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Double-digit real interest, a slowing economy and the highest US tariff in South America. What changes in management, marketing and operations at a Brazilian company through 2027.
Meta and Google automated the media decision. Anyone depending on a single platform grew on top of an operational risk they do not control. What to do before the next block.
Procter & Gamble sells Pampers, Gillette, Oral-B, Ariel and Vicks in about 180 countries and territories, under five business segments, and almost no consumer notices the P&G name on the package (Form 10-K, fiscal 2026). Apple went the opposite way: it put its own name on practically everything it builds and, on 3 January 2022, […]
AI writing tics grow old. In 2023, delve was the flag word for ChatGPT in any text under suspicion. In 2025, its frequency collapsed. Core and modern took its place, according to a Washington Post analysis of 300 thousand messages from the model between June 2024 and July 2025. Anyone still detecting AI against the […]
95% of companies have brand guidelines. 25% apply them. The gap has a measured cost. Senior professionals who tracked the direct impact report US$ 6 million in lost revenue per year. On the other side, the companies that close this gap grow 17% faster, cut customer acquisition cost by 27%, and run ads with CTR […]
The most memorable event of your life was not the easiest It was the one you almost didn’t go to. The one that demanded something of you. The one that made you uncomfortable before it made you remember. The events industry wants to take that away from you. Neuroscience says that is the worst thing they […]
The quiet reorganization of Brazil’s care market, read together for the first time. April 16, 2026 8 minute read Analysis We started pulling together a series of reports from the last six months and noticed something nobody is talking about quite like this. Brazil has 160.9 million pets, according to Abempet. It is the third largest pet market […]
95% of companies have brand guidelines. 25% apply them. The gap has a measured cost. Senior professionals who tracked the direct impact report US$ 6 million in lost revenue per year. On the other side, the companies that close this gap grow 17% faster, cut customer acquisition cost by 27%, and run ads with CTR […]
Relationship Is Not a Soft Skill, It’s Hidden Revenue Data | Cristiano Haubrich March 26, 2026 · Essay · 12 min read · Strategic Networking The highest-ROI channel in your portfolio has no dashboard. It does not show up in the monthly report. It has no owner. And that is exactly why you keep leaving […]
Response Time and Lead Conversion: What Defines Sales in the Digital World The first contact is already the proposal. You hire a personal trainer. You message her on Monday morning. She replies on Wednesday. You already gave up on Tuesday. Not on the trainer. On yourself. That is how the buying impulse works. You are […]
Headcore Report: NEXT>> 2026 Headcore Digital Reports NEXT>> 2026 Act 1: Context and Scope The Brazilian landscape for 2026 is taking shape around a paradox: macroeconomic resilience, marked by a robust labor market and GDP growth, contrasts with growing pressure on the financial health of households. This report offers a complete overview of the main […]
Wellness & Sport Dossier 2025 | Editorial 2025 Dossier Wellness & Sport The Science & the Data. The engineering behind behavior in a US$ 9 trillion market. Intelligence Unit “What makes someone stop their thumb on the screen?” I have always had an obsessive curiosity to understand what moves people. Over the past few weeks, […]
The morning shift: how young Brazilians are rearranging their social life · Headcore Intelligence Unit Intelligence Unit · Growth Science™ In 2025, alcohol abstinence among young Brazilians aged 18 to 24 went from 46% to 64%. In the same country, running clubs grew 800%. Headcore reads both numbers as a single move: Brazilian social life […]
The quiet reorganization of Brazil’s care market, read together for the first time. April 16, 2026 8 minute read Analysis We started pulling together a series of reports from the last six months and noticed something nobody is talking about quite like this. Brazil has 160.9 million pets, according to Abempet. It is the third largest pet market […]
There is a phrase that the CEO of a global holding company said to Forrester, without giving his name. The phrase is this: “By 2028, we will double profits and cut people in half.” He was not making a prediction. He was describing a plan. And the plan has already begun. Forrester had a 2022 […]
Headcore Report: NEXT>> 2026 Headcore Digital Reports NEXT>> 2026 Act 1: Context and Scope The Brazilian landscape for 2026 is taking shape around a paradox: macroeconomic resilience, marked by a robust labor market and GDP growth, contrasts with growing pressure on the financial health of households. This report offers a complete overview of the main […]
Wellness & Sport Dossier 2025 | Editorial 2025 Dossier Wellness & Sport The Science & the Data. The engineering behind behavior in a US$ 9 trillion market. Intelligence Unit “What makes someone stop their thumb on the screen?” I have always had an obsessive curiosity to understand what moves people. Over the past few weeks, […]
Innovation in Focus: Spin-offs and Feedback as Strategies for Success Hey, world. Let’s get straight to the point: in today’s business landscape, everything revolves around innovation. Have you ever stopped to think about how spin-offs and feedback shape brand identity and communication strategies? In this sea of information, distinguishing what truly matters is crucial for […]
How ChatGPT Ads works, how to advertise and what decides delivery. The channel mechanics, the technical layer from the developer docs, a step by step and the mistakes that cost dearly.
