Behind the Numbers: an EMARKETER Podcast

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Jul 9, 2025 • 29min

Standing Out in the Men's Grooming Market with Every Man Jack | Reimagining Retail

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss Every Man Jack’s performance vs. brand marketing priorities, the role of marketplaces for the company, and what tactics the brand uses to stand out from the pack. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Principal Analyst Sky Canaves, Senior Analyst Zak Stambor, and VP of Growth Marketing & E-Commerce at Every Man Jack Nick Hasselberg.   To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-standing-men-s-grooming-market-with-every-man-jack-reimagining-retail   © 2025 EMARKETER   Quad is a global marketing experience company that gives brands a frictionless way to go to market using an array of innovative, data-driven offerings. With a platform built for integrated execution, Quad helps clients maximize marketing effectiveness across all channels. It ranks among Ad Age’s 25 largest agency companies. For more information, visit quad.com.  
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Jul 8, 2025 • 25min

AI is Turning Bank Marketing Upside Down: What It Will Disrupt First, Second, and Then Third | The Banking & Payments Show

In today’s episode, we talk about how AI has changed finserv’s approach to advertising and which areas of bank marketing will be affected the most. Join the discussion with host and Head of Business Development Rob Rubin, Analysts Lauren Ashcraft and Jacob Bourne.   To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-agi-coming-how-will-change-everything-and-behind-numbers-podcast-banking-payments-show-ai-turning-bank-marketing-upside-down-what-will-disrupt   © 2025 EMARKETER   Quad is a global marketing experience company that gives brands a frictionless way to go to market using an array of innovative, data-driven offerings. With a platform built for integrated execution, Quad helps clients maximize marketing effectiveness across all channels. It ranks among Ad Age’s 25 largest agency companies. For more information, visit quad.com.  
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Jul 7, 2025 • 23min

AI Ads for $2K? Meta, Kalshi, and a Reimagined Ad World | Behind the Numbers

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the second biggest digital ad player’s (Meta) vision for the future of ads, if it will lead to money saved or more commercials, and why the 30-second AI-made TV ad for Kalshi matters more than most. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Senior Director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman, and Principal Analyst Yory Wurmser. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.   To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/   For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com   For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/   Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-ai-ads-2k-meta-kalshi-reimagined-ad-world-behind-numbers   © 2025 EMARKETER   Quad is a global marketing experience company that gives brands a frictionless way to go to market using an array of innovative, data-driven offerings. With a platform built for integrated execution, Quad helps clients maximize marketing effectiveness across all channels. It ranks among Ad Age’s 25 largest agency companies. For more information, visit quad.com.  
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Jul 3, 2025 • 28min

AGI Is Coming: How It Will Change Everything—and When | Behind the Numbers

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss what area of people's lives artificial general intelligence (AGI) will change the most, the argument for AI developers asking permission from society to build these models, and when AGI might actually get here. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, and Analysts Jacob Bourne and Grace Harmon. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.   To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-agi-coming-how-will-change-everything-and-behind-numbers   © 2025 EMARKETER   Quad is a global marketing experience company that gives brands a frictionless way to go to market using an array of innovative, data-driven offerings. With a platform built for integrated execution, Quad helps clients maximize marketing effectiveness across all channels. It ranks among Ad Age’s 25 largest agency companies. For more information, visit quad.com.  
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Jul 2, 2025 • 25min

What Makes Walmart Unstoppable? The Retail Empire Reinventing Itself | Reimagining Retail

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the ingredients of Walmart’s current recipe for success and the technology that’s most likely to propel them into the future. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Vice President of Content Suzy Davidkhanian and Analyst Rachel Wolff.   To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-reimagining-retail-what-makes-walmart-unstoppable-retail-empire-reinventing-itself   © 2025 EMARKETER   Quad is a global marketing experience company that gives brands a frictionless way to go to market using an array of innovative, data-driven offerings. With a platform built for integrated execution, Quad helps clients maximize marketing effectiveness across all channels. It ranks among Ad Age’s 25 largest agency companies. For more information, visit quad.com.  
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Jun 30, 2025 • 26min

Artificial General Intelligence Explained: When Will AI Be Smarter Than Us? | Behind the Numbers

