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Raising Cane's Adds Dazzle (and Fries) to its Footprint on Times Square

Raising Cane’s Adds Dazzle (and Fries) to its Footprint on Times Square

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Times Square in New York City is known as the “Crossroads of the World.” And MULO (multi-location) brand Raising Cane’s is known for its chicken finger meals and sauces. The Texas-based brand hired a local New York (Brooklyn-based) creative agency called Wellcom to create “show-stopping decor” for this 8,000 SF restaurant chain’s location. This restaurant […]

Survey: Walmart Ranked Most Promising Retail Media Network

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It pays to be popular. As the retail media space continues to grow, and more retailers launch their own media networks, advertisers are being forced to make tough decisions about how they allocate their budgets. In addition to the heavy-hitters, like Amazon, Target, and Walmart, advertisers are looking at the hundreds, if not thousands, of […]

Sheeva.AI Turns Cars into Truly Mobile Devices

Sheeva.AI Turns Cars into Truly Mobile Devices

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Watch out EZ-Pass, Sheeva.AI is coming for you. EZ-Pass is available in 17 states with approximately 35 million users. Sheeva.AI wants them all and more. Evgeny Klochikhin, CEO of Sheeva.AI, pointed out that the EZ-Pass transponders inside cars require state agencies or businesses to install hardware all along highways to enable a transaction at highway […]

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Retailers, It’s Closing Time for Open Web Advertising

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The digital ad industry is now living in the future we’ve been warned about for years — or one facet of that future, at least. We’re effectively living in a post-third-party-cookie world. But it’s not the end for retail marketing.

What Brands Can Do When the Cookie Crumbles

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As third-party cookies are phased out, brands will have to stay nimble to weather the transition successfully. It’s a good idea to shift focus to contextual marketing and build up first-party data now. Keep an eye on better alternatives like Unified ID 2.0, and watch how agencies are adapting. That way, you’ll be ready when the cookie crumbles.

Ad Tech and Privacy

Anonymized, Localized Shopper Data Offers a New Beginning for Brand Marketers

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Rather than fear upcoming changes, marketers should welcome the steps being taken to safeguard consumer data privacy and recognize the opportunity to leverage the massively rich, privacy-compliant consumer data sets that are still available to them.

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Pivoting Toward the New Consumer Experience: The 2021 Brand Innovation Survey

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Most marketers have accepted that they are in the process of defining a new purchase journey that will persist into the future.

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Gowalla Returns with AR Location Lenses

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers the GroundLevel Insights and Town of Whitby Project, Vodafone rolling out centimeter-level tracking, GPS tracking for dementia patients with GTX Corp solution, and Gowalla coming back with AR location lenses.

Expert Roundup: How Will Retail Transform in 2021? Part II

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In part II of our retail expert roundup, we cover mixed reality’s role in retail, data, and privacy compliance, and how retail can recover and rebound in 2021.

Retailers Use AI to Rebuild the Customer Experience

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Retailers are using artificial intelligence to enhance the customer experience and also run their own back-end operations more efficiently.

How Agencies Can Thrive as Data Restrictions, and Walled Gardens, Gain Strength

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Agencies must figure out how to help clients navigate the new privacy era of digital ad targeting. They can thrive despite new advantages for walled gardens.

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The Convenience Consumer Is Here to Stay

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The convenience consumer values brands that meet them where they are, allowing them to act on their own terms. Tech allows retailers to cater to these customers.

Yelp Launches New Takeout Management Tools for Restaurants

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Yelp announced that it would be evolving its Waitlist system and introducing new features designed to streamline restaurants’ front-of-house operations.

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The Customer Touchpoints Businesses Aren’t Thinking Enough About

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Businesses can’t ignore that more and more of their success is linked to apps and services they don’t own. They need to get a view of customer touchpoints.

One Year Later: How Covid Hit Ad Tech and How It’s Recovering

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Covid bludgeoned ad spend, cut budgets, and forced ad tech providers to get crafty to survive. On top of that, 2021 is throwing its own curveballs, especially related to privacy, as Apple and Google downgrade tracking.