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LOMA Platform Boosts Hyperlocal Marketing for Franchises
If LOMA knows anything, it’s how to support franchise businesses. Since launching last September with a $2 million pre-seed venture capital round, the data-driven platform is ready to take the next step in supporting local marketing efforts. (LOMA stands for “local marketing.”) In recent weeks, LOMA launched the first enterprise software platform for multi-location franchise […]
UNFI and Swiftly Bring State-of-the-Art Retail Marketing to the Grocery World
UNFI (United Natural Foods, Inc.) supplies 30K stores across North America, ranging from small three-store regional brands to huge brands like Whole Foods. The largest wholesale distributor to the U.S. and Canada specializes in groceries, frozen foods, produce, health and beauty products, deli items, and bakery items. But their scope isn’t limited to getting these […]
Placer.ai Releases 100 Retail and Dining Index
Placer.ai, a market intelligence platform, has released its Placer 100 Retail and Dining Index, which it plans to release monthly in order to provide an ongoing understanding of retail’s status, challenges, and potential for brands including Buffalo Wild Wings, Chili’s, Crunch Fitness, Warby Parker and other large retail chains. Location analytics including visit trends, trade […]
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Toys ‘R’ Us is Not Playing Around With its Retail Re-launch
Setting what might be an example of a future retail model, mega toy brand Toys ‘R’ Us is emerging from bankruptcy with a new retail strategy involving airports and cruise ships. Called the “air, land, and sea” initiative, the big box MULO (multi-location) brand is opening up to 24 flagship stores and locations in airports […]
To Scale or Not to Scale? 10 Factors for Brands to Consider
Multi-location (MULO) brands are complex and sometimes filled with risks. In the retail sector alone, more than 3,000 stores have closed so far this year. However, establishing a brand in one region and scaling it to multiple geographies (sometimes even global) can be very profitable in the long run. But with that complexity comes a wide […]
What’s Driving Growth in the $100 Billion Retail Media Market?
The battle over consumer data privacy has taken center stage for much of 2023, with technology giants like Google and Apple leading the charge in implementing stricter regulations. While primarily designed to protect user data, these measures have already created a unique opportunity for a rapidly growing segment of the digital advertising world — retail […]
Informing the Agency 2024 Marketing Plan
Ever wanted an inside peek at what your agency competitors are doing? Curious if you’re spending too much time managing accounts compared to other agencies? Wondering if your pricing structure compares to the competition? We’ve got those answers for you (and more!). WordStream by LocaliQ released its popular State of the Digital Marketing Agency report […]
Career Moves: Locality, Uberall, Duda, Yext, DevHub, Moz, Vcita and more
In Street Fight’s biweekly roundup of career moves, Kelly Benish looks at new faces at Uberall, Moz, Devhub , Wix and more, anniversaries at ReachDesk, Botify and beyond plus numerous opportunities at companies including TikTok, Snap and Seismic Locality announced the appointment of industry expert John Brohel as their new Chief Financial Officer. Brohel brings […]
Retail Media – Is Fun Dead?
Retail media has recently claimed that the fun has been sucked out of shopping. The move to online commerce, the death of some big brands, staffing and service shortages, shopping mall vacancies, and supply chain issues have all impacted the habits of consumers, who used to view shopping and dining as a fun group activity […]
Multi-Location Retailers React to Amazon Prime Big Deal Days
Just when you thought the holiday shopping season couldn’t start any earlier, Amazon has upped the ante. The e-commerce behemoth’s decision to hold another Prime Day-like promotion more than two months before Christmas is upending the traditional sales calendar and pushing other retailers to start offering holiday deals earlier in the season. Walmart, Best Buy, […]
Marketing Agency Perspective: Improving the Franchisor-Franchisee Relationship
The relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee is … unique. Given the franchise business model and the fact that a franchisor is in a relationship with hundreds or thousands of franchisees, it’s especially important to nurture a better corporate and franchisee relationship. Here are five ideas to do just that, from a franchise marketing […]
Times are Changing: Meta’s AI-Powered Features Bring In New Era for Advertising Tech
In a move that could potentially reshape the adtech landscape, Meta has announced its latest foray into the world of artificial intelligence for advertising. The company formerly known as Facebook is set to roll out a suite of new generative AI features that can create ad backgrounds, expand images, and generate multiple versions of ad […]
Put a Pin in It: The Definition of a Place is Transforming
Domino’s just launched a new product (and is running campaign ads), enabling consumers to have pizza and other treats delivered wherever they “drop a pin.” It’s aptly called Pinpoint Delivery™. The definition of a “place” is transforming. Pre-Internet, it was simply a physical brick-and-mortar location. You went to those places to shop, dine, stay, meet, […]
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