Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2024

has appointed Michael Krans as VP of Macy’s Media Network , where he will oversee the company’s in-house media business dedicated to connecting advertising partners with Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s customers. He takes the reins of our growing retail media network, bringing with him more than two decades of sales and marketing experience.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2022

Tech giants like Facebook and Microsoft have gone all-in on the metaverse, based on the idea that it’s the future of digital experiences like gaming, collaboration and marketing. The metaverse is the next frontier for marketers, offering them the opportunity to blend physical and digital marketing tactics.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

The biggest standout was Target’s same-day digital services, which grew nearly 55% in 2021 on top of the 270% growth posted in 2020. Walmart also noted that its advertising business was strong globally, with sales nearly doubling in the U.S. in Q2 2021, maintaining some of the momentum from the 24.3% compared to Q. on top of 10.9%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

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. While influencer marketing clearly isn’t going anywhere, it might soon have a new name: the “creator” appellation is increasingly taking precedence.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2023

For example, 16% of consumers purchased natural wine in 2021 and sparkling wines are also rising in popularity. Wine marketers have an exciting opportunity to identify ways to educate new consumer segments, show up in key commerce channels and drive marketing ROI. The key is to avoid early mass media investment.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The FTC unanimously approved a consent order this week requiring Credit Karma, LLC to pay $3 million dollars for allegedly advertising to consumers that they were “pre-approved” for credit card offers, when in reality, the customers were not pre-approved, and in fact, were frequently rejected.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Retail media is when a retailer offers advertising capabilities and services, similar to what media outlets such as publishers and television networks have done for years. Off-site advertising is typically more complex than on-site and is therefore something that only the more mature retail media networks offer at this stage.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit of BBB National Programs (CARU) has issued two recommendations this summer addressing negative social stereotypes in children’s advertising. Advertising should not portray or encourage negative social stereotyping, prejudice, or discrimination.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Specialty food retailer The Fresh Market is expanding its partnership with video commerce platform Firework to launch what it is calling a “shoppable video live commerce (SVLC) retail media network (RMN).” The Fresh Market will leverage the Firework platform to enable a video-driven RMN experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2024

Saks has joined peers like Nordstrom and Macy’s by launching a retail media network that will enable its brand partners to connect more directly with the Saks customer base through digital advertising. As Saks noted in its announcement, the retailer is one of the first in the luxury space to introduce a retail media offering.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2022

Even though it has not been around for very long, it’s created such a long-lasting impact in its short lifespan that it will be transformative for the ecommerce market in the years to come. The explosion of NFTs over the last two years has been significant, and the market has seen about a 10X growth. The Impact of NFTs on Brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The holiday 2020 surge in ecommerce caused digital headaches as shoppers contended with slow or unresponsive web sites, and retailers can’t afford a repeat in 2021. The 2021 holiday season will mark a golden opportunity for retailers to get a head start on this process by directly gathering data from customers during a high traffic period. “

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

AMP for email has continued to improve functionality, providing email marketers with a slew of personalization and interactivity capabilities — adding loads of features to the inbox. AMP for email allows marketers to send surveys and collect data, too. Salesforce also addressed support for building and sending AMP emails in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2021

The Channel grants retailers that advertise on Pinterest through Shopify access to Dynamic Retargeting, which enables them to re-engage with Pinners who have already expressed interest in their products on Pinterest. Catalog feed uploads increased globally by more than 14X from March 2020 to March 2021, according to internal Pinterest data.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 12, 2021

Wayfair has announced that Chief Product and Marketing Officer Ed Macri will retire from the company this year. Bob Sherwin, who has worked alongside Macri for the last eight years and currently serves as VP of Marketing, will assume the role of Chief Marketing Officer. In his new role, Sherwin will report directly to Oblak.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2023

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. Currently, Amazon dominates the space with almost 78% of retail media ad revenue in 2021, trailed by Walmart at a significantly lower rate of 5.4%.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Amazon has unveiled its first marketing campaign to promote its byAmazon private label food range. Running until 29 October, the online giant’s adverts highlight the expansion of the range since its initial launch in 2021 – at the same time that Amazon opened its first Fresh store in the UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2023

Online fashion retailer ASOS has named Criteo as its exclusive partner for endemic brands’ advertising across its app and web experiences. Advertisers will be able to take advantage of improved targeting and measurement capabilities, and Criteo also will support AMG sales efforts to brands and agencies in key markets.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Then in 2021 came the Facebook Files and numerous whistleblower accounts from ex-Facebook employees exposing internal research papers, proving Facebook knows the very real harms being caused on their platform, but are choosing not to act. IR: Do you plan to increase your paid advertising on other channels?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

