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The Rise of Ad-Supported Streaming: Insights from LG Ad Solutions Street Fight

The Rise of Ad-Supported Streaming: Insights from LG Ad Solutions

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With the growth of  streaming services, consumers are making their preferences clear: they want their content free and supported by ads. The third wave of LG Ad Solutions’ annual study, titled “The Big Shift: Wave III,” sheds light on the evolving habits and preferences of Connected TV (CTV) users. With data collected from over 1,100 […]

MULO Brands Launch Their Own Media Street Fight

MULO Brands Launch Their Own Media

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You’ve most likely heard of Netflix, CNBC, and Sirius.  Now, welcome to the Walmart network!  MULO (multi-location) retailers are entering the broadcast and digital content arena with the launch and ongoing production of their own retail media channels. A retail media network is “a retailer-owned advertising service that allows marketers to purchase advertising space across […]

The New $20/Hour Minimum Wage in CA Street Fight

The New $20/Hour Minimum Wage in CA (and How MULO Brands are Coping)

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As if fast-casual restaurants didn’t have enough labor challenges lately, the latest sting for them is the boost to $20/hour as the minimum wage in California. These MULO (multi-location) brands have had to deal with the pandemic, supply chain and labor shortages, lack of brand loyalty, food safety and health, the impact of technology on […]

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4 Ways Data Collaboration Will Change Retail for the Better

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While there are countless ways data collaboration can reshape a retailer’s business, there are four standout applications that enable retailers to succeed.

Ad Tech and Privacy

5 Things You Need to Know about Zero-Party Data

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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.

The Next Frontier of the Mobile App Ecosystem

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Here are the five mobile marketing-related developments I see happening in 2022, no matter what is going on with the economy, politics, or any of the other highly fluctuating variables we’ve all gotten used to.

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OneScreen.ai Launches the ‘Yellow Pages of the OOH Industry’

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Rapid expansion in out-of-home advertising is making it harder for buyers and sellers to manage inventory and sales cycles. Now, with the launch of its new public directory, OneScreen.ai is hoping to provide industry-wide transparency and standards to enable streamlined media buying and selling.

Ad Tech and Privacy

InfoSum Launches Platform Sigma

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The data collaboration company InfoSum launched Platform Sigma last week to expand its ability to help clients navigate privacy-safe first-party data sharing and activation.

Love Languages: 5 Ways to Earn Brand Loyalty 

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Hard metrics define brand loyalty’s value, but brand loyalty is really a feeling we earn by inspiring love, trust, and connections. It’s time to embrace that.

Location-Based Marketing Association: Heineken Uses Projection Ads to Reach NYC Office Workers

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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.

GumGum and JW Player Partner to Bring Contextual Targeting and Viewability to Video

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A new partnership between the digital advertising platform GumGum and JW Player, a video platform for broadcasters and publishers, could be a game changer for brands and agencies looking for deeper insights in video environments. 

3 Predictive Analytics Models for Retailers

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Here’s how brands can understand the predictive analytics models available to them and determine what they need to improve their business.

How alice + olivia Uses Customer Insights to Deepen Loyalty

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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.

How Netflix’s Entry into Advertising Will Shape the Future of TV Marketing

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Netflix’s imminent dive into the world of advertising will initiate the video advertising industry’s biggest event since the rise of TikTok. Curt Larson, chief product officer at omnichannel supply side platform Sharethrough, believes Netflix will push the whole TV ad industry forward.

Report: Consumers Accept Higher Prices But Demand Better Customer Service

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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

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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.