of customers, while its Sensors AGW, or AI Growth Worker, represents the proposed digital-employee layer.
Sensors Data's AGW product takes a different approach from standalone conversational AI. According to the company, the system is designed to operate within enterprise instant-messaging environments, retrieve information across connected systems, monitor data and coordinate tasks involving human employees.
The product can also convert experience gained through repeated collaboration into reusable skills. That could address a longstanding challenge in enterprise marketing operations: valuable knowledge often remains distributed among individual employees rather than becoming standardized organizational processes.
During a demonstration, Sensors Data showed an AI-based analysis workflow identifying an anomaly in first-charge conversion following an app release. The system analyzed the funnel, investigated user segments and multiple data sources, suggested remediation and continued monitoring the outcome. The process was subsequently converted into a reusable release-analysis skill.
The salon's panel discussions highlighted that AI adoption does not remove fundamental data-management challenges.
Participants from financial services emphasized security, compliance, data ownership and consistent metric definitions as prerequisites for scaling AI beyond pilots. Sensitive information may require measures such as data masking, trusted models and human-defined boundaries.
Retail, hospitality and property participants similarly identified fragmented customer identities and disconnected channels as obstacles to effective omnichannel marketing. Customers may interact with multiple touchpoints while being represented differently across membership, consumption, accommodation and other systems.
This makes a unified customer profile and reliable customer journey data important prerequisites for AI-driven personalization and automation.
Enterprise marketing platforms are increasingly incorporating generative AI, predictive analytics and autonomous agents. The competitive question is shifting from whether AI can produce content or answer questions to whether agents can safely execute multi-step business workflows across enterprise systems.
Sensors Data's positioning reflects this broader movement toward agentic marketing operations, where AI is expected to analyze customer data, recommend actions, coordinate tasks and monitor results.
The most significant barrier may not be AI capability itself but organizational readiness. Enterprises still need reliable data, clear governance, integrated systems and human accountability before autonomous workflows can operate at scale.
For marketing organizations, the emerging model could shift employees away from repetitive analysis and execution toward designing customer experiences, setting objectives and supervising AI-driven operations.
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marketing 8 Sep 2026
Adobe Illustrator has been named the best AI vector design tool for 2026 by Expert Consumers, highlighting the growing role of generative AI in professional creative workflows. The assessment focuses on how Illustrator combines prompt-based generation with conventional vector editing rather than treating AI output as a finished creative asset.
For marketing teams, agencies and content creators, the distinction is significant. Campaign assets increasingly need to move across social media, websites, packaging, advertising, presentations and print while maintaining brand consistency. Vector-based workflows can provide the scalability and editability required for those different formats.
Adobe has increasingly integrated generative AI into Adobe Illustrator through its Firefly technology.
Adobe's current Illustrator capabilities include Text to Vector Graphic, Text to Pattern, Generative Recolor, Concept to Vector, Generative Shape Fill, Generative Expand and Turntable. The company says generated vector graphics can be edited and scaled within Illustrator rather than exported as fixed images.
That workflow changes where AI fits into the creative process. Instead of replacing the designer's editing environment, generative features can be used for ideation and production assistance before designers adjust paths, typography, colors, proportions and layouts.
For marketing organizations, editable vectors can be particularly useful because one creative concept may need to be adapted into numerous campaign formats.
Illustrator's Text to Vector Graphic can generate editable scenes, subjects and icons from text prompts, while Text to Pattern produces scalable vector patterns that can be modified and saved for reuse. Generative Recolor allows designers to explore alternative color schemes using prompts while retaining the underlying artwork.
Adobe has also expanded AI-assisted editing. Its Prompt to Edit feature can add, remove, recolor or replace elements in artwork generated through Text to Vector Graphic or Turntable.
For brand teams, this keeps human review within the same production environment instead of requiring every AI-generated concept to be reconstructed manually.
The Expert Consumers assessment places particular emphasis on the combination of generative capabilities and traditional design controls. That distinction matters as businesses adopt AI for creative production.
A marketer could use a prompt to explore an initial visual direction, generate alternative color palettes or create a vector illustration, but the final asset may still require brand, accessibility, typography and production checks.
This positions AI as an accelerator within a broader creative workflow rather than an autonomous replacement for designers.
AI-powered creative software is increasingly competing on workflow integration rather than generation alone. The ability to generate an asset is becoming only one part of the proposition; editability, brand control, scalability and integration with existing production tools are becoming equally important.
