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Amazon Expands Advertising Options in CTV, Fresh Stores and Twitch

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon unveiled a slate of new advertising products and capabilities at its unBoxed conference, touting its ongoing mission to “make marketers’ lives easier” and help them adapt to the changes taking place in digital marketing (read: deprecation of the cookie and ongoing privacy regulation). . “We

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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 attorneys general found that this violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices since at least 2014. For years Google has prioritized profit over their users’ privacy,” said Rosenblum in a statement. They have been crafty and deceptive.

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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. From mattresses sold by Casper to prescription eyeglasses from Warby Parker ambitious founders have taken a page from Amazon’s playbook hoping to sell goods directly to consumers online. million and $58.5

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Short-Form Video and UGC are Reshaping the Realm of Influencer Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

If you spend any time at all on social media it’s hard to escape influencers, and there’s a good reason for that — they are incredibly compelling, both to consumers and advertisers. So brands that were reliant on Facebook ads were forced to look for the next thing, and content creators have been that medium for them.”.

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NFTs will Bridge the Gap Between the Real World and the Metaverse

Retail TouchPoints

In 2014, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) were introduced. Reintroducing NFTs for Retail Selling digital products to consumers is not new. Advertisers have been buying digital products from Facebook and Google for years. Consumers buy digital services from Netflix. As these digital assets became prevalent, so did fraud.

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Don’t be Fooled, Meta isn’t Abandoning Social Commerce — and Here’s Why

Retail TouchPoints

This growth will be driven not just by an increase in new social commerce buyers but also by an increase in the average spend per user, with Insider Intelligence predicting that more than 114 million consumers will spend an average of nearly $1,000 a year on social purchases by 2025. Much of it appears to be funneling into TikTok and Amazon.

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B2B, Marketplaces Become Core to Brooklinen’s Blossoming Omnichannel Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

Brooklinen was a direct-to-consumer darling that promised consumers high-quality sheets at great prices. By eliminating supply chain complexities and “cutting out the middlemen,” Brooklinen was able to streamline the product development journey and fully immerse consumers in the ethos and values of the brand.

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