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Microsoft Takes Aim at Google, Amazon with Plans to Build ‘Omnichannel Retail Media Platform’

Retail TouchPoints

Microsoft is gearing up to take a bigger piece of the growing retail media pie with the debut of a suite of new capabilities through its PromoteIQ marketing platform, which the company acquired in 2019. alone by 2024, accounting for 20% of total digital ad spend, according to Insider Intelligence.

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‘Not enough to stop paid advertising’: Inside Lush’s decision to quit social

Inside Retail

IR: Lush quit Facebook and Instagram in 2019, but started posting off and on again in 2020. In 2019, Lush UK stopped posting to Instagram and Facebook due to increasing concerns over how much control these big platforms had on how many people, and which people, saw anything we posted. Why was that? per cent of total sales.

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Reports: Microsoft’s Bing Quietly Launches Marketplace in Bid to Compete with Google Shopping

Retail TouchPoints

Google does have a direct-purchase feature, Buy on Google, which is similar to what Bing has rolled out, but it accounts for only a fraction of the more than 1 billion shopping sessions Google sees every day, according to Madrigal. Bing accounts for approximately 25% of total monthly search volume in the U.S.,

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Retail Media will add Fuel to the Fire for M&A in AdTech

Retail TouchPoints

If you think those “sponsored” products on Amazon are an innocuous little niche of advertising, think again. digital advertising channel after paid search and paid social campaigns. Thus, retail media is poised to become the newest competitive battleground in digital advertising. But what, exactly, is the playing field?

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FTC Holds Online Fashion Brand Accountable for Suppressing Negative Reviews, Issues Updated Guidance for Marketers, and Warns Review Platforms

Hunton Andrews Kurth

This ruling follows a continuing trend of FTC crackdowns on misleading advertising, reviews, and endorsements. The FTC issued two new guides for businesses on soliciting reviews, one directed to marketers , the other to online platforms.

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When creativity gets reduced to a commodity: What is the real cost of dupes?

Inside Retail

When a knockoff goes viral Sakr explained that she was first made aware of the Barney Bed dupe on TikTok after numerous accounts tagged her in a video showcasing Aldi’s dog bed. Inside Retail spoke to Sakr to understand the side effects of being duped on small businesses and what it signals for the state of the retail industry at large.

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How Touchland Uses Data to Drive Brand Expansion

Retail TouchPoints

In 2019, Touchland closed deals with notable retail partners like Urban Outfitters , Bloomingdale’s and Neiman Marcus. Lisbona explained that having a robust and accurate record of customer touch points can significantly improve the way brands engage with consumers across marketing, advertising and service channels.

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