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Scibids Offering Promises Greater Media-Buying Transparency

Scibids Offering Promises Greater Media-Buying Transparency

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Scibids, the global leader in artificial intelligence for digital marketing, announced a partnership with Tinuiti, the largest independent performance-marketing firm across streaming TV, Google, Meta, and Amazon. The objective of what’s being called Scibids AI Insights Solution is to provide a new level of transparency and control over planning, buying, and measurement of the digital […]

Tinuiti Digital Ad Spending Report Signals Optimism for 2023’s Second Half

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If Q2 ad spending in paid search, retail media, and across social media is any indication, the U.S. economy just might serve up a Merry Little Christmas, according to Andy Taylor, VP, of Research at Tinuiti. In disseminating the latest findings of Tinuiti’s recently released Q2 2023 Digital Ads Benchmark Report, Taylor said, “Signs are […]

Wild Wing Cafe Declares Bankruptcy

BUST: Wild Wing Cafe Declares Bankruptcy

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Looking at the website of this MULO (multi-location) brand, one would think it has all the makings of the queen of the coop. Wild Wing Cafe boasts locally-sourced ingredients, a loyalty program, live entertainment, and even free wings with a $5 purchase. It states they have “40 locations and growing.” But the franchise just joined a […]

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How to Take Advantage of Changing Consumer Shopping Patterns

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With this in mind, retailers across all industries are investing in technologies to simplify or enhance the customer experience, ensuring the pathway to purchase is intuitive and fast. With a variety of options (and opportunities) to consider when it comes to driving e-commerce and digital engagement, what should small businesses prioritize throughout 2021 as we anticipate entering a post-Covid marketplace?

Expert Roundup: How Are Mobile Payments Transforming? Part I

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To define the current state and future trajectory of mobile payments, we’ve rounded up top industry voices and thought leaders from Liftoff, Standard, Elevated Franchise Marketing, and UserTesting.

LBMA: MomentFeed Unveils “Enhanced Local Photos”

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers P&G’s SK-II retail pop-up in China, Burger King partnering with Rovio’s Angry Birds, MomentFeed unveiling “enhanced local photos,” and Ford patenting a new system for billboard-to-car advertising. Also, Mark Michael, CEO of DevHub, visits the pod. DevHub just acquired Brickwork Software.

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Looking for the ‘Big Picture’ in Local Search

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Tunnel vision is an issue that’s long plagued the SEO community. Single-location rank trackers don’t tell the complete story of how well a business is really performing in local search results. But with so many avenues to go down in measuring success, it’s almost impossible not to get sidetracked from time to time.  If businesses […]

How Restaurants Are Using Interactive AR in 2021

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Restaurants, retailers, and other local businesses looking to engage customers in a socially-distant way are giving AR-enabled interactive experiences a try.

This Startup Enables Human Connections at Virtual Events — Here’s How

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Virtual event organizers are struggling to reproduce the human connections that people crave in a digital-first environment. Welcome is working on a solution.

Snap Acquires StreetCred, IsWhere Partners with Huawei

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Snap acquiring StreetCred, Refinery Lab bringing Mobilosoft to the U.S., Hypertrack announcing a location-based software suite for the gig market, and IsWhere partnering with HUAWEI cloud.

5 Cashierless Retail Platforms

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In a bid to minimize contact between customers and employees, retailers have started investing more heavily in these cashierless retail platforms.

How Will Retail Redefine Itself in the ’20s?

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This post is the latest in our “Disrupting Retail” series. It’s our editorial focus for the month of February, and you can see the rest of the series here.  One positive phenomenon of the Covid era has been accelerated digital transformation in traditional sectors. This could be a blessing in disguise, as sectors like retail could […]

How Agility Will Reshape the Marketing Landscape in 2021

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Agility will be the factor that separates the winners from the losers this year. Agility means having the corporate structure and mentality to pivot fast.

DOOH Growth Trajectory in 2021

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After a year spending a great deal of time at home and on screens, people want to get outside—making digital out-of-home (DOOH) a huge opportunity this year.

Tapad’s Switchboard Aims to Unify Fragmented Identity Solutions

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In lieu of the cookie, ad tech firms are proposing a slew of disparate solutions. To solve the fragmentation issue, Tapid launched Switchboard this morning.

Amazon Advertising Juices Earnings, Fueled by Growth in PPC

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A whopping 75% of third-party Amazon sellers are now using Amazon Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising to promote their products on the site, according to a survey by the all-in-one selling platform Jungle Scout. Those sellers are achieving some enviable results.