Double-digit real interest, a slowing economy and the highest US tariff in South America. What changes in management, marketing and operations at a Brazilian company through 2027.
Meta and Google automated the media decision. Anyone depending on a single platform grew on top of an operational risk they do not control. What to do before the next block.
AI writing tics grow old. In 2023, delve was the flag word for ChatGPT in any text under suspicion. In 2025, its frequency collapsed. Core and modern took its place, according to a Washington Post analysis of 300 thousand messages from the model between June 2024 and July 2025. Anyone still detecting AI against the […]
Brand Strategy · Growth 2026 Your company’s pipeline exists. The problem is that it belongs to someone else. A cross-analysis of data the market hasn’t done yet, about why a full forecast doesn’t guarantee a closed quarter, and what networking has to do with it. There’s a data point most sales teams have never calculated. […]
There is a phrase that the CEO of a global holding company said to Forrester, without giving his name. The phrase is this: “By 2028, we will double profits and cut people in half.” He was not making a prediction. He was describing a plan. And the plan has already begun. Forrester had a 2022 […]
How ChatGPT Ads works, how to advertise and what decides delivery. The channel mechanics, the technical layer from the developer docs, a step by step and the mistakes that cost dearly.
Double-digit real interest, a slowing economy and the highest US tariff in South America. What changes in management, marketing and operations at a Brazilian company through 2027.
Meta and Google automated the media decision. Anyone depending on a single platform grew on top of an operational risk they do not control. What to do before the next block.
The morning shift: how young Brazilians are rearranging their social life · Headcore Intelligence Unit Intelligence Unit · Growth Science™ In 2025, alcohol abstinence among young Brazilians aged 18 to 24 went from 46% to 64%. In the same country, running clubs grew 800%. Headcore reads both numbers as a single move: Brazilian social life […]
AI writing tics grow old. In 2023, delve was the flag word for ChatGPT in any text under suspicion. In 2025, its frequency collapsed. Core and modern took its place, according to a Washington Post analysis of 300 thousand messages from the model between June 2024 and July 2025. Anyone still detecting AI against the […]
There is a measurable difference between those who have learned to use AI in branding and those who still only have access to it. Four independent reports published between April and May of 2026 are beginning to draw that difference clearly. Read together, they point to a learning curve, not to a technology problem. Brand […]
How ChatGPT Ads works, how to advertise and what decides delivery. The channel mechanics, the technical layer from the developer docs, a step by step and the mistakes that cost dearly.
AI writing tics grow old. In 2023, delve was the flag word for ChatGPT in any text under suspicion. In 2025, its frequency collapsed. Core and modern took its place, according to a Washington Post analysis of 300 thousand messages from the model between June 2024 and July 2025. Anyone still detecting AI against the […]
There is a measurable difference between those who have learned to use AI in branding and those who still only have access to it. Four independent reports published between April and May of 2026 are beginning to draw that difference clearly. Read together, they point to a learning curve, not to a technology problem. Brand […]
There is a phrase that the CEO of a global holding company said to Forrester, without giving his name. The phrase is this: “By 2028, we will double profits and cut people in half.” He was not making a prediction. He was describing a plan. And the plan has already begun. Forrester had a 2022 […]
I’m going to be straight with you. Global AI spending will reach $2.60 trillion in 2026, a 47% jump over last year (Gartner, May 2026). In the same window, 56% of CEOs report neither higher revenue nor lower costs from AI over the past twelve months — from a survey of 4,454 chief executives across […]
Innovation in Focus: Spin-offs and Feedback as Strategies for Success Hey, world. Let’s get straight to the point: in today’s business landscape, everything revolves around innovation. Have you ever stopped to think about how spin-offs and feedback shape brand identity and communication strategies? In this sea of information, distinguishing what truly matters is crucial for […]
The creative industry is entering a new cycle. In a landscape saturated with content and with increasingly demanding consumers, brands that fail to innovate disappear into the noise. The question is not just about being seen, it is about impacting, connecting and dominating. For 2025, the trends will not be merely technological evolutions, but also […]