Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As consumer spending dips, retailers and ecommerce businesses are facing a perfect storm that is impacting their digital advertising ROI. The survey also revealed that half were shopping around more. While this continues, Google AI-based campaigns are holding retailers back instead of driving marketing efficiency as intended.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Privacy and data regulations – such as Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Framework – have severely limited the data that brands and advertisers can collect on users of these channels. Brands seeking to break away from the Google-Meta duopoly in the digital advertising market need to be agile and adaptable to match today’s digital landscape.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The advertising industry is managing growing fears of inflation and an economic downturn as many top retail brand advertisers are dealing with the effects. Even companies less dependent on advertising, such as Microsoft, reported a $100 million loss in revenue in its second quarter due to a reduction in ad spending.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Though many of the economic indicators were excellent, including the low unemployment numbers and strong GDP growth, there was a lot of uncertainty in the market throughout the year. According to online shopping data from Adobe Analytics , Black Friday sales were $9.8 billion, up 7.5% from last year. from 2022 to $222.1

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2022

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. . I’m seeing greater quantities of online advertising and – especially if they’re good ads – feel motivated to purchase. .

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Macy’s has named Sharon Otterman as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), effective Dec. Otterman, a 25- year marketing veteran who was most recently CMO at Caesars Entertainment , will report to Macy’s President and CEO-elect Tony Spring.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

As rival TikTok ramps up its shopping initiatives , Meta is streamlining its own commerce strategy to drive more in-platform shopping on Instagram and Facebook. A shift toward a new dynamic for Instagram and Facebook Shops will require companies to enable in-app checkout in order to offer a Shop on both sites.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Disney has launched a beta program for its first native streaming shoppable ad format, Gateway Shop , which will allow consumers to purchase items without disrupting their viewing experience. Since the 2020 launch of GatewayGo, Disney said that more than 200 advertisers across all categories have tested the format.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2023

Merchants on the WooCommerce platform will be among the first to integrate directly with TikTok ’s new Shop feature, which allows brands to sell directly on the social media platform. The integration is an expansion of an ongoing partnership between WooCommerce and TikTok that also includes a number of advertising integrations.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

As retailers gear up for the 2023 holiday shopping season, predicted to be another big year, expect generative AI to influence consumer shopping and buying decisions. In fact, seven out of 10 marketers in the U.S. It’s being used to generate marketing content including social media posts, videos and images.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the course of her expansive career in marketing, Kristen D’Arcy has worked for household names like American Eagle , PacSun , Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta. But she believes that successful marketing revolves around one key thing: understanding your customer and creating the value they expect.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Retail and etail spend massively on measurable digital advertising. Additionally, retailers typically devote 25% of their annual budgets to media during the four-day shopping period from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, according to a survey by performance advertising software Nanigans. of retail sales happen during Q4.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

Digital advertising platform Cardlytics has acquired cash-back offers platform Dosh for $275 million in cash and stock. Cardlytics runs banking rewards programs for financial institutions that are designed to allow marketers to identify new customers and increase loyalty from within banks’ online and mobile channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Retail marketers stand to gain much-needed support and time from AI in a sector fueled by creativity and innovation. At a time when innovation and quick decision-making are business imperatives, marketers need to make their AI investments count. We know that AI can help build more meaningful connections between people and content.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

As 2024 advances, the importance and reach of paid social media advertising will only continue to grow. Recent data shows that online retailers are increasingly relying on social media advertising platforms to reach and engage with their target customers, while search-based channels such as Google Shopping and Bing are becoming less popular.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It’s no secret performance marketing on social media platforms isn’t what it used to be but it’s where consumers reside. Meet the new players Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, alongside TikTok, have had a chokehold on performance marketing, but there is a new cohort of social media apps ready to offer a new platform for brands to leverage.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Walgreens has launched its own advertising offering, dubbed Walgreens Advertising Group (wag). The technology and Walgreens’ customer relationships can connect audiences to advertising platforms, enabling wag to deliver shopper reach across the digital ecosystem.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Selena Gomez fans may love her wardrobe in Only Murders in the Building, but those who want to buy clothes like the ones she wears — or products advertised during the show — may find themselves grappling with an experience that’s as old school as her sidekicks in the Hulu series. Here are three things marketers can do now.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

Amazon is expanding the reach of its Amazon Live shopping content with the debut of a new interactive shoppable channel on the Prime Video and Freevee streaming TV services. However, Amazon’s move from a social media-style setting back into television is a sign of the preferences of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2023

Wine marketers have an exciting opportunity to identify ways to educate new consumer segments, show up in key commerce channels and drive marketing ROI. In this phase, influencer marketing is an ideal channel for wine brands , especially to reach the key millennial/Gen-Z demographics that have been slower adopters of wine.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 20, 2020

Mercatus has introduced Mercatus Digital Advertising, which combines its integrated e-Commerce platform with a scalable native advertising program powered in partnership with the retail media platform CitrusAd. Grocers can offer high-conversion, personalized ad placements to CPGs.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The Cheesecake Shop has undergone a rebrand, unveiling today its fresh new logo and store design. Scott Bush, CEO of The Cheesecake Shop, said “We are so proud to launch The Cheesecake Shop’s new brand identity and we know our customers will love the evolution and the fresh look and feel. “We

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Tesco revealed it has installed its 1,800th in-store advertising screen, up from around 400 screens in March this year, as it ramps up its retail media arm. The screens are now present in 420 Tesco shops, making it the largest network in the UK grocery market, according to the grocer.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Marketing is often first on the chopping block during a recession, and with GDP contracting two quarters in a row, retail marketers are working hard to determine how to make each dollar go further. Many organizations will cut marketing spend in a bid to preserve margins. Capitalizing on In-Store Advertising.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2023

Retail marketing is undergoing its largest transformation since the dot.com boom. The ongoing decentralization of retail and retail marketing is forcing CMOs to embrace new strategies in the media world to compete, especially amid more ephemeral brand affinity. Takeaway : It’s time to dig deep.

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Tokinomo

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

People have been shopping in-store for ages. Nowadays, customers are not shopping in-store just for the products, they are doing it to take advantage of the whole shopping experience. Over time a lot has changed. From the assortment of products to the technique used to promote those products.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

NBCUniversal has unveiled a series of new capabilities aimed at “bringing television advertising into the performance marketing future” and enhancing TV-enabled commerce opportunities as it readies for the kickoff of the Summer Olympics on July 26, 2024. NBCU’s new Virtual Concessions ad format.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 24, 2024

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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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Meta has introduced a slate of new advertising tools ahead of what the Facebook parent company is referring to as “the first AI-powered holiday season.” AI is taking center stage across the advertising industry with more tools available to marketers than ever before.” the UK, Canada and Australia this holiday season.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Chase Media Solutions is one of the first bank-led media offerings but it follows in the footsteps of the many major retailers drawing on their access to first-party customer data and close connections to consumers to help brands advertise to high-intent audiences. To learn more about retail media, check out our full guide here.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It might have been the worst-kept secret in retail, but after months of unconfirmed reports , behind-the-scenes testing and tales from the front lines , TikTok has finally, formally launched its new ecommerce offering — TikTok Shop. in November 2022. reads the company announcement.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Bed Bath & Beyond has appointed Bart Sichel as EVP, Chief Marketing and Customer Officer as the troubled retailer rebuilds its executive leadership following a number of departures in 2022, including former SVP of Marketing James Reath.

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