"A lot of you don't know what being here with a brand takes. Sorry, I'm not political," comedian Chris Burns deadpanned to his more than 443,000 followers on Instagram. "Yeah, I posted about boycotting Starbucks, but that was like two months ago."
The free webinar is designed to help assist local businesses with the transition back to in-store transactions by highlighting how they can appear for important 'near me' searches in order to capture the attention of local customers.
Michelladonna goes around the world to celebrate the cats who live and work in bodegas, corner stores, and repair shops on her show, Shop Cats. The bilingual series launched in 2024 on creator-led production platform Mad Realities, and quickly found an audience drawn to its feline stars and Michelladonna's energy and humor.
NEW YORK - Jewelry maker Mejuri in 2024 was presented with the type of marketing moment that even loads of media spending can't always replicate. Watching her now-fiance play at that year's AFC Championship game, Taylor Swift appeared sporting an heirloom signet ring from the brand, propelling the product to overnight fame as the pop star and beau Travis Kelce were photographed in a close embrace on the field.
But the facts are here: Wall Street darlings Netflix and Snap saw their valuations drop by about 80% in a few weeks, Meta has seen a 34% decline in its overall reputation since its inception (sorry Mark, the Hawaiian honeymoon is over) and Sundar Pichay seems to be spending most of his time talking about his spoiled Googlers needing to come back down to Earth.
The brand decided to divert its spend to other platforms, including Pinterest. Quickly, it found Pinterest drew in shoppers with significantly higher purchase intent than Meta. Even after the store opening, it kept investing, increasing its ad spend on the platform by 77 percent between 2022 and 2025. In that same period, Maguire's sales generated on Pinterest increased by 86 percent. Today, Pinterest is the brand's top-performing paid marketing channel in the US, with a 5.59 percent conversion rate compared to Meta's 1.72 percent.
