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Acxiom Launches InfoBase UK Purchase Transactions Street Fight

Acxiom Launches InfoBase UK Purchase Transactions

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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 […]

The Evolving Dayparts Street Fight

The Evolving Dayparts

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Dayparts no longer apply to when your favorite TV shows are on. In fact, streaming and recording have made that concept outdated. However, dayparts are alive and well when MULO (multi-location) brands try to understand consumer behaviors better. Knowing when people shop and eat can help brands staff, add (or reduce) inventory, and even post […]

Starbucks Stirs Up Leadership Model Street Fight

Starbucks Stirs Up Leadership Model

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Starbucks, a company known for transformation the coffee shop model and introducing a wide range of seasonal beverages and products is now transforming the MULO (multi-location) leadership model. The company announced this week that it is creating a new leadership model. As innovative and unique as its current lavender beverages, the structure is designed to […]

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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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The Future of Customer Experience is Hybrid

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A post-pandemic future gives businesses the chance to evaluate how to best do business and what exactly consumers will value. Brick-and-mortar businesses have an incredible opportunity to redefine what the new local hybrid experience looks like.

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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. 

Is Marketing Around Tentpole Moments Enough?

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A marketing strategy that focuses only on so-called “tentpole” moments misses out on a significant new part of the media and marketing landscape today: viral moments.

New Hires at BlueConic, Aki Technologies, Good-Loop, and Vistar Media

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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 month’s roundup features new hires at BlueConic, Aki Technologies, Good-Loop, and Vistar Media.

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Marketers Embrace Mobile Chat to Expand the Commerce Experience

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Online chat has come a long way since the days of AOL Instant Messenger. Despite concerns over security and trust, a growing number of consumers are using mobile chat to interact with their favorite brands in organic, convenient ways. Live chat is also playing a role in what’s become the latest trend in retail marketing — casual commerce.

IAS and Anzu Deliver In-Game Ad Quality Measurement

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Integral Ad Science and in-game advertising platform Anzu are partnering up to deliver measurement tools to the mobile gaming sector. IAS will provide advertisers Invalid Traffic (IVT) measurement and reports on viewability through its Signal platform. The company will also help advertisers assess brand safety and suitability.

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Report: Brand Loyalty at Stake, as More Consumers Prioritize Affordability

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According to the Q2 Consumer Trends Report released by Jungle Scout, the desire to save money is driving brand, product, and e-commerce preferences more than any other factor. 

Google’s Latest Privacy Play Has Big Implications for the Open Web

Location-Based Marketing Association: Rio SEO Partners with Moveable Ink on Hyperlocal Content

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Rio SEO partnering with Moveable Ink on hyperlocal content, Snapchat and Disney collaborating on a virtual mural, and the SmartRadio app powering voice-activated betting for drivers.

5 Customer Learning Platforms for Brands and Agencies

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A new class of customer learning platforms is supplying marketers with the information they need to create compelling digital content and target the social media users most likely to convert in the nascent age of discovery commerce.

Wyng Launches Tools to Help Brands Collect and Manage Zero-Party Data

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The zero-party data provider Wyng launched new tools designed to make it easier for brands to collect, manage, and use zero-party data.

Direct Conversations Fill the Cookie’s Gaps

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Denis Scott, SVP of marketing at Momentive (formerly SurveyMonkey), chimed in on how leading brands are using direct conversations with customers to fill in the gaps left by the third-party cookie and similar technologies.