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Mediaocean Report: 2024 Has Optimism Written All over It
The Mediaocean 2024 CPG Advertising Outlook Report implies that this year’s ad-marketing landscape calls for optimism. “Our research indicates a wave of optimism sweeping across the CPG industry for 2024,” The report said. “Marketers are gearing up for an active year, with a substantial majority expressing their intent to either maintain or increase their spending […]
The Rise and Role of Temu in Apparel
Can the fast fashion apparel segment grow any faster? It is doing exactly that thanks to Chinese retailer Temu. According to various sources, Temu has spent up to $3 billion in advertising outside of Asia-Pacific since 2022, and its profile and app adoption among American consumers has been turbo-charged by online ad spending across Meta and […]
Acxiom Launches InfoBase UK Purchase Transactions
Understanding consumer behavior is paramount to crafting personalized and impactful customer experiences. Acxiom appears to have taken a significant step forward in this area, with today’s launch of InfoBase UK Purchase Transactions in collaboration with Affinity Solutions. This innovative dataset promises to provided unparalleled insights into consumer spending habits, empowering brands to make informed decisions […]
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Location-Based Marketing Association: Precisely Launches a Property Graph
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association discusses Precisely launching a property graph, PlaceSense and Senozon creating a European partnership, Gucci and Sandbox launching a virtual store in the metaverse, and Qmetrix and Via Guide teaming up on an AI-driven airport checkpoint system.
5 Things You Need to Know about Zero-Party Data
Zero-party data, a topic that has been around since former VP and Principal Analyst, Fatemeh Khatibloo of Forrester, coined it as such years ago recently set off a Twitter debate as to whether zero-party data is real or if it’s all just first-party data in disguise. Here are the five things you need to know about zero-party data so you can decide for yourself.
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Location-Based Marketing Association: Heineken Uses Projection Ads to Reach NYC Office Workers
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Heineken using projection ads to target late-night NYC office workers, GeoGuessr bringing you virtual tourism, Radar launching “Place Matching” to improve POI data, and H&M and Amazon teaming up to test tech-enabled COS stores.
How alice + olivia Uses Customer Insights to Deepen Loyalty
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
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.
How Marketers Can Respond to Price Concerns
Consumers are feeling price conscious after months of historic inflation and a looming recession that some say the US has already entered. What exactly are consumers feeling, and how are marketers to respond? Ted Rogers, chief revenue officer at Digital River, checked in with Street Fight to share results from the company’s latest consumer survey.
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