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Why Some MULO Brands are Going Online-Only
This week, Outdoor Voices announced that the company is closing stores and migrating its business to online only. Will they re-brand “Indoor Voices?” Joking aside, the move appears essential for the popular athleisure brand to remain alive. They are hardly the first brand to go from MULO (multi-location) outposts to just the screen. Athleisure is […]
BUST: Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts Needs to be Re-Stitched
We recently covered the challenges of the MULO (multi-location) crafts industry and speculated on whether the giant stores that sell sewing, knitting, scrapbooking, and other creative supplies and classes would survive. The question is still unanswered, despite the fact that 81-year-old Ohio-based Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts (JOANN) just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. All of […]
OOH Will See Record Political Ad Spending in 2024
Alright, we survived Super Tuesday and its political ads, but the OOH ad-media beatings won’t stop until the election is finally over. And even then, we can’t be sure. From now until November, U.S. voters must endure messages around choosing a president, 33 senate races, representatives for all 435 seats of the House, and 14 gubernatorial […]
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It’s Time to Leverage the Entire Digital World in Your Marketing Strategy
On any given day, a person will switch between scrolling social media, listening to their favourite playlist, browsing products online, bingeing their favourite show on a connected TV (CTV), and more. This is why in 2022, advertisers should consider leveraging a multi-channel strategy. Marketing across several channels means an advertiser is casting a wider net and expanding the potential for reaching the right audience in the right moment.
Expert Roundup II on Personalization and Zero-Party Data
Street Fight’s theme this month is personalization and data parties: a current obsession of adtech players as well as the advertisers they serve. Businesses are figuring out how to provide relevant experiences to customers online with comparatively little data at their disposal; we’re here to cover the evolution of their struggle.
Delivery Culture Is Here to Stay
In one of the strongest signs yet of long-term changes in consumer behavior following the pandemic, food delivery services are continuing to achieve record growth even as consumers move closer to pre-pandemic levels of activity. The new era of delivery reached a milestone this month when Uber announced that delivery revenue from Uber Eats in 2021 outpaced revenue from ridesharing, Uber’s original raison d’être.
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Vibrant Media Launches Contextual Advertising Solution to Increase Targeting Granularity
Advertisers are clamoring for more contextual targeting solutions. Publishers are, too. With demand continuing to accelerate — and as data privacy regulations grow stricter throughout many parts of the U.S. — Vibrant Media is launching a new sell-side contextual solution that allows publishers to automate the process of adding and maintaining relevant key-values in the programmatic framework.
Retailers Look to Scale Prime Day Results Across External Channels
The question retail executives should be asking themselves now is how they can scale Prime Day results across other channels where they can maintain control of brand and margin. Prime Day delivers a desirable consumer experience at scale, and Ramos says other retailers should try to scale this methodology across their external performance channels if they see value.
Location-Based Marketing Association: McDonald’s Gets Personal at the Drive Thru
In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Verve Group partnering with Getty Images, Snapchat adding Ghost Trails for your friends’ location history, McDonald’s getting more personalized at the drive thru by recognizing car license plates, and SafeGraph partnering with PredictHQ for location intelligence.
Marketers Turn to Creative to Fill Advertising Gap Left by Personal Data
The data privacy movement has triggered a massive shift in digital advertising away from the use of personally identifiable information to serve consumers targeted ads. But if advertisers are not depending on customer information to drive effective campaigns, what will fill the gap? One X factor could be the strength of creative.
Is Data the Key to Surviving the Great Resignation?
To navigate these challenging times, businesses need to create more efficient hiring processes and outline ways to effectively retain the talent they have already hired. Accomplishing both goals will require the use of quality data sources. Here are some ways that data can help companies survive The Great Resignation.
Retailers Prepare for Increased Cyber Attacks During Prime Day
Cyber security experts are warning of increased phishing, ransomware, and social engineering attacks during Amazon’s Prime Day event this week, as more hackers take advantage of the event’s popularity to send credential harvesting emails to unsuspecting consumers. With the frequency of these attacks on the rise, multi-location retailers are beefing up their own digital security protocols and using external marketing channels to distribute warnings to their customers.
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