Hibbett continues to add to its loyalty program to keep shoppers engaged and bolster its customer analytics. Email and SMS marketing help drive in-store purchases.   Email and SMS marketing are pulling their weight and then some at Hibbett.   The sports apparel and shoe retail chain has millions of shoppers in its SMS program and […]

Mazza, Hy-Vee’s chief marketing officer and president of its retail media network, sits down with Multichannel Marketer to discuss how the grocer leverages its network of 10,000 in-store screens and the challenges of personalizing store marketing.   Kathryn Mazza joined grocery retail chain Hy-Vee to help build its retail media network, called RedMedia, in February […]

While the industry debates which currency wins, Mediaocean is busy powering the infrastructure that makes them all work. In this fireside chat at CIMM East, Ramsey McGrory chatted about why being the system of record—and staying neutral—might be the most powerful position of all.

In this round of Top Tips, we asked the experts for best practices regarding sustainability communications—what’s working, what’s not and how brands can avoid greenwashing while staying true to their values. 

Americans are dealing with tumultuous change at the moment. I know it. But consider the situation for a Slovenian ecommerce ad agency, navigating the same tariff craziness, as well as the flood of Temu advertisements that are being pulled from the US market. And that’s not to mention the platform AI solutions all looking to […]

A long-simmering antitrust battle concerning Google’s ad tech business has reached a decisive turning point.  On April 17, 2025, US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google violated sections one and two of the Sherman Act. She found that Google monopolized the open-web display publisher ad server market (via DFP) and the ad exchange market […]

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Cheese Raves, Fast Food Financing and 4/20 countdowns.

By Moe Nagle Competition for eyeballs is fierce. Just ask Deloitte, noting in its 2025 Digital Media Trends report, studios and streaming providers are facing off while social video platforms are proving contenders. Streaming and on-demand viewing are shifting traditional ad models. The surge in recent years in streaming on-demand video has resulted in fragmented […]

With the right strategy and a few smart tools, professional-looking videos can be created without breaking the bank.

Whether in response to joy, fear or frustration, screaming is a part of human nature that marketers are tapping into to foster richer memory-making. Activations that center around screaming booths and audio-triggered vending machines are popping up to provide consumers with a participatory activity that inherently elicits heightened emotions (and, usually, a good laugh). Depending […]