AI is redefining how brands build trust through personalization. As algorithms shape experiences, transparency, explainability, and responsible data use are becoming essential to consumer trust.
From AI-driven search to video commerce and privacy-first personalisation, here are the top 10 digital marketing trends shaping strategy and growth in 2026.
Google launches Data Manager API to help marketers integrate AI with first-party data as AI-enabled brands report stronger revenue growth.
Indian brands are shifting to private LLMs for safer, personalised, AI-driven marketing as data rules tighten and first-party intelligence becomes strategic.
Martech in 2025 saw AI-native platforms, massive consolidation, first-party data dominance, and rising budgets as brands rethink stacks for performance and efficiency.
Brands accelerate first-party data strategies as privacy laws tighten. With cookies fading and DPDP enforcement rising, companies invest in consent-led data, CDPs, and AI-driven personalisation.
India’s ad industry shifts as third-party cookies fade and predictive AI rises, driving privacy-first personalization and reshaping digital marketing strategies.
Cookies linger, but AI has already redefined marketing—driving personalization, measurement, and identity resolution in a privacy-first, post-cookie era.
As we observe MarTech Day 2025, we reflect on the significant developments in marketing technology over the past year and decode the trends that will shape the industry’s future
