Manscaped's Whole‑Body Media Strategy

Zoom CMO Kim Storin has one of the rarer jobs in marketing: She's responsible for promoting and evolving a brand that's also become a verb.

Behind the scenes with Manscaped CMO Marcelo Kertész on the brand's first Super Bowl spot – a musical ad starring singing hair balls (just watch it) – and how he's shifting Manscaped's marketing from performance-heavy DTC to a broader, brand-led strategy.

Amazon is gearing up for its third-ever upfront event next month in New York City – and programmatic is at the center of its pitch. "We're encouraging brands and agencies to consolidate into the Amazon DSP to drive better outcomes," says Sarah Iooss, head of agency partnerships at Amazon Ads.

AI isn't just a productivity tool, says Debra Aho Williamson, founder of Sonata Insights. It's a brand-new media environment that's reshaping how people decide what to buy and challenging marketers to completely rethink the funnel.

Kim Rosenblum, CMO of investment app Betterment, unpacks her "anti‑marketing" playbook, which involves telling customers not to engage and shifting away from chasing cheap CAC to prioritizing lifetime value.

The programmatic supply chain is "pretty flawed," says Danny Spears, COO of publisher alliance Ozone, and value is leaking away from digital media brands. But that doesn't mean they need to stand there and take it.

Scripps CRO Brian Norris explains why the broadcaster is leaning into women's and local sports – and how that shift is reshaping the media plan.

Can connected TV really deliver performance – or is "performance TV" just a branding boost with extra data? Erin Firneno, SVP of business intelligence at Advertiser Perceptions, weighs in.

Perion CEO Tal Jacobson is done with AI buzzwords. Instead, he's betting big on agents, outcomes and letting machines handle the messy parts of media buying.

Mary Beech, chief growth officer at health-and-wellness brand Thorne, shares how she's turning marketing into a growth engine amid AI-driven discovery and chatbots that get loose with the facts.