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Cookie Plug: Baking With a New Recipe in a Crowded Space

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Last year, the global cookie market generated approximately $40B. That’s a lot of dough! But “oven racks” (number of brands) is growing! Enter Todd Saperstein,  a Phoenix-area franchisee of a relatively new cookie brand, Cookie Plug.  He’s not new to running a franchise brand, having owned five Dickey’s Barbeque Pits in Oregon for ten years. He […]

Freshpet Sells Food with a Side of CRM Street Fight

Freshpet Sells Food with a Side of CRM

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Anyone who has cared for a pet knows that dogs and cats relate differently to their humans. For instance, a dog might greet a familiar human at the door like an excited paparazzo about to snap a picture.  A cat, on the other hand, barely acknowledges humans. Yet, human caretakers of cats and dogs are […]

5 MULO Retail & Food Brands Who Are Trend-Spotting and Innovating Street Fight

5 MULO Retail & Food Brands Who Are Trend-Spotting and Innovating

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The most successful MULO (multi-location) retail and food brands are often those that know their core customers and are continuously innovating to meet their needs. However, the winners usually stay on top of (and ahead of) consumer trends and develop products, offers, and services that meet the needs of new segments without losing brand fans.  […]

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Location-Based Marketing Association: Facebook Cuts Off Some Location-Based Services

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Facebook cutting off several of their location-based services, AT&T launching a location-based routing service for 911 calls, TikTok and Foursquare partnering on in-store visit data, and Unilever rolling out a hailable ice cream truck.

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The Web3 Brand Mentality: Tips for Marketers

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With more companies starting to take the plunge into this new reality, are brand marketers prepared to determine if they, too, should get involved—even if to target NFT-related content? Or does web3 still feel more akin to the latest industry wave brands must ride for fear of missing out?

Walmart, Snapchat, and Allrecipes Team Up on AR

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Walmart, Snapchat, and Allrecipes teaming up on AR lenses for healthy choices, Joann stores partnering with Radar for in-store mobile offers, HomeStart saving families from eviction by selling digital apartments in the Cornerstone metaverse, and Italian start-up VADO connecting vending machines to delivery apps like UberEats.

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SafeGuard Privacy Raises $7M to Automate Data Privacy Compliance

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SafeGuard Privacy, a SaaS platform that automates data privacy regulation compliance, raised $7 million to fuel its mission to simplify increasingly complex privacy regulations.

4 Common Dynamic Pricing Myths Debunked

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With so much at stake, why aren’t more retailers relying on dynamic pricing? Some retailers are hesitant to implement this AI-driven solution because they misunderstand the technology and how it impacts the retailer’s control and the customer’s shopping experience. 

How Brands Can Navigate the Economic Downturn

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Brands can make the most of their ad dollars during the downturn by leaning into point-of-purchase activations, switching to cost-effective channels, and investing in creative.

Google Pushes Maps in a More Visual Direction

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Google has been making search more visual for years. One step in this direction was making photos more prominent in search results. Now, Google is making Live View more searchable (it is Google, after all).

How Co-op Advertising is Fueling Localized Marketing Programs 

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Russ Mann, vice president of marketing at the Advertising Checking Bureau, checked in with Street Fight to discuss the state of multi-location marketing and the role co-op advertising has to play in the space.

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Retailers Bet on Digital Twin Technology

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Digital twin technology creates virtual models designed to reflect both online and physical systems, and it has captured the attention of the retail market.

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How the Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Affect Retail Media

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If the Kroger-Albertsons merger ultimately goes through, it would create not just a new supermarket giant but a giant retail media network.  

Brands Leveraging Affiliate Channel to Move Retail Inventory

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With consumers expecting discounts this season, here’s how brands can leverage affiliate partners to effectively move inventory and make sales.

Yelp’s Spotlight Ads Help National Brands at a Local Level

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A new ad product from Yelp is helping national and regional brands connect with consumers at the local level. 

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Local SEO Strategy: 4 Tips Every Agency Needs to Know

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To captivate the shoppers who are most likely to buy—that is, the consumers in your client’s local market—you need a strategy that gets your client to the top of local search results. Here’s why local SEO matters and how to build an effective local SEO strategy for your clients.