Mobile Strategies That Retail Brands Are Using to Fuel Holiday Sales

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This holiday season, retailers with physical locations are working feverishly to compete against e-commerce giants like Amazon. Technologies that capture historical, location-based data from devices have become the next great hope for these brands, even as the physical and online shopping worlds continue to merge.

LBMA Podcast: Warby Parker, Marriott & Samsung, McDonald’s

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This Week in Location Based Marketing is a weekly video podcast from the Location Based Marketing Association with Asif Khan and Rob Woodbridge. On the show: Hotstepper app, Lunera, Visa at the Olympics, Blippar’s AR City app. Special guest: Kent Weber from Leo Burnett.

Street Fight Daily: Black Friday Was a Bonanza, SoftBank Tries to Buy Uber Shares at a Discount

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Black Friday Sales, Click Rates Soar… SoftBank Will Try to Buy Uber Shares at a 30% Discount… Amazon Expands Its Influence on Video Infrastructure…

How Far Can Google Local Services Expand?

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Regardless of what Google thinks is in the best interest of the searcher, the company has “no choice but to accelerate their monetization in Local to keep their revenues growing at a healthy clip and Wall Street happy,” David mihm tells Mike Blumenthal in their biweekly column.

Smaller Newspapers Are Doing Just Fine, Thank You, New Report Finds

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Smaller-market papers, with 50,000 or smaller print circulation, are doing quite well overall compared with their larger counterparts, according to the new report by Damian Radcliffe and Christopher Ali. In this Q & A, Ali explains the contrary success of these numerous smaller papers.

Street Fight Daily: What the Time Sale Portends for Media, Moment of Truth Approaches for Uber

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… What the Blockbuster Sale of Time Inc Means for the Media… Here’s What You Need to Know About Softbank’s Tender Offer for Uber Coming Tomorrow… As Amazon Marketing Grows, Agencies Sees an Opportunity…

Openings and New Hires at Empyr, Vistar Media, LotLinx

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Every two weeks, Geoff Michener covers some of the latest openings and new hires in this dynamic industry. This week’s edition includes moves and new openings at SurePath Capital Partners, Brandify, and Foursquare.

Street Fight Daily: Snap Selling New Type of Ad, Net Neutrality Repeal Could Affect Marketers

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Snapchat Is Selling a New Type of Ad in Time for the Holidays: Promoted Stories… Marketers Fear the FCC’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality Could Affect Advertising Prices… Advertisers Express Interest in Bringing Programmatic In-House..

Street Fight Daily: Uber Hid 2016 Data Breach from Users, Huge Ad Fraud Scheme Uncovered

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Uber Hid a 2016 Data Breach That Affected 57 Million People And Paid Off the Hackers… Fake-Ad Operation Used to Steal from Publishers Is Uncovered… The NYT Is Making All of Its Ads Available Programmatically…

Street Fight Daily: Chatting with SMBs on Messenger Booms, Good News for Brick-and-Mortars

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… 330 Million People Connected with SMBs via Messenger for First Time in 2017… Brick-and-Mortar Chains Put E-Commerce on Defensive for Once… Google Collects Android Users’ Location Data Even When Location Services Are Disabled…

How Facebook Turns ‘Likes’ Into Dollars Right Down to the Local Level

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Local news publishers typically know many of their community restaurateurs on a first-name basis, and are regular diners at the establishments. But they can’t offer the precise targeting capability of Facebook, whose services are, in most cases, fully automated — greatly lowering their cost.

Street Fight Daily: Sizmek Shutters Rocket Fuel Brand, Stitch Fix Prepares IPO in Amazon’s Shadow

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Sizmek Shuts Down the Rocket Fuel Brand to Focus on Ad Transparency… Stitch Fix Prepares an IPO in the Shadow of Amazon… Google AMP Update to Discourage Publishers from Using Teaser Pages…

Why Commercial Banks Are Turning to Proximity Technology

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That location intelligence firms are able to use foot traffic patterns to predict the financial performance of businesses is nothing new. But a new report released shines a light on the ways commercial banks and investment companies are upping the ante by using location data to get the most out of the market.

How Thanksgiving Day Store Closures Impact Black Friday Sales

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Shoppers say they don’t want retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day, but research from Foursquare tells a different story. Analyzing proprietary foot traffic data at major retailers, Foursquare found that stores that open earlier on Thanksgiving Day drive more visits and steal share from their competitors.

Raise Report: Yotpo, Leanplum, Globality Secure New Funding

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Every two weeks, we round up some of the biggest fundraises taking place in hyperlocal marketing, commerce, and tech. This week’s edition includes funding for ChartMogul, Choozle, Roomi, and Spirited Media.

LBMA Podcast: Google, Dunkin Donuts, Hilton Hotels + Amazon

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This Week in Location Based Marketing is a weekly video podcast from the Location Based Marketing Association with Asif Khan and Rob Woodbridge. On the show: Pause Fest, Vita Moja + DNAfit, FreezeTag, Mapbox buys MapData, Euclid partners with LiveRamp.

Street Fight Daily: Big-Box Retailers Report Best Earnings in Years, Mashable Sold for Change

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Investments in Digital Transformation Pay Dividends for Big-Box Retailers… Mashable Sold at Fire-Sale Price of $50 Million to Ziff Davis… Topix Was Getting Crushed by the Duopoly. Now It’s Making Millions Off Them…

Street Fight Daily: Whole Foods Prices Cut for Prime Members, How Patch Makes Local Profitable

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Amazon and Whole Foods Reveal New Price Cuts for Prime Members… How Patch’s CEO Makes Hyperlocal Profitable… Google Maps Gets a Redesign…

NinthDecimal Launches Website-to-Store Attribution Solution

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Mobile programmatic and audience intelligence platform NinthDecimal has launched a new website-to-store attribution solution in a bid to help marketers more efficiently connect digital assets to offline sales. The product is being billed as the first of its kind, providing retailers with a clearer picture of the interplay between e-commerce and in-store activities.

Pearle Vision Keeps a Neighborhood Focus in the Battle for Patients and Customers

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Even with its established history and market presence, Doug Zarkin, VP & head of marketing for Pearle Vision, says the brand continues to innovate on ways to attract that local customers. He spoke with Street Fight recently about the ways the brand gets in its customers’ line of sight.