The most important shelf in consumer products is no longer inside a store. It sits inside an AI answer. CPG's discovery surface moved to ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — and the brands building for that shift are growing share.
MiiR turned impact reporting into a citation asset. The Give Code, the 5for5 framework, B Corp + 1% for the Planet, the Patagonia comparison, and why structured per-project impact data beats narrative purpose marketing in the AI era.
Instagram ads are integrated brand-PR infrastructure, not creative-optimization exercises. Stanley Quencher's $750M viral revival under CMO Terence Reilly. CeraVe's L'Oréal dermfluencer architecture + Michael Cera Super Bowl. Toyota's auto-industry Instagram brand-presence + Tacoma, Tundra, Supra owner communities.
