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Colgate-Palmolive Webcasts Fireside Chat at the Barclays 2026 Global Consumer Staples Conference

NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2026-- Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) Chairman, President and CEO, Noel Wallace, will participate in a fireside chat on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 8:15 a.m. ET at the Barclays 2026 Global Consumer Staples Conference.

Dove: 20+ Years of the 'Real Beauty' Campaign

This feature retrospective (published 2026-08-13) reviews over 20 years of Dove's 'Real Beauty' campaign, originally launched in 2004. The article notes that Dove (a Unilever brand) and agency Ogilvy created the 'Real Beauty' platform and presents what the authors consider the ten most moving advertisements and appearances from the campaign's history. The piece positions 'Real Beauty' as a benchmark for values-driven brand campaigns and traces its origin to a Dove brand relaunch roughly 22 years ago.

• Dove and Ogilvy created the 'Real Beauty' campaign platform in 2004.
• Dove is identified as a Unilever brand in the article.
• The article is a retrospective showcasing the ten most notable 'Real Beauty' ad appearances from over 20 years.

Dove 'Beauty Machine' OOH Reveals Algorithmic Beauty Bias

Dove, with lead agency Ogilvy UK, launched an experiential Out-of-Home installation called "The Beauty Machine" to demonstrate how social-media recommendation algorithms favor a narrow, homogeneous beauty ideal. The travelling installation appeared in London (Waterloo Station), Hamburg and at Cannes Lions, showing composite masks derived from thousands of social media images to illustrate algorithmic repetition. The campaign includes a #DoveOpenCall asking women to submit unfiltered photos that will be amplified via OOH and social channels. Dove positions the activation within its long-running "Real Beauty" platform; Unilever reports Dove remains a growth driver in H1 2026. The initiative also references academic research and a 2025 Leibniz-Institute report calling for algorithmic interventions to increase visible diversity online.

• Dove and lead agency Ogilvy UK created the travelling OOH installation "The Beauty Machine" shown in London (Waterloo Station), Hamburg and Cannes.
• The installation used custom masks generated after analyzing thousands of social media images to create an algorithmic composite labeled the "One Face of Beauty."
• The campaign includes a public #DoveOpenCall for women to submit unfiltered photos to be used in subsequent OOH and social creative.

OpenAI influencer trip spotlights women in mainstreaming AI

An opinion piece argues that AI companies are using influencer marketing—exemplified by OpenAI’s recent lifestyle ‘brand trip’—to normalize AI for everyday life, especially among women who remain major consumer drivers and are often more skeptical of AI. The article contrasts tech industry male posturing with marketing efforts that package AI as lifestyle and wellness, notes Meta’s launch of AI glasses with Kylie Jenner as a cultural play, and criticizes founder-level messaging that doesn’t resonate with broader audiences. The author contends that creators and women’s cultural influence are critical to making AI feel ordinary and integrated into daily family and consumer routines.

• OpenAI invited a group of lifestyle tech influencers to a wilderness-style brand trip described as a wellness retreat.
• Meta recently launched AI glasses with Kylie Jenner featured prominently in the marketing.
• The author states women control and influence large amounts of household and consumer spending and are, in many markets, more skeptical about AI than men.