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by Bettina Garibaldi| July 30, 2020

Professionals in Travel and Tourism understand the obsession with breaking down how traveler behavior, loyalty and values are being redefined by crisis culture—the uncertainty of health risks, economic downturn and restrictions in day-to-day living caused by COVID-19 and intensified by flashpoint events highlighting systemic racism. For this reason, Ketchum Travel recently surveyed close to 4,000 […]

by Tamara Norman and Lauren Butler| July 28, 2020

Across every industry, employees’ lives have been upended by the COVID-19 crisis, radically changing the expectations and values of the workforce. Almost two-thirds of American workers (63%) say the pandemic has prompted them to dramatically reevaluate their professional priorities, according to a new Ketchum study, Work Shift 2020: How Crisis Culture is Changing the Priorities […]

by Mary Elizabeth Germaine| July 22, 2020

A once-in-a-lifetime moment of reckoning has arrived for brands across every industry. As the COVID-19 crisis continues to unfold—alongside intensified calls for social justice reforms—data from Ketchum’s new study, Brand Reckoning 2020: How Crisis Culture Is Redefining Consumer Behavior, Loyalty and Values demonstrates a seismic shift in what consumers value. In mid-June, three months into […]

by Giannina Seaman| July 16, 2020

Belonging is an important part of Ketchum’s DNA—our goal is to make sure that everyone who works here feels safe and supported. For years, we’ve encouraged this through frank, open dialogue in programs like our internal “Real Talk” series, which brings Ketchum employees together with external thought leaders to discuss important issues related to diversity, […]

by Mary Elizabeth Germaine| July 8, 2020

This week marks the virtual presentation of the AMEC 2020 Global Summit on Measurement and Evaluation, with the world’s top leaders and practitioners in the field of communications research and analytics gathering for two days of presentations and awards that summarize the state of our discipline. In honor of this year’s theme—Measurement Frameworks, Myths and […]

by Donny Nordlicht| July 2, 2020

Throughout June, many people stated that 2020’s celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride was different than in past years. On one hand, COVID-19 kept many of us indoors, and, on the other, many observances were more muted out of respect for the protests and demonstrations around racial injustice. While, yes, there was […]