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MADFest 2026 Marketing Trends: The Ideas That Matter For Brands

We attended MADFest 2026 to hear the conversations shaping the future of marketing. This report brings together the ideas, trends and practical takeaways we think marketers should be paying attention to.

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Premium, but Personal: How Heritage Brands Stay Culturally Relevant

How do premium brands stay culturally relevant? Lou Ali speaks with Peroni Nastro Azzurro's Global Brand Director, Carly Burford, about redefining premium through the Only Peroni platform, building distinctive brands that stand the test of time, and why meaningful cultural partnerships matter more than ever.

Thought Leadership, PR

In Conversation with Lucy Mart: Why Consumer PR Has a Positioning Problem

PrettyGreen's Chief Growth Officer, Lucy Mart, believes the industry's biggest challenge isn't creativity. It's positioning. Read her take on why Consumer PR needs to stop talking about coverage and start talking about commercial growth.

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Building Brand Fame That Shows Up in Culture: Sally Barton, Mondelez

With years of experience leading strategy for some of the world’s most recognisable brands, Sally shares insights into how brands like Cadbury and Oreo stay culturally relevant and emotionally meaningful.

New Work, Experiential & Events

PrettyGreen Selected by Polaroid to Launch Polaroid Go Generation 3 Experiential Campaign at Boardmasters Festival 2026

PrettyGreen will develop and deliver Polaroid's experiential launch at Boardmasters Festival 2026, creating an immersive brand activation for the new Polaroid Go Generation 3 as part of the global The Best of Summer is Analogue campaign.

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How YouTube Creators Are Redefining Brand Partnerships: Nisha Mathews at Google Creative Works

With years of experience shaping marketing strategies at Omnicom and Wavemaker before joining Google, Nisha brings a unique perspective on the evolving world of creator marketing.

Thought Leadership

Cannes Lions 2026: The Ideas Shaping Marketing's Next Chapter

Discover the biggest marketing trends from Cannes Lions 2026 in PrettyGreen's Cannes Takeaway Report. From AI and creativity to trust, community and brand building, explore the ideas shaping marketing's next chapter and what they mean for brands.

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Break department silos for success: Fiona Bosman, Global Brand Director at Bupa

With over two decades shaping iconic brands like Red Bull and Barclaycard, Fiona brings unmatched insight into the evolving world of Influencer Marketing, in this new What They Said podcast episode.

Thought Leadership
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SXSW London 2026: Five Marketing Takeaways on AI, Community, Creativity, Trust and Leadership

SXSW London brought together some of the biggest voices in marketing, technology and culture. We unpack the five themes that shaped the conversation and what brands can learn from them.

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Be more human (and more manipulative) from Anni Mueller: Digital & Social Media Manager at innocent

We chat with Anni Mueller, Digital & Social Media Manager at innocent, about why honesty, two-way conversation and "being more human" is integral to Influencer and digital strategies.

News

PrettyGreen Launches AI Fame Tracker™

A new recommendation intelligence platform that provides visibility into whether brands are appearing in AI recommendation journeys, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, diagnoses where brands are succeeding or falling short and a provides a holistic playbook to implement across owned, earned and paid marketing channels to improve a brand’s AI performance.

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Avoiding inauthentic creator content with Millie Allen: Head of Marketing at Ocean Bottle

We chat with Millie Allen, Head of Marketing at Ocean Bottle about the challenges and opportunities of being a purpose-led brand in a world of content creators.

Digital PR, New Work
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PrettyGreen Appointed by Priory to Drive Digital PR Campaign for New Therapy-Led Residential Addiction Service, Flourish

Creative communications agency PrettyGreen will support Priory’s digital PR and search visibility strategy for the launch and expansion of Flourish, a pioneering residential addiction treatment programme in the UK.

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Pairing Brands and Passionate Fans with Alex Payne: Founder & CEO, The Influence Room

We chat with Alex Payne, Founder & CEO of the Influence Room, about the matchmaking magic behind connecting brands with creators who genuinely love them. Think: a slick blend of Tinder meets LinkedIn – but make it influencer marketing.

New Work, Influencer & Social Marketing

PrettyGreen appointed by Unilever Dove brands

PrettyGreen has been appointed by Unilever’s Dove Division to lead influencer marketing, content creation and ecommerce strategy after winning a four-way competitive pitch.

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Audience-First Social with Layla Hatia: Head of Consumer Influence at The Very Group

We dive headfirst in to hun culture with The Very Group’s Head of Consumer Influencer, Layla Hatia – to hear how the brand shapes an audience-first creator strategy that goes from the high street to high glam.

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