INSIGHTS
The Groom Boom Is Real—And It’s Redefining How Consumers Buy Everything
From hyper-specific searches to ingredient transparency, men’s grooming shows how all brands must evolve to win the next generation. MyTelescope trend signals highlight a market moving from scent-led novelty to science-backed performance, with lessons for every marketer. For decades, men’s grooming was a category defined by habit and heritage: predictable shaving products, mass-market deodorants, and […]
Inside Jen Harrington’s “Eat In or Dine Out”: A New Menu for Modern Marketing
How HATCH’s CEO is helping CMOs navigate talent gaps, cultural complexity, and the shift toward blended teams. “Eat In or Dine Out” Reframes the Agency–Client Relationship. When Jennifer Harrington launched HATCH, she wasn’t trying to build just another agency — she wanted to build a new model of creative collaboration. One that gives marketers a […]
From Puppets to Vinyl to Dogs: A Holiday Marketing Spirit That Signals a Bigger Shift
Why 2025’s joyful, imperfect holiday ads may be previewing marketing’s next big chapter. Holiday advertising always offers spectacle and sentiment, but 2025 may be remembered as the year marketers collectively embraced imperfection—leaning into instinct, nostalgia, and unpolished humanity to cut through the noise of an AI-saturated world. A Dog With a GoPro Steals the Season […]
GEN MORE+: Signals in Nonprofit Marketing
What Today’s Innovative Campaigns Tell Us About the 50+ Audience… Nonprofits have always been early indicators of cultural change. With limited budgets and mission-driven mandates, they tend to innovate out of necessity, creativity, and a sense of community. Increasingly, these innovations reveal something striking about the demographic often overlooked in mainstream marketing: the 50+ population […]
GEN MORE+ | The 50+ Opportunity Gap
Why Recognition Without Action Is Costing Marketers Billions (Yes, Billions) When The Internationalist published Openly Gray’s commentary on the overlooked revenue potential in the 50+ audience, the response was immediate. It resonated with marketers worldwide, who suddenly recognized how little strategic focus they’d given to this demographic — despite its extraordinary influence and spending power. […]
Luxury Meets Nostalgia: Holiday 2025 Fashion Trends
Luxury and nostalgia are defining the U.S. fashion conversation this holiday season. For brands, the winning formula blends status with story—positioning fashion not just as a purchase, but as a reflection of identity, legacy, and meaning. The Search Signals: A New Luxury Equation From October 2021 to September 2025, organic search trends monitored by MyTelescope show that […]
Where Media Inflation Meets Marketing Ingenuity
How Smart Marketers Can Navigate Global Media Inflation Global media inflation may have leveled off at 4%, but this “new normal” is anything but steady. The World Federation of Advertisers’ latest Outlook report reveals a fragmented media economy where stability on paper hides sharp contrasts across markets and channels. Premium video continues to command higher […]
Luxury Fashion in Transition: Sustainability and AI Rewriting the Rules
Luxury’s Transformation Is a Lesson for Every Marketer. Luxury fashion has long been a harbinger of cultural change. Today, the surging interest in sustainability, AI, and circularity is more than a couture trend — it’s a signal of how consumers everywhere are redefining value and meaning. For marketers across categories, the message is clear: agility […]
From Apathy to Adaptability: How Brands Can Matter in 2025
“78% of brands could disappear tomorrow—and most people wouldn’t care.” — Meaningful Brands 2025. For nearly 17 years, Havas has tracked the evolving relationship between people and brands through its annual Meaningful Brands™ study. Since its launch in 2009, the report has served as a global barometer of how brands create value in people’s lives—functionally, […]
Air Jordan at 40: Search Data Reveals How Legacy and Limited Editions Drive the Next Era of Greatness
When Nike first released the Air Jordan 1 to the public in April 1985, sneaker culture as we know it was born. Michael Jordan’s black-and-red shoes did more than break NBA uniform rules—they ignited a cultural phenomenon, sparking decades of obsession with athletic footwear, retro releases, and the blending of sport, fashion, and identity. Now, […]