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How to Pick the "Right" Retail Media: A Perspective from Skai Street Fight

How to Pick the “Right” Retail Media: A Perspective from Skai

Nich Weinheimer is the EVP of Strategy at Skai, an omnichannel advertising platform focused on walled garden media. These networks (walled garden media) are their own ecosystem and keep their customer data close. As reported recently, major MULO (multi-location) retailers are taking a page from the Google and Amazon playbook and developing their own advertising ecosystems. […]

Placer.ai and TapClicks Partner for Deeper Marketing Analytics Street Fight

Placer.ai and TapClicks Partner for Deeper Marketing Analytics

Placer.ai, the leader in location analytics, and TapClicks, the leading provider of Smart Marketing solutions, have partnered to integrate real-time foot traffic data into TapClicks’ omni-channel reporting platform. This collaboration advances the ability for marketers to gain deeper insights into consumer behavior and thereby more conclusively prove the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. In conversation with […]

RM + AI = $$ (Retail Media Gets Smarter) Street Fight

RM + AI = $$ (Retail Media Gets Smarter)

RM = retail media. It’s booming now as retailers, airlines, and restaurants launch their networks to enable in- and out-of-store marketing to consumers and prospects. AI = artificial intelligence (of course). MULO (multi-location) brands can have huge amounts of data and numerous ways to monitor in-store behavior, but if they’re not using automation to inform advertising […]

Commentary

4 Ways Data Collaboration Will Change Retail for the Better

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

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

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.

Latest Posts

Is Marketing Around Tentpole Moments Enough?

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

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.

chatbot

Marketers Embrace Mobile Chat to Expand the Commerce Experience

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

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.

Buy Now, Pay Later BNPL

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

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

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

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

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

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.

How Location Intelligence Can Help Solve Supply Chain Issues

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.