Consumers Seek Brands with Authenticity, Aligned Values

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Focusing on selling to customers, rather than serving them holistically, is a trap that many multi-location brands have fallen into while they struggle to find the right balance between promotionally-driven and content-driven engagement.

OneScreen.ai Launches the ‘Yellow Pages of the OOH Industry’

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Rapid expansion in out-of-home advertising is making it harder for buyers and sellers to manage inventory and sales cycles. Now, with the launch of its new public directory, OneScreen.ai is hoping to provide industry-wide transparency and standards to enable streamlined media buying and selling.

GumGum and JW Player Partner to Bring Contextual Targeting and Viewability to Video

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A new partnership between the digital advertising platform GumGum and JW Player, a video platform for broadcasters and publishers, could be a game changer for brands and agencies looking for deeper insights in video environments. 

How alice + olivia Uses Customer Insights to Deepen Loyalty

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Rising customer expectations have retail brands working overtime this summer, and alice + olivia is no exception. The luxury fashion brand is launching a new program designed to provide its in-store associates with tools to deliver more consistent and relevant shopper experiences as a way to increase brand excitement and loyalty.

Report: Consumers Accept Higher Prices But Demand Better Customer Service

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According to a new report from the conversation intelligence platform Invoca, rising inflation has consumers rethinking high-value purchases, like cars and home improvement projects. However, the majority of consumers say they’re willing to pay those higher prices if it means getting better customer service from their favorite brands.

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Marketers Embrace Mobile Chat to Expand the Commerce Experience

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Online chat has come a long way since the days of AOL Instant Messenger. Despite concerns over security and trust, a growing number of consumers are using mobile chat to interact with their favorite brands in organic, convenient ways. Live chat is also playing a role in what’s become the latest trend in retail marketing — casual commerce.

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Report: Brand Loyalty at Stake, as More Consumers Prioritize Affordability

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According to the Q2 Consumer Trends Report released by Jungle Scout, the desire to save money is driving brand, product, and e-commerce preferences more than any other factor. 

5 Customer Learning Platforms for Brands and Agencies

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A new class of customer learning platforms is supplying marketers with the information they need to create compelling digital content and target the social media users most likely to convert in the nascent age of discovery commerce.

Wyng Launches Tools to Help Brands Collect and Manage Zero-Party Data

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The zero-party data provider Wyng launched new tools designed to make it easier for brands to collect, manage, and use zero-party data.

Cracking the Code: Measuring ROI from Live Event Sponsorships

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Now, as festivals and sporting events return after two years of cancellations during the pandemic, brands are once again investing in sponsorships as a marketing opportunity — and grappling with the challenges that come from trying to measure the results of those initiatives.

Brands Look to Maximize Ad Spend Ahead of Recession

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As brands struggle to deal with restrictions on data-driven ad targeting and an economic slowdown since the second quarter, ad budgets are on the chopping block. Brand marketers and agencies are being asked to do more with less. Expectations on return on investment are at an all-time high, even while ad budgets stagnate or decrease. What’s the solution?

Multi-Location Marketers Use Nextdoor Business Awards to Drive Awareness

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As Nextdoor brings back its Neighborhood Favorites Awards program for the sixth summer, multi-location marketers are looking at how they can capitalize on the social attention to drive business and increase awareness among consumers in their local communities.

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How Marketers Can Engage Generation Alpha

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Just as marketers have finally started to connect with Millennials and Generation Z, there’s a new challenge on the horizon: engaging Generation Alpha. 

Vibrant Media Launches Contextual Advertising Solution to Increase Targeting Granularity

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Advertisers are clamoring for more contextual targeting solutions. Publishers are, too. With demand continuing to accelerate — and as data privacy regulations grow stricter throughout many parts of the U.S. — Vibrant Media is launching a new sell-side contextual solution that allows publishers to automate the process of adding and maintaining relevant key-values in the programmatic framework.

5 In-Store Mobile Clienteling Apps to Watch in 2022

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As the retail technology space continues to evolve, here are five in-store mobile clienteling apps poised to reshape the physical retail landscape in 2022 and beyond.

Retailers Look to Scale Prime Day Results Across External Channels

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The question retail executives should be asking themselves now is how they can scale Prime Day results across other channels where they can maintain control of brand and margin. Prime Day delivers a desirable consumer experience at scale, and Ramos says other retailers should try to scale this methodology across their external performance channels if they see value. 

Retailers Prepare for Increased Cyber Attacks During Prime Day

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Cyber security experts are warning of increased phishing, ransomware, and social engineering attacks during Amazon’s Prime Day event this week, as more hackers take advantage of the event’s popularity to send credential harvesting emails to unsuspecting consumers. With the frequency of these attacks on the rise, multi-location retailers are beefing up their own digital security protocols and using external marketing channels to distribute warnings to their customers.

How Brands Can Prepare for a Federal Privacy Law

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The American Data Privacy and Protection Act inched its way closer to reality earlier this month, advancing in the House and moving to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for approval. With support from both House and Senate committee leaders, it’s beginning to look like advertisers and marketers might finally be getting uniformity in privacy and data regulations across all 50 states.

6 Real-World Metaverse Benefits for Multi-Location Brands

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Brands on the cutting edge are poised to see the biggest gains, but it’s not too late for others to jump in, as the virtual world is still taking shape. Here are six real-world metaverse benefits for multi-location brands looking to get involved.

5 Retailers and Brands Leveraging Blockchain Tech in 2022

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Here’s how five major brands, retailers, and restaurant chains are utilizing blockchain technology to streamline operations and cultivate more positive customer interactions in 2022.