Illustrator's positioning around editable vector output gives Adobe a distinct advantage for workflows where assets must be repeatedly modified across formats.
The competitive direction of AI design software is likely to center on how effectively generative capabilities integrate with established professional workflows. For marketing teams, tools that combine rapid experimentation with precise human control may prove more useful than systems optimized solely for one-click image generation.
Illustrator's AI development reflects that transition, bringing prompt-driven creation deeper into an established vector design environment.
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marketing 8 Sep 2026
Rainbow Digital Commercial has opened an upgraded supermarket in Shenzhen that brings Store Digital Twin technology into a live retail environment, connecting IoT data, artificial intelligence, customer-facing digital touchpoints and store operations.
The Shahe sp@ce supermarket represents Rainbow's first Store Digital Twin-enabled project. Developed with Hanshow and Rainbow's technology subsidiary Lingzhi Digital Technology, the implementation is designed to give store teams a unified view of operating conditions while connecting data-driven insights with decisions and physical execution.
The project illustrates a broader shift in retail technology: digital transformation is moving beyond individual tools such as electronic shelf labels or smart carts toward integrated systems that connect the physical store with a continuously updated digital representation.
The Shenzhen supermarket incorporates more than 17,000 IoT devices and AI capabilities, according to the companies. These technologies collect information from connected store touchpoints and feed it into the Store Digital Twin infrastructure.
For retailers, the potential value is less about creating a digital replica for visualization and more about using real-time information to identify operational issues and coordinate responses. Shelf availability, merchandising execution, replenishment and store tasks can become connected parts of a single operating workflow.
Hanshow's electronic shelf labels and location intelligence capabilities form part of this infrastructure. Its Nebular Ultra Electronic Shelf Labels are positioned as interactive touchpoints rather than simply digital price displays, allowing shoppers to access product information, traceability details, usage guidance and promotional content.
That expands the role of the shelf from a physical merchandising surface into a digital customer-engagement channel.
The customer-facing layer also includes Hanshow's NexConnect Smart Cart, integrated with Lingzhi's AI shopping assistant. The system provides product information, in-store navigation, promotional offers and checkout-related information during the shopping journey.
The approach reflects a growing convergence between customer experience technology and operational systems. Rather than deploying AI exclusively for marketing campaigns or customer service, retailers can use it alongside physical infrastructure to influence how shoppers discover products while simultaneously improving how stores respond to demand.
For marketing teams, this creates opportunities to connect promotions and product content more closely with physical context. For operations teams, the same infrastructure can provide information about inventory and shelf conditions.
The project also combines electronic shelf labels with location intelligence, AI vision and robotics to support out-of-stock identification, merchandising management and shelf execution.
Lingzhi Digital Technology contributes its Bailingniao retail AI model for areas including sales forecasting, replenishment strategies, task management and decision support.
This is an important distinction in the development of retail digital twins. A system that merely represents store conditions provides visibility; a system connected to forecasting, task management and execution can potentially become an operational decision layer.
The distinction matters as retailers attempt to manage increasingly complex omnichannel environments. Rainbow's intelligent fulfilment center at the supermarket also supports home delivery, connecting the physical shopping environment with its broader omnichannel model.
Retailers are increasingly combining AI, IoT, computer vision, robotics, electronic shelf labels and omnichannel technology. The competitive opportunity is shifting toward platforms that can connect these technologies rather than operating them as isolated systems.
Rainbow's implementation is notable because it applies Store Digital Twin capabilities to an operating supermarket rather than presenting the technology solely as a pilot or visualization project.
The next stage of retail digitalization will likely depend on how effectively data can move from sensing to action. For marketers, that could mean more context-aware promotions and product experiences; for retailers, it could mean faster responses to availability, merchandising and fulfillment issues.
The Shenzhen deployment provides an example of how physical retail can become part of an integrated digital operating model rather than remaining separate from a retailer's technology stack.
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marketing 8 Sep 2026
Go Marketing School is expanding its online learning resources across digital marketing, SEO, artificial intelligence, web design, coding and marketing video tutorials, positioning practical digital skills as the focus of its educational offering for entrepreneurs, students, freelancers, creators and business owners.
The expansion comes as technology continues to reshape the skills required across marketing and digital business. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 found that 60% of employers expect broader digital access to transform their businesses, while AI and big data rank among the fastest-growing skills through 2030.
Go Marketing School’s content covers digital marketing and internet marketing topics including affiliate marketing, online advertising, content marketing, audience building, search marketing, conversion strategies, social media and website promotion.
