Agriculture & Trade: Malaysia’s FAMA rolled out a 2026 Seasonal Fruit Marketing and Intervention Plan for durian, aiming to stabilize farmgate prices by expanding sales locations, setting up temporary purchasing centres, and ramping processing to absorb peak-season surplus. Investor & Deal Ecosystems: DealFlow Discovery Conference returns to Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel on Jan. 26–28, 2027, bringing public/private companies and capital markets pros for presentations and one-on-ones. Brand Experience & Retail Marketing: A new guide argues the “experience economy” is shifting loyalty from transactions to memories and emotional transformation—calling for brands in luxury, healthcare and lifestyle to design measurable experience-led value. Marcom in Action: Lightspeed Systems unveiled a more comprehensive K-12 screen time and reporting solution at ISTELive 2026, positioning it as a single, district-to-student view for boards and parents. Crypto & Agentic Workflows: TabTrader acquired Omni Wallet and launched TabTrader 2.0, pitching a unified crypto control panel with an MCP connector for LLM/agent market analysis and multi-venue execution. PR/Regulation Watch: UK’s charity regulator is assessing concerns over a Great Israeli Real Estate event allegedly marketing property in illegal settlements—raising compliance questions for trustees and marketing conduct. Travel & Tourism Marketing: AAA forecasts 72.2M Americans will travel for Independence Day, with road trips flat and cruises showing the biggest lift. Social Impact Marketing: PuppyDog.io joined Pledge 1%, pledging equity and employee time to embed giving back into its AI product marketing mission.