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Ulta to Pilot In-Store Sampling and Advertising Tech

Retail TouchPoints

Ulta Beauty is testing new smart vending tech from SOS that will expand the beauty retailer’s in-store sampling program and add in-store advertising capabilities to its retail media offerings for the first time. SOS Co-founders showcase the smart vending capability at Ulta.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Called “Buy Direct,” the third-party marketplace is being integrated into Bing’s existing ecommerce experience, Start Shopping, where consumers can find products and are then directed to a retailer’s website to make the purchase. Google’s shopping function is more algorithm-based, relying on the query itself and search history.

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Mmm, it’s the sweet smell of advertising success

Inside Retail

Am I the only one who’s suddenly doing a lot more shopping at 8pm? I’m seeing greater quantities of online advertising and – especially if they’re good ads – feel motivated to purchase. . The post Mmm, it’s the sweet smell of advertising success appeared first on Inside Retail. I’ll have the extra pad see ew , thanks.

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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 Digital Signage in Amazon Fresh Stores.

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Retail media: How retailers are becoming advertising giants

Retail Gazette

The positioning of product listings is just one way brands are working with retailers to advertise to the huge audience that many shopping websites attract. Advertising agency GroupM forecasts that sales through the channel will be bigger than TV advertising by 2028.

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Morrisons rolls out advertising on trolleys as it ramps up retail media

Retail Gazette

Morrisons has launched a new trolley advertising network in its stores nationwide as it ramps up its retail media offer. ” Morrisons group media director Sophie Bayer added: “Retail Media Group is the obvious choice of partner to roll out our shopping trolley network. .”

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When Customers Aren’t Holiday Shopping, They’ll be Streaming

Retail TouchPoints

When customers aren’t actively searching and shopping for gifts, they are spending an elevated amount of time watching their favorite TV shows and movies — especially holiday classics like How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Elf. In many ways, the same trends we see in consumers’ Q4 shopping behaviors mirror their TV viewership.

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