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Canadian-built AI platform recognized for unifying CRM, marketing automation, and AI-driven customer engagement TORONTO, ON–LenzVU Inc., a Canadian-built CRM and marketing automation company, today announced that it has been named the Top AI-Powered Marketing Automation Platform in Canada 2026 by MarTech Outlook, a leading publication covering marketing technology innovation across …

New offering combines NIQ’s trusted shopper and panel data with GOcxm’s behavioral science and AI to uncover the motivations behind purchase, loyalty, and growth TORONTO, ON–GOcxm, a leading provider of retail execution and consumer engagement solutions for global CPG brands, and NielsenIQ, a leading consumer intelligence company, announced availability of …

Your Reviews Are AI Source Material, But Do They Actually Say Anything? By Ali de Bold, Founder and CEO, Butterly Before I started ChickAdvisor in 2006, I had a bathroom counter covered in products that didn’t work. Makeup I bought based on packaging or a splashy ad. A pump that …

TORONTO, ON–Vividata, a Canadian authoritative source for cross-media and consumer behaviour insights, announced that ChangeMakers and Glassroom have selected Vividata Spatial to strengthen audience planning, activation, and outcome measurement across the Canadian media ecosystem. Built from Vividata’s Study of the Canadian Consumer and Metrica passive panel data (SCC/Digital), Vividata Spatial …

by Ned Seagrim Imagine a world where you could access the voice of your customer at any moment – from formulating the brief and developing the strategy to brainstorming the solution and iterating the execution. This isn’t a business utopia. This is the new reality synthetic audiences are making possible.  …

By Jan Kestle, President, Environics Analytics Every organization is looking for better outcomes. They want smarter decisions, stronger performance and results they can explain and defend. Today, many leaders see artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced platforms as the path forward— and they can be. But too often, an essential truth …

Frost & Sullivan recognizes SharpenCX for delivering customer trust, transparency, and reliability through a cloud-native architecture and AI-driven workflows SAN ANTONIO, TX–Frost & Sullivan announced SharpenCX as the 2026 North American Customer Value Leadership Recognition in the cloud contact center sector for its outstanding achievements in financial strength, strategic expansion, …

TORONTO, ON–Building on a multi-year strategic retail partnership, Canadian Tire Corporation has moved to the next phase of its collaboration with Microsoft, with the development of a custom retail intelligence platform designed to help the Company better anticipate and serve the everyday moments that matter most to Canadians. Following a …

Lightspeed delivers next-generation retail and hospitality tools to streamline operations, enhance guest experiences, and drive growth worldwide MONTREAL, QC–Lightspeed Commerce Inc., the unified omnichannel platform powering ambitious retail, golf and hospitality businesses in over 100 countries, announced a broad suite of Q3 product innovations designed to help merchants simplify operations, …

Gen AI and agentic AI are already accelerating the impact of classic marketing approaches to driving growth, but McKinsey’s State of Marketing Europe 2026 report finds few CMOs are acting boldly This report is a collaborative effort by Aurélia Bettati, Jerome Königsfeld, Jesko Perrey, Kai Vollhardt, Thomas Bauer, Tjark Freundt, …