Best Buy is the latest retailer to enter the advertising market with the launch of Best Buy Ads, an in-house media company designed to help shoppers explore the retailer’s products, services and offers. Best Buy Ads will partner with brands to guide their marketing efforts with relevant messages.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 19, 2022

TikTok is all about user-generated content, and besides sharing videos TikTok’s social media platform has evolved into a marketing channel for brands where they use the platform to connect with consumers between the ages of 13 and 60. In this article, we offer a step-by-step guide on how to start TikTok influencer marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Quartile , which provides advertising optimization services to ecommerce marketplace sellers, has purchased performance marketing solution provider Sidecar. Quartile expects that the acquisition will double its amount of advertising spend under management to $2 billion in 2021.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Techtronic admitted it had entered into 97 agreements with retailers and dealers between January 2016 and July 2021. It is illegal for suppliers of goods to specify a minimum price below which a reseller must not supply, advertise, or display those goods for sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Carrefour Group — which was one of the first retailers in Europe to launch a retail media network — has created a joint venture with Publicis Groupe , with the goal of bringing the retail media market in Europe and Latin America to the same levels of scale and connectivity as in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2022

This winding-down period gave advertisers a head start in finding the best ways to perpetuate a healthy, ad-supported web and deliver better customer experiences. According to a study conducted by Google and BCG , using first-party data for key marketing functions achieved nearly 3X the revenue uplift and a 1.5X

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2021

Before they’ve even started, the 2020 2021 Olympic Games have already made history. Despite everything that’s happened in recent weeks, the opening ceremony will take place as (re)scheduled July 23, 2021. How will the splintering of viewership across media channels impact the resonance of advertising campaigns?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2021

Until recently, if you glanced at a digital advertisement while browsing online, chances are that ad followed you incessantly for days regardless of whether you made a purchase or not. Retargeting consumers via ads has been at the front lines of retail marketing for a while now.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 24, 2022

Always a brand pushing its marketing into interesting places, Oatly is doing this through an online tv show called ‘The New Norm&al Show’. Last week, chief creative officer John Schoolcraft talked at Marketing Pulse Asia about how Oatly has turned into a brand lauded for its unique voice and marketing. Schoolcraft said.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

Ulta Beauty is the latest retailer to launch a retail media network, aiming to tap into the growing pool of ad dollars flowing into closed-loop systems as marketers look beyond search engines and social media in preparation for a cookie-less future. The company said that it plans to roll out additional advertising formats in the future.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

between January and February of 2023 — they are still some way behind the comparative period of 2021. Pay-per-click advertising (PPC) is among the most cost-effective ways to boost sales online, by allowing brands to efficiently reach the right consumers at the right time.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2021

ASONTV companies continued to break advertising records throughout the remainder of 2020. Given unprecedented levels of ASONTV spend in 2020, there will be a significant pent-up consumer demand for these extensively advertised products. The more the ASONTV marketer spends, the higher the eventual retail sales should be.

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2023

The fabric is made from 100 per cent OCS-certified organically grown cotton and dyed with plant-based indigo from Stony Creek Colors, a Tennessee-based natural dyehouse that has been working with Levi’s since 2021. Our marketing and messaging, however, are informed by consumer preference and the lessons we’ve learned over the years,” he said.

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Rangeme

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The mall is now digital, global and social – and it’s changing how brands market their products. Soaring e-commerce adoption has driven consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers to embrace digital marketing to connect with consumers around the clock and around the world to fuel sales. January 2021. July 14, 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2021

These have made it generally legal to sell CBD nationally while simultaneously making it difficult to advertise , especially since major platforms like Facebook, Google and Amazon currently ban the promotion of CBD products. It is a great tool to use on our site and in advertising. Using Interactive Quizzes to Engage and Inform.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

billion for the latter, not too shabby for a company with a core business that isn’t advertising. “We’re First, there’s the Amazon effect: retailers see how lucrative ad sales have been for the perennial disruptor ( $31 billion in 2021) and want a piece of the rapidly growing action.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

The big differentiator is that Google insists its aim is not make the actual sale, but rather to support product discovery: “We’re indifferent on where the shopping journey ends, where that transaction takes place,” Matt Madrigal, VP and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google told Retail TouchPoints in a 2021 interview.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2022

Yahoo has partnered with ecommerce enablement software MikMak to offer add-to-cart functionality and ecommerce analytics for advertising campaigns on its properties, which include Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch and AOL. Yahoo’s move to make its advertising products shoppable mirrors the current retail media trend.

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