Ralph Lauren has taken over Chelsea’s Sloane Square with a six week “Holiday Experience” that feels less like a shop and more like a Christmas market curated by the brand. Between wreath workshops, Ralph’s Coffee, a Father Christmas barn and a Giving Tree that raises money for cancer care, this pop up is a live masterclass in how to turn brand heritage into something you can walk through, taste and remember.

On a small island in Guangzhou, Nike is helping runners recover with steaming bowls of Cantonese herbal soup instead of the usual sneaker drop. It is part cultural tribute, part performance recovery and a quiet masterclass in how to localise a global sports brand.

After five years of legal back and forth, a US federal judge has ruled that Meta is not an illegal monopolist and will not be forced to spin off Instagram or WhatsApp. The court decided that regulators failed to prove Meta still dominates social networking in a world where TikTok, YouTube and other apps compete for the same attention.

Burger King France is promoting a limited edition Whopper Rings burger with a quiet, two-minute film that lets the sound of eating do almost all the work.  Instead of the usual fast cuts and loud tracks, the spot sits on a single, steady shot of a diner slowly unwrapping and eating his Whopper. There is no voiceover. No jingle. No punchline copy screaming at the end. Just ambient noise, chewing, a little breathing, and then a late reveal of the new build. For a brand that rec

On Thanksgiving morning, a sharp toothed, rabbit eared creature from China is joining one of America’s most traditional TV rituals. Labubu, Pop Mart’s “ugly cute” monster, is getting a full float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, backed by pop ups and a New York retail push. For most viewers it will look like a quirky new character.

Amazon just turned your ad into an answer. With its new AI-powered sponsored prompts inside Rufus, your Sponsored Products and Sponsored Brands are no longer just tiles on a page; they are shaping the actual responses shoppers see when they ask questions. That means your PDPs, reviews & brand assets are now training data for a virtual product expert that speaks on your behalf. For marketers, this is not “one more format,” it is the moment retail media, AI search, and brand st