Ad Tech: Page 28


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    Amazon's ad sales soar 77% as marketers target online shoppers

    Researcher eMarketer predicts Amazon's U.S. ad business will grow 30% this year to exceed $20 billion for the first time, and surpass $30 billion by 2023.

    By April 30, 2021
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    General Mills auctions NFTs to promote return of chocolate Dunkaroos

    Buzz around one-of-a-kind digital images sold as nonfungible tokens is drawing interest from brands looking to drive publicity for their campaigns.

    By April 29, 2021
  • Trendline

    Consumer Packaged Goods

    If CPGs can adeptly adjust to emerging mandates, they have an opportunity to strengthen their brands.  

    By Marketing Dive staff
  • Amazon lets advertisers send targeted messages for first time

    The e-commerce giant is testing a tool that lets marketers reach consumers in their inboxes with details about new products and promotions.

    By April 26, 2021
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    3 ways to know if your tech is costing you talent

    Take a look at the top three "tech givens" employees want and expect from their employers.

    April 26, 2021
  • Kantar deepens data pool with Numerator acquisition reportedly valued at $1.5B

    First announced in April and now completed, the transaction squares with how Bain Capital has been looking to ramp up Kantar's data-driven transformation.

    By Updated July 6, 2021
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    P&G plans to quickly scale e-commerce capabilities as digital sales grow 50%

    A windfall for the channel, where P&G's market share is close to on par with brick-and-mortar retail, is starting to affect factors like packaging design.

    By Updated July 27, 2021
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    Extreme Reach expands ad platform with Adstream acquisition

    Merging the companies will give brand marketers software tools to manage creative assets and distribute video ads on connected and linear TV.

    By April 21, 2021
  • Omnicom's Credera boosts digital marketing consulting with Areteans acquisition

    Areteans brings expertise in real-time interaction management and CRM as well as clients like Unilever, Macquarie and QBE.

    By April 20, 2021
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    How PepsiCo leverages startup expertise to keep pace with digital tech trends

    Recent partnerships through the PepsiCo Labs venture focus on virtual experiences and new methods of product integration, speaking to a need to think beyond traditional ads.

    By April 16, 2021
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    Dollar Tree sets up retail media network amid boom for discount category

    Chesapeake Media Group is supported by new technology partnerships with Swiftly Systems and Aki Technologies.

    By Updated April 16, 2021
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    Verizon Media debuts ad-targeting solution without identifiers

    The company's Next-Gen Solutions relies on contextual and real-time info to serve ads, even in the absence of third-party cookies or device IDs.

    By April 15, 2021
  • Gartner: 63% of marketers struggle with personalization tech

    Only 17% of marketers are using artificial intelligence and machine learning, even as 84% say the tech helps the ability to deliver personalized experiences.

    By April 15, 2021
  • Cardlytics to buy data startup Bridg in $350M deal

    The planned deal comes several weeks after the bank-focused ad platform acquired cash-back offers platform Dosh for $275 million.

    By April 14, 2021
  • GumGum secures $75M funding round as interest in contextual targeting heats up

    Investment from Goldman Sachs will go toward an "aggressive" M&A strategy as the ad-tech company capitalizes on demand for cookie alternatives.

    By April 13, 2021
  • Roku buys rights to stream Quibi shows on growing ad-supported channel
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    Deep Dive

    What AVOD's growth means for marketers in search of evolving consumers

    As viewer interest in ad-supported video on demand accelerates, marketers are trying to determine how to navigate the channel and avoid new walled gardens.

    By April 13, 2021
  • Bed Bath & Beyond's new 'Home, Happier' marketing campaign
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    Bed Bath & Beyond released a video as part of its "Home, Happier" campaign that features real families. The image was retrieved from its video on April 12, 2021.

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    Bed Bath & Beyond keys into homes' evolving role with new positioning

    "Home, Happier" lays the groundwork for a three-year transformation that aims to solidify the retailer's authority in the $180 billion home goods category.

    By April 13, 2021
  • P&G reportedly testing Chinese workaround to Apple's privacy changes

    The CPG giant is the biggest Western company to support the effort to use device fingerprinting to track online audiences in China.

    By April 9, 2021
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    Publicis partners with The Trade Desk as cookie deprecation threatens data ambitions

    Epsilon, the ad holding group's data-marketing arm, will pair its identity solution with Unified ID, a cookie alternative that continues to gain traction.

    By April 8, 2021
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    IAB: Digital ad revenue rose 12% in 2020 amid rebound from pandemic

    Digital video saw the highest growth at 21% to $26.2 billion, expanding its share of total internet ad revenue to almost 19%.

    By April 8, 2021
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    Spotify acquires Betty Labs in bet on live audio app Locker Room

    As interest ramps up in platforms like Clubhouse, Spotify plans to build Locker Room into a destination for live conversation related to music and culture.  

    By March 31, 2021
  • Uber expands OOH cartop ad network to NYC

    The ride-hailing company expects to have the biggest digital cartop display operation in New York City, delivering more than 1 billion impressions by the end of the year.  

    By March 31, 2021
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    Albertsons partners with Google to boost online shopping convenience

    The integration includes new shoppable features in Google Maps and Search, AI-powered list building and conversational commerce.

    By Jeff Wells • March 30, 2021
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    Programmatic platform TripleLift sells majority stake for reported $1.4B

    The sale to Vista Equity Partners comes as marketing mergers and acquisitions activity picks up, including strategic investments in ad-tech companies.  

    By March 30, 2021
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    Chipotle gives away $100K in bitcoin for National Burrito Day

    By asking people to register for a chance to win prizes, the chain can continue to build out its first-party data about consumers for future campaigns.  

    By March 30, 2021
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    Chipotle invests in self-driving delivery company Nuro

    This marks the first time the fast casual chain has significantly funded a third-party technology company since 2018 and follows recent tech acquisitions by McDonald's and Yum Brands.  

    By Julie Littman • March 25, 2021