Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Brown-Forman, Bacardi. Patrón at $5.1B. Casamigos at $1B. Celebrity-operator stakes, cocktail creators, compliance stacks — the regulated-category influencer playbook.
FDA warning letters hit supplements, functional beverages, wellness devices. FTC Endorsement Guides target influencer programs. The wellness enforcement floor.
DeVries Global is a New York-based public relations agency focused on beauty, health and wellness, consumer brands, social and digital influence, and influencer marketing. Founded approximately 35 years ago by Henry DeVries. Global micro-network across NYC, Beijing, Singapore, and London. Part of Omnicom PR since November 2025.
A look back at the 2016 Celebrity Influencers Study from the perspective of 2026, examining how influencer marketing evolved and what the original data revealed about an inflection point in the celebrity-endorsement economy.
Dark social is the largest unmeasured channel in B2B pipeline. Slack DMs, LinkedIn shares between buyers, podcast recommendations, peer text threads. The buying conversation happens where attribution can't follow.
$1.8T wellness moved from magazines to podcasts to the chatbox. Huberman clips, r/Supplements, Attia and Means Substacks, Ozempic TikTok. The PR didn't follow.
Luxury hospitality has the most complex influencer equation in consumer marketing. Audience precision requirement is extreme, and the AI citation record runs on sources the brand doesn't control.
Beauty and wellness are the most influencer-native categories in consumer marketing. Why the proof is showable, how Reddit and YouTube shape the AI citation record, and what the brands with the strongest visibility actually built.
TikTok Shop collapsed the distance between content and purchase to a single tap. What creator commerce means for brands, how the live shopping model works, and why the citation record TikTok generates is unlike any other platform.
Influencer marketing and the creator economy are not the same thing. Confusing them produces programs built on the wrong model. The strategic difference — and why it determines how brands should approach creator partnerships in 2026.