Rather than treating marketing as a collection of isolated channels, the platform connects areas such as SEO, website design, user experience, content and advertising. That approach reflects how digital marketers increasingly operate across interconnected customer journeys, where organic search, content, websites and paid channels can influence the same business outcomes.
The platform’s emphasis on practical learning also aligns with a broader shift toward continuous skills development. The World Economic Forum reports that nearly 40% of skills required on the job are expected to change by 2030, while 77% of employers surveyed plan to upskill workers in response to AI-driven transformation.
SEO is another major component of the educational offering, with resources covering keyword research, content creation, search intent, website optimization and organic traffic.
This is increasingly connected to website design and usability. Google’s search guidance emphasizes creating useful, people-first content and making websites accessible to users and search engines. For marketers, that makes SEO less of a standalone technical function and more closely tied to content quality, site structure and overall user experience.
Go Marketing School also addresses web design fundamentals, including website structure, navigation, usability and performance. The combination could be particularly relevant to small businesses and independent creators that need to manage both marketing and website development without large specialist teams.
Artificial intelligence represents another expanding area. The platform explores practical AI tools and potential applications in writing, brainstorming, research, website development and marketing automation.
The addition of coding education extends that skills-based approach. Topics such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, APIs and automation can give marketers and entrepreneurs a better understanding of the technology underlying their digital operations.
The broader employment market also points toward sustained demand for digital capabilities. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 7% employment growth for web developers and digital designers from 2024 to 2034, compared with 3% for all occupations.
The online learning market is increasingly intersecting with the technology skills economy. AI, data, programming, digital marketing and user experience are becoming interconnected capabilities rather than isolated disciplines. Go Marketing School’s expansion reflects this convergence by combining marketing education with technology-oriented subjects.
For digital education providers, the competitive challenge will be keeping learning material current as search algorithms, AI tools, advertising platforms and web technologies evolve. Practical, regularly updated instruction could become increasingly important as businesses seek employees and independent professionals capable of combining marketing knowledge with technical literacy.
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marketing 7 Sep 2026
Wooree Group is calling for greater scientific validation in the rapidly expanding liposome market, arguing that clearer quality standards could become increasingly important as ingredient suppliers and nutraceutical brands compete on delivery technology and product claims.
The biotechnology and lighting company made the case during Vitafoods Asia 2026, held September 2–4 in Bangkok, where it presented its liposome technology and vertically integrated bio portfolio. The company participated in the event for the second consecutive year, bringing together ingredient developer Wooree Green Science, manufacturer Wooree Bio and consumer brands Harutin and Clarion.
At the center of the company's presentation was a proposed six-part framework for validating liposomal products. CEO Ji-yong Yoon argued that the presence of phospholipids or a measured particle size should not, by itself, establish that a product qualifies as a meaningful liposomal formulation.
The proposed framework includes Cryo-TEM-based liposome structure verification, nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), encapsulation efficiency, long-term shelf stability, gastrointestinal stability and pharmacokinetic evaluation of bioavailability.
The push for validation comes as supplement and functional-ingredient companies increasingly position delivery systems as a differentiator. Liposomal formulations are marketed around the potential to improve the delivery or absorption of active ingredients, creating a competitive environment in which technical claims can become an important part of product positioning.
Wooree's approach places analytical evidence at the center of that positioning. The company says its LIPOPRIME ingredient portfolio now includes approximately 40 ingredients, spanning Vitamin C, glutathione, omega-3 and curcumin.
Wooree Green Science also reported that NTA testing of selected LIPOPRIME ingredients showed particle concentrations up to 24 times higher than competing market alternatives. Because the company itself supplied the comparison, the figure should be viewed as a company-reported result rather than an independent industry benchmark.
The broader issue is how nutraceutical marketers can translate complex formulation science into credible consumer-facing claims. Greater standardization could potentially make it easier for manufacturers, distributors and buyers to distinguish between formulations based on documented performance rather than terminology alone.
For Wooree, scientific validation is also becoming part of its broader international growth strategy. The company has introduced test products from Harutin on Amazon in the United States and is collaborating with a plant-cell biotechnology company on next-generation functional ingredients.
Its proposed validation model could therefore serve both a technical and commercial purpose. If adopted more broadly, standardized testing could give ingredient suppliers additional evidence for product differentiation while helping downstream brands build more defensible marketing narratives.
However, validation alone does not establish consumer demand or clinical effectiveness. The six pillars proposed by Wooree should be viewed as the company's suggested framework rather than an established industry standard.
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