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Surveys 2.0: Chatmeter’s AI-Driven Solution for Enhanced Customer Insights

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Chatmeter has announced the release of Surveys 2.0, a new solution from its Pulse Ai: Signals platform. This AI-driven tool offers multi-location brands a 360° view of customer insights by continuously analyzing survey data, reviews, and social data in real-time. This looks to be the first time such comprehensive, real-time analysis has been available in […]

The Billboard Now Big Screens: OOH Trends from Kevin Bartanian Street Fight

The Billboard Now Big Screens: OOH Trends from Kevin Bartanian

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We know that many consumers today use their small screens (i.e., phones and tablets) to organize their lives, find the things and experiences they need, communicate with friends, family, and colleagues, and watch countless hours of strangers and animals doing bizarre and sometimes comical/inspirational things. Marketers from MULO (multi-location) brands use those screens to push […]

Can Target's Private Label Products Help Them Compete? Three Brand Experts Weigh In Street Fight

Can Target’s Private Label Products Help Them Compete? Three Brand Experts Weigh In

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Target launched its first private label brand in 1984 with the launch of the Honors clothing line. These product lines are now called “owned brands” by the MULO (multi-location) retail giant, which now has nearly 50 owned brands, some of which they have begun to sell to other retailers, making Target a wholesaler and shopping […]

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How Popular Are Tailored Features in Local Search?

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Local search results are very different today compared with just a couple of years ago. I’m not just talking about the redesigned 3-Pack or the increased likelihood that Google will surface local results for a broad variety of searches. I’m referring to the features, such as photos and granular business details such as inventory, shown in the results themselves.

Retail Audio Advertising Firm Vibenomics Raises $12.3M Series B

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Vibenomics, an audio out of home provider that helps retailers monetize their customers’ in-store attention and advertisers reach shoppers near the point of purchase, announced a $12.3 million Series B Tuesday morning. Panoramic Ventures led the round.

Location-Based Marketing Association: Near Goes Public

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Near going public via a merger with Kludeln, FinGo using Hitachi’s vein mapping for user identification, Reveal Mobile launching Mira console for OOH measurement, and Domino’s deploying PopID tech for facial recognition ordering to promote the new season of Stranger Things.

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Let’s Replace TV Panels with Real Data About People to Reflect Changing Demographics

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Because the industry has yet to create a new replacement standard, media companies are continuing to use Nielsen panel data. But the solution might be simpler than we think: more accurate, ethically-sourced data that reflects changing demographics.

3 Trends Companies Using Location Data Should Watch Out for in 2023

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As consumers continue to venture out to brick-and-mortar stores and as high interest rates push down the cost of buying homes and business locations, what geospatial data trends can companies take advantage of in the coming year? 

Digital Advertising Trends to Expect in 2023

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From shifts in consumer behavior, to emerging platforms and technologies, to the (eventual) deprecation of third-party cookies, pressure on campaign performance, and more, the digital media industry must prepare and proactively tackle what’s to come. Here’s what we can expect in 2023.

AR, VR, and AI Show the Way for Marketing in 2023

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The opportunities for businesses to meaningfully integrate products, services, and business information into AI-enabled experiences are limited only by their own creativity and access to the AI technology that can make their vision a reality.

Time is Running Out to Build Trust with Consumers and Save the Free, Ad-Supported Internet

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Consumers think it is marketers’ responsibility to keep their data private and secure—and they’re willing to reward them if they get those benefits.

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Must-have Digital Tools for Your Marketing Agency Strategy

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Developing your marketing agency strategy is essential to the growth of your firm. As such, you’ll want to create and initiate your growth strategy at the launch of your agency, then revise it on an annual basis.

New Hires at SafeGuard Privacy, RFPIO, Claravine, and tvScientific

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The Street Fight new hires roundup features movers and shakers in adtech, martech, e-commerce, localized marketing, location intelligence, and more. This week’s roundup features new hires at SafeGuard, RFPIO, Claravine, and tvScientific.

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Clean Room Consortium Aims to Clarify How Advertisers Can Use the Technology

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Adam Gelles, CEO of The B2B Marketing Company, and Richard Sobel, CEO of Mercato Solutions, founded the Clean Room Consortium as a sort of trade organization to help all stakeholders understand and best capitalize on the technology. We touched base on how advertisers and publishers are already using clean rooms and what the media community needs to know.

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What’s Driving CX? 3 Predictions for 2023

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This is a pivotal moment for the state of customer experience (CX) as customers demand more connected, frictionless, and innovative experiences. However, despite the significance of CX, according to Forrester’s US Customer Experience Index, CX quality declined for 19% of brands in 2022. 

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Forecasting the Future: 4 Retail Marketing Trends Coming in 2023

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Retail media, the rise of TikTok, merchandising advances to deal with supply chain constraints, and shortened paths to conversion — these are just four of the trends in 2022 that Street Fight contributors see picking up steam in 2023.