News and Analysis

Broadsign Enters Partnership with Zitcha

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Broadsign, a SaaS digital marketing platform, works with retailers globally to plan and deliver content across in-store display screens, including for stores like Auchan, Ahold Delhaize, Coles, and Woolworths. Now, it’s taking its capabilities a step further by entering into a partnership with Zitcha By partnering with Zitcha, a retail media platform, Broadsign will help […]

The Gift of Attention: Mobile Gaming Influence on Holiday Advertising

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If advertisers looked inside their ad budget stockings this holiday season, they’d find that Santa left a prime opportunity to capture the attention of their target audiences through mobile gaming. US consumers spend more daily time on mobile games (28 minutes) than any major social network. Overall, people spend about 11% of their mobile time […]

Building MULO Grocery Loyalty via Innovative New Approaches

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Consider how YOU shop at your local grocery store (if you visit them yourself versus ordering staples online). Many of us view grocery stores as a commodity. Perhaps we frequent one or two local stores based on proximity, selection, or prices. We get coupons (either in the mail or digitally) and may be swayed to […]

Commentary

5 Predictions for Digital Advertising in 2022

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2022 will be another big year for digital advertising. Over the next 12 months, we are likely to see new norms take shape surrounding privacy, targeting, and evolving channels, fundamentally reshaping the industry as we know it today.

LBMA: Supermarket Uses In-Store Data to Drive Programmatic DOOH Ads

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Life360 acquiring Tile, Albert Heijn using in-store data to inform programmatic DOOH ads, Mondelez Vietnam using AI in a mooncake marketing campaign, and WaitTime bringing load-balancing tech to retail with a Mall of America pilot.

Is Shopify Plus Worth It? Here’s What You Need to Know

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So, what version of Shopify do you really need? Shopify Plus is the top-tier option and the priciest, but it offers exclusive features and capabilities designed to skyrocket growth and sales. Learn more about what Shopify Plus has to offer and see if it’s the best choice for your business.

Latest Posts

Online Reviews and the Problem of Authenticity

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Recent developments from the FTC mark a significant moment in the history of online review management. Practices such as review gating have been relatively widespread in the industry for years, despite warnings such as this Help Center update published by Google in 2018: “Don’t discourage or prohibit negative reviews or selectively solicit positive reviews from customers.” 

Advertisers Adopt Cross-Channel Strategies for Super Bowl LVI

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As major brands put the finishing touches on their Super Bowl LVI strategies, they’re discovering that the biggest plays on game day are happening outside the confines of traditional 30-second spots. Sports fans are increasingly watching live sports on two or more screens at a time, simultaneously engaging with brands and posting on social media while games are going on.

Habu on the Opportunities and Challenges of Data Clean Rooms

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Clean rooms are having a moment, but they are not a magic bullet for privacy compliance. Just because a customer or user willfully hands over data does not mean the data can be shared with third parties. I checked in with David Danziger, SVP of partnerships at Habu, to explore the opportunities and challenges of data clean rooms.

How Data Provides a Two-Way Story to Drive Performance

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Data creates a two-way story with customers. In this exchange, you deliver value to customers and they, in turn, give you important information about who they are and how they feel. Within customer experience management, this value exchange allows you to heighten the experience. It is the quality of the data and what you do with it that matters most for performance.

Ad Tech and Privacy

Street Fight’s February Theme: Personalization and Data Parties

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The martech industry has been having an intense conversation over what level of personalization is appropriate, effective, and feasible and how companies should collect data to drive that customization. This month, Street Fight will focus its coverage and opinion columns on personalization and the various kinds of customer data as determined by degrees of proximity to the consumer.

Location-Based Marketing Association: Google’s Location Tracking Lawsuit

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association discusses Google getting sued over deceptive location tracking, Apple going head to head with Square by making iPhone payment terminals, SavageXFenty rolling out AR-powered FIT:MATCH tech in-store, and Placewise partnering with Bambuser to bring physical malls to customers via livestream.

Zero-Party Data Platform Jebbit Lands $70 Million Investment

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It pays to be in the right place at the right time. With less than a year to go before Google officially phases out third-party cookies from Chrome and more brands searching for viable solutions to personalize digital campaigns, a startup called Jebbit has stepped into the limelight.

What is Experiential Personalization?

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3radical has a beef with what the martech industry calls personalization. As CEO Michael Fisher puts it, “Serving a consumer a digital ad for a raincoat because that consumer was recently looking elsewhere at raincoats isn’t personalization.”

Advanced Contextual Launches Contextual Targeting Enhanced by Advertiser KPIs

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The contextual advertising company Advanced Contextual is announcing this morning exclusively via Street Fight that it has launched a new product, Advanced Extension, that will bring together topic-based contextual ad targeting and advertisers’ first-party customer data to drive more sophisticated privacy-safe targeting.

Partnership Marketing is Set to Diversify and Go Global

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This year, expect the partnership marketing industry to grow, become more sophisticated, and require more personnel and expertise. Brands will experiment with different payment models, diversify their mix of influencers and affiliates, and test the waters for global expansion. Not unsurprisingly, technology will play a significant role.