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Another 'Tainment Category Sprouts Up Street Fight

Another ‘Tainment Category Sprouts Up

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You’ve likely heard of eatertainment and sportstainment. But a new category of ‘tainment is out in the field — agritainment! A huge complex in Arizona (on the site of a family farm) has been converted into a space where people can eat, learn about farming, participate in fun activities, and pick fruits and vegetables in season. […]

City Mattress Rests Easy with Agital Street Fight

City Mattress Rests Easy with Agital

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Just because it’s called City Mattress doesn’t mean it’s off-limits to suburbanites or dwellers of the exurbs. At least that’s if performance-marketing agency Agital has anything to say about it. The agency developed a cross-channel marketing strategy to drive foot traffic to physical stores by using the brand’s existing customer data bases for its 30+ […]

Fat Brands Blasts Off for Success

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This writer was honored to be invited to an all-franchisee gathering of Fat Brands corporate team members, franchisees, and partners. Live events have made a comeback, as illustrated by the attendance of close to 2K people who enjoyed a close-up view of the Las Vegas Sphere, which was in keeping with the space theme of […]

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Location-Based Marketing Association: Coca-Cola Partners with StandStar AI

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association discusses Coca-Cola’s sensor-based lounge with SandStar AI, case studies including Epson, STI Group, and Pfizer; and Aldi testing automated age verification tech from YOTI.

Mobile Marketers: Stricter App Permissions Are a Good Thing

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It is time for all of us to look ourselves in the mirror and recognize the inconvenient truth of digital mobile marketing: stricter app permissions are necessary for the long-term success of our industry.

Expert Roundup on Personalization and Zero-Party Data

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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.

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How Location Intelligence Can Help Solve Supply Chain Issues

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Many brands might feel their hands are tied when it comes to these macroeconomic factors. But there is a way to mitigate supply chain disruption, and it starts with data—location intelligence, or geospatial data, to be specific. Here’s how.

Cracking the Code: Measuring ROI from Live Event Sponsorships

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Now, as festivals and sporting events return after two years of cancellations during the pandemic, brands are once again investing in sponsorships as a marketing opportunity — and grappling with the challenges that come from trying to measure the results of those initiatives.

3 Ways In-Store Ads Boost Retail Media Results

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Within retail media strategies, many marketers are turning to audio in-store ads to drive engagement. Here’s how AOOH can foster immersive experiences, help marketers target key shoppers, and shift in accordance with demand.

Brands Look to Maximize Ad Spend Ahead of Recession

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As brands struggle to deal with restrictions on data-driven ad targeting and an economic slowdown since the second quarter, ad budgets are on the chopping block. Brand marketers and agencies are being asked to do more with less. Expectations on return on investment are at an all-time high, even while ad budgets stagnate or decrease. What’s the solution?

Location-Based Marketing Association: Simon Property Group Launches Search Platform

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Readyland’s Alexa-enabled books letting kids talk to characters, Peru’s Oechsle dressing mannequins in theaters with their clothes, Simon Property Group launching a search platform for shoppers, Geobroadcast responding to broadcast association complaints, and updated stats on the performance of the SocialShelf platform.

Multi-Location Marketers Use Nextdoor Business Awards to Drive Awareness

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As Nextdoor brings back its Neighborhood Favorites Awards program for the sixth summer, multi-location marketers are looking at how they can capitalize on the social attention to drive business and increase awareness among consumers in their local communities.

What Younger Shoppers Demand from Digital Experiences

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The customer experience company Verint conducted research to determine just what younger shoppers value in digital experiences. Street Fight connected with Jenni Palocsik, VP, marketing insights, experience, and enablement at Verint, to discuss the company’s findings.

CommentSold Launches White-Label Live Selling Platform Videeo

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CommentSold, a live selling platform, launched Videeo this morning, a white-label live video commerce technology for enterprises. Videeo will help retailers create native-looking live shopping experiences at scale by easily integrating CommentSold’s technology into their existing ecommerce stack.

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How Marketers Can Engage Generation Alpha

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Just as marketers have finally started to connect with Millennials and Generation Z, there’s a new challenge on the horizon: engaging Generation Alpha. 

Vibrant Media Launches Contextual Advertising Solution to Increase Targeting Granularity

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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.