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the various definitions of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and try to come up with the best one we can. Then we look at how smart humans are compared to current AI models. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, and Analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.   To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-btn-artificial-general-intelligence-explained-will-ai-smarter-than-us   © 2025 EMARKETER Cint is a global insights company. Our media measurement solutions help advertisers, publishers, platforms, and media agencies measure the impact of cross-platform ad campaigns by leveraging our platform’s global reach. Cint’s attitudinal measurement product, Lucid Measurement, has measured over 15,000 campaigns and has over 500 billion impressions globally. For more information, visit cint.com/insights.
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Jun 27, 2025 • 31min

What If? Google Broke Itself Up, Online Shopping Stopped Growing, and Audio Ads Exploded | Behind the Numbers

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss our ‘very specific, but highly unlikely’ predictions for 2025. What would happen if Google preemptively broke itself into smaller pieces, if online shopping flatlined, and if the audio ad space doubled in size in short order. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Director of Reports Editing Rahul Chadha, and Senior Analysts Blake Droesch and Max Willens. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.   To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-btn-what-if-google-broke-itself-up-online-shopping-stopped-growing-audio-ads-exploded   © 2025 EMARKETER Cint is a global insights company. Our media measurement solutions help advertisers, publishers, platforms, and media agencies measure the impact of cross-platform ad campaigns by leveraging our platform’s global reach. Cint’s attitudinal measurement product, Lucid Measurement, has measured over 15,000 campaigns and has over 500 billion impressions globally. For more information, visit cint.com/insights.
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Jun 25, 2025 • 27min

The Unofficial Most Unexpected Retailer Campaigns in 2025 (June) | Reimagining Retail

On today's podcast episode, we discuss our unofficial list of the most unexpected retailer campaigns this year. This month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial themed list of the top eight retailers based on the most surprising marketing campaigns we've seen in the last six months. In this month's episode, Committee members Analysts Arielle Feger and Sara Lebow will defend their list against Senior Analyst Zak Stambor and Analyst Rachel Wolff, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.   To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-unofficial-most-unexpected-retailer-campaigns-2025-june-reimagining-retail   © 2025 EMARKETER Cint is a global insights company. Our media measurement solutions help advertisers, publishers, platforms, and media agencies measure the impact of cross-platform ad campaigns by leveraging our platform’s global reach. Cint’s attitudinal measurement product, Lucid Measurement, has measured over 15,000 campaigns and has over 500 billion impressions globally. For more information, visit cint.com/insights.
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Jun 23, 2025 • 27min

What If? OpenAI Acquires Snapchat, Starbucks Goes Crypto, and Paramount Cuts the Cord | Behind the Numbers

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss our ‘very specific, but highly unlikely’ predictions for 2025. What would happen to the social media world if OpenAI bought Snap, what if Starbucks launched a Stablecoin, and why some companies might still want to buy linear networks. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Vice Presidents of Content Suzy Davidkhanian and Paul Verna, and Principal Analyst Yory Wurmser. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-what-if-openai-acquires-snapchat-starbucks-goes-crypto-paramount-cuts-cord-behind-numbers   © 2025 EMARKETER Cint is a global insights company. Our media measurement solutions help advertisers, publishers, platforms, and media agencies measure the impact of cross-platform ad campaigns by leveraging our platform’s global reach. Cint’s attitudinal measurement product, Lucid Measurement, has measured over 15,000 campaigns and has over 500 billion impressions globally. For more information, visit cint.com/insights.  
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Jun 20, 2025 • 26min

From Prime Time to Screen Time: How Our Attention Is Shifting | Behind the Numbers

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the battle between linear TV and CTV, one mobile device metric that is going down, and a surprising finding about which age group uses YouTube the most. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Principal Forecasting Writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, and Senior Director of Forecasting Oscar Orozco. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.   Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com    For a transcript of this episode click here:  https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-btn-prime-time-screen-time-how-our-attention-shifting   © 2025 EMARKETER Cint is a global insights company. Our media measurement solutions help advertisers, publishers, platforms, and media agencies measure the impact of cross-platform ad campaigns by leveraging our platform’s global reach. Cint’s attitudinal measurement product, Lucid Measurement, has measured over 15,000 campaigns and has over 500 billion impressions globally. For more information, visit cint.com/insights.  

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