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Raptive Connects Brands to Diverse Creator Media
When Raptive, which describes itself as a “creator media” company, launched Raptive Represents earlier this month to provide direct access to premium, diverse creator media at scale, it was also part of its partnership with Media Framework’s Media Advertising Vendor Encoding & Nomenclature (MAVEN). MAVEN helps buyers understand which media are majority-owned and controlled by diverse owners and supplies certificates so […]
“Momentjacking” is the New Holiday Promotion
You may have heard of “newsjacking.” It simply means that brands and influencers plan their social media posting and content around current events and consumer trends. However, as the world (and social media feeds) move faster than ever before and people jump on a wide range of “fauxlidays” (contrived holidays meant mostly for marketing purposes), reality […]
Pizza Industry Tech
“Let’s order a couple of pies!” … “Let’s grab a slice!” … Those suggestions are alive and well, as evidenced by Americans eating an average of 156 slices each year. The pizza industry is estimated at $46B. Local single-location pizza shops still exist, but the MULO (multi-location) giant Domino’s tops the list in terms of […]
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Location-Based Marketing Association: Tapestri Paying Users for Location Data
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association talks about Hexagon acquiring Immersal to merge the physical and digital worlds, Tapestri paying users for sharing location data, Intel looking to use drones as mobile billboards, and Google’s new radar sensor possibly being used to drive DOOH.
Location-Based Marketing Association: Tommy Hilfiger’s Dive into AR
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association talks about Tommy Hilfiger launching AR experiences on Ocean Outdoor screens in London, Cadbury taking “mean tweets” and turning them into wrappers for Vegan chocolate bars, Wing delivering medicine and ice cream by drone, and Elevator company Schindler creates its own screen media network.
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The Creator Economy Accelerates
Adobe’s annual Max event is happening this week in LA, its first physical rendition since Covid lockdowns sidelined the event world. Max is all about the creator economy, the emerging crop of individuals and SMBs that create content. This has been Adobe’s target market for two decades. This all manifests in the ever-growing Creative Cloud… […]
How Post-Pandemic Shopping Habits Affect Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Consumers aren’t holding off on gift purchases until the day after Thanksgiving. Retailers who’ve always counted on Black Friday in particular and the Cyber Five (Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday) in general to push them into profitability for the year need to develop new strategies based on data.
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