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Surveys 2.0: Chatmeter’s AI-Driven Solution for Enhanced Customer Insights

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Chatmeter has announced the release of Surveys 2.0, a new solution from its Pulse Ai: Signals platform. This AI-driven tool offers multi-location brands a 360° view of customer insights by continuously analyzing survey data, reviews, and social data in real-time. This looks to be the first time such comprehensive, real-time analysis has been available in […]

The Billboard Now Big Screens: OOH Trends from Kevin Bartanian Street Fight

The Billboard Now Big Screens: OOH Trends from Kevin Bartanian

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We know that many consumers today use their small screens (i.e., phones and tablets) to organize their lives, find the things and experiences they need, communicate with friends, family, and colleagues, and watch countless hours of strangers and animals doing bizarre and sometimes comical/inspirational things. Marketers from MULO (multi-location) brands use those screens to push […]

Can Target's Private Label Products Help Them Compete? Three Brand Experts Weigh In Street Fight

Can Target’s Private Label Products Help Them Compete? Three Brand Experts Weigh In

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Target launched its first private label brand in 1984 with the launch of the Honors clothing line. These product lines are now called “owned brands” by the MULO (multi-location) retail giant, which now has nearly 50 owned brands, some of which they have begun to sell to other retailers, making Target a wholesaler and shopping […]

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6 Questions Brands Should Ask When Evaluating Performance CTV Providers

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With lots of opportunities to reach new audiences and so many options for targeting and optimization, some marketers are understandably intimidated and not sure where to start. To help brands who are new to the space, here are six questions to ask when considering dipping your toes into the performance CTV space.

Location-Based Marketing Association: Location Intelligence for Food Tech

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Trader Joe’s partnering with MagnusCards on accessible shopping, Duolingo opening a Taqueria where you can practice your Spanish, Transverse releasing a location intelligence service for food tech companies, and Engine Creative using AI with DOOH to help find missing people.

Banks Can Add Amazon and Expansion of Retail Media Networks to the Watch List

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Amazon wants to be as involved as possible in the end-to-end shopping experience — hence the threat to financial institutions. Yet there are ways for banks to stay in the game in the face of Amazon’s latest moves.

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SafeGuard Privacy Partners with Third Party to Certify Customers’ Privacy Bona Fides

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Now that adtech companies, data providers, brands, and publishers view a data privacy strategy as indispensable, every company in the digital media space seems to have slapped “privacy-safe” onto its website. But how can anyone tell who has really taken the necessary steps to protect consumer privacy?

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How Balanced Is Your 2023 Marketing Portfolio?

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As you finalize your 2023 strategy, keep in mind that you’ll need to balance your media investments like a financial portfolio — a strong position in performance marketing requires an offset in brand and demand building and vice versa.

Skai Study Reveals Ad Spend Trends Street Fight

Navigating Economic Uncertainty: Follow the Ad Spend Trends and Stay Flexible

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2022 continued the (sometimes unpleasant) pattern of being an unprecedented year in many ways for the advertising industry. As a result, here are a few considerations that marketers, publishers, and agencies should pay close attention to in 2023.

Apple Launches Business Connect to Give Businesses More Control of Local Presence

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Apple this week announced the launch of Business Connect, a new feature that allows businesses of all sizes to control how they appear to Apple Maps users. The move comes as consumers increasingly use maps apps to discover local businesses, whether by browsing an area or searching for a specific kind of business near them.

How Retailers Can Solve Post-Holiday Inventory Challenges

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Retailers are facing what is for many an unprecedented glut of inventory. With supply chain challenges and inflation afoot, plus astronomical rates of return, retailers need to figure out how to move what’s in stock.

5 Retail Communications Platforms for Multi-Location Brands

5 Retail Communications Platforms for Multi-Location Brands

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If there is one thread that runs through nearly all the challenges retailers are facing in 2023, it’s communication. Using the right enterprise communication platforms, retail brands have an opportunity to reduce staffing woes, improve customer retention, and even minimize ongoing supply chain issues. 

Retailers Navigate Post-Holidays Spending Slump

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As retailers head further into the month of January—typically an overlooked month—they’re seeing shoppers returning and exchanging items at a rapid pace. They’re also struggling to clear out excess inventory before closing out the fiscal year and bracing for a tough few months ahead.

The 3 C’s at the Foundation of Successful Agencies

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Here are three C’s (and no, we’re not talking about third-party cookies!) to focus on to position your agency for long-term success.

2023’s Web3 Opportunities

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As we embark on a new year, we look back at 2022 as the year brands took a leap into the Web3 space, creating novel campaigns to engage with their customers in the digital space. In 2023, we expect brands to continue these efforts to create new, fun ways to improve their customer engagement through Web3 activations.

Why Ad Spend Growth Will Likely Decline in 2023

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Ad spend growth is likely to decline in 2023. That’s partly due to the looming recession, but macroeconomic factors are hardly the only ones in play.