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‘A Reckoning for the Advertising Industry’: The Death of Third-Party Tracking Opens New Opportunities for Retailers

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A new era of advertising is taking shape. Driven by growing consumer concern over how their personal data is being collected and used, governments are enacting legislation, and tech companies are implementing platform changes, that will forever alter the relationship between consumers and advertisers. “A The Rise of First-Party Data.

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Google Agrees to Pay Record $391.5 Million, Adjust Data Collection Policies in 40-State Privacy Settlement

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The investigation, which was led by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, was opened following a 2018 Associated Press article that examined Google’s Location History and Web & App Activity. Make key information about location tracking unavoidable for users (i.e., not hidden); and.

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Cooler Screens Sues Walgreens for Ending Smart Door Agreement

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In-store digital media startup Cooler Screens is suing Walgreens , previously one of the highest-profile adopters of its technology, which integrates smart screens onto cooler doors to power in-store advertising. Lipsman is a major proponent of in-store retail media and also worked briefly at Cooler Screens in 2021.

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Taking the Party to Third-Party Venues: A Look at Party City’s Move into Marketplaces

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Nevertheless, in 2018 the party goods retailer went a step further and began selling on Amazon as well. Yet by all accounts, expanding distribution to online marketplaces has been a solid move for the company. Success is highly dependent on both optimizing product listings to capture organic search and paid advertising.

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How Touchland Uses Data to Drive Brand Expansion

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Thanks to its core product — stylishly packaged, “beauty forward” hand sanitizers crafted in partnership with the well-known Givaudan perfume house — the brand achieved a $60+ average order value (AOV) from its inception in 2018. Ulta launched Touchland in 1,300 stores in January 2020 — and its products sold out within two weeks.

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Google Ads Tips: Target The Right Customer At The Right Point In The Shopper Journey

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Shoppers making online purchases in new categories are valuable targets, but the search advertising space was growing increasingly crowded even before the pandemic caused a surge in online shopping, according to Sidecar’s 2020 Benchmarks Report: Google Ads in Retail. Mobile accounted for 69% of total Google Shopping clicks and 57%.

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Everything you need to know about retail’s facial recognition fiasco

Inside Retail

In 2018, the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 revealed that millions of people’s personal information had been collected from Facebook and shared with organisations without their knowledge. . People were angry, but ultimately not that many people actually closed their Facebook accounts at the time.