In this episode, Helenor Gilmour, Head of Beano Brain, joins us to share insights on Gen Alpha, the youngest and savviest consumers today. We explore what makes brands “cool” with kids, how heritage names like Lego and KitKat stay relevant, and why safety, humor, and authenticity are shaping the future of marketing to this generation. Helenor breaks down the top brands kids love and what lessons marketers can take from them.
In recent decisions involving companies in different industries, NAD has sketched out a practical roadmap for how advertisers should (and shouldn’t) talk about AI. Here are four lessons from those cases.
Consumers already have more information than they know what to do with, so adding another marketing message rarely solves the problem.
AI as a tool versus agentic AI, looking at it like a Pixar movie, and embracing the culture shift that comes with it all.