News and Analysis
How To Sustain Media Buys in Black-Owned Media
No single source seems able to pinpoint just how much brands allocate in dollars to ad inventory on Black-owned media in the U.S. But everyone seems to agree it should be more. This article cites media tracker Maven, which says there are upwards of 2,500 diverse-owned publishers alone and that 35% of those are Black-owned. […]
The MULO Dozen: April Brands in Review
Another April …another 12 innovations, booms, busts, and leadership changes in the MULO (multi-location) world. Retailers and restaurants are always scaling, shrinking, and experimenting with new innovation, footprints, business models, and technologies. In addition to covering many of them throughout the month, these end-of-month wrap-ups are designed to give you even more news and ideas. Speaking […]
BUST: A Timeless Ice Cream Brand Melts
Oberweis Ice Cream and Dairy was founded in 1927 and is an iconic Midwest retail brand. It recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is in the process of reorganizing. The company operates 43 locations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri. While other ice cream brands thrive, Oberweis owes about $4 million to 20 creditors […]
Commentary
Local Platforms Promote Integrity with Consumer Confidence at Risk
Nextdoor is the latest local platform to publish what it calls a Transparency Report, designed to offer information to the public about efforts made to maintain an online community that is free from problematic content. In Nextdoor’s case, the focus is on reducing incidents of hate speech and incivility in order to promote healthy community interaction.
Why and How Businesses Should Embrace Product-Led Growth
For SaaS organizations especially, PLG can open up new revenue channels, giving you a competitive advantage by making it easy for customers to understand the value of your product. PLG becomes an efficient, no-touch way to scale revenue, affording customers the ability to self-serve and self-select without being weighed down by a traditional sales cycle.
Latest Posts
In-Store Marketplace Creates Single Integration Point for Retail Media Platforms
In-Store Marketplace is a first-of-its-kind solution where media service providers like Vibenomics, Mood Media, Sellr Technologies, FuelMedia TV, and WaterStation Technology provide a consistent, single point of integration for in-store retail media platforms. The solution also enables retail media to easily include a variety of digital audio and display inventory.
Location-Based Marketing Association: Amazon’s New Delivery Strategy
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers OneScreen.ai launching a public directory of OOH advertising inventory, Tim Hortons wanting to settle its location targeting lawsuit with free coffee, Sweetgreen gamifying its loyalty program with rewards and challenges, and Amazon planning to start deliveries from PacSun and Diesel stores.
OneScreen.ai Launches the ‘Yellow Pages of the OOH Industry’
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.
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.
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