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B-to-C Events
Agency Ops: Nine Takeaways from our Summer Editorial Roundtable
Costs have peaked, deadlines are tight and freelancers are backing up agency operations teams that are busier than they ever have been.
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Tech & AI
Sam’s Club launches ads on Scan and Go app
Sam’s Club is the latest retail chain to allow outside brands to advertise to its shoppers while in store. This July, the Walmart-owned club store announced it will expand its retail media platform MAP to Sam’s Club’s mobile checkout app feature Scan and Go. With Scan and Go, shoppers can use their app to […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
The Cookie Conundrum Proves Google Couldn’t Collaborate In The Sandbox
After years of delayed deadlines, Google has finally put third-party cookie deprecation to rest. Last Monday’s announcement begets a slew of industry questions about the implementation and impact of Google’s proposal for the user opt-in mechanism, and only time will tell when they will be answered. One thing is clear, however: Google is acknowledging its […]
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Crisis Management
CrowdStrike Outage Shows Ripple Effects of Adjacent Crisis and the Value of Readiness
Much has been reported about the good work of CrowdStrike in responding to its crisis. While the impacts were widespread and brought global implications, company leaders did a strong job getting out to communicate early and often. But what about the adjacent companies impacted BY the outage? They were the collateral damage. Unwittingly dragged into […]
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Tech & AI
Google drops plan to end third-party cookies
After years of anticipation, Google announced it will not phase out third-party cookies after all. Cookies track consumers across the web and help marketers serve relevant advertisements to target consumers. In 2020, the giant had announced that due to privacy concerns, it would phase out cookies on its Chrome browser. However, after pushback from […]
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Trendwatch
Amazon’s best Prime Day ever
Amazon said Prime Day 2024 was its best yet, with record sales and more items sold during this two-day sale than any other Prime Day. Amazon said it sold more than 200 million items during the 48-hour sale July 16-17. Amazon offered millions of deals to its 200 million paid Prime loyalty program members. Amazon […]
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B-to-C Events
WNBA Live 2024: A Roundup of Brand Activations at the All-Star Fan Festival in Phoenix
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity this year, in part due to rookie phenoms like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, whose talent and stories have captivated hoops fans and the media alike. And with excitement at an all-time high surrounding the AT&T WNBA All-Star Game and festivities, July […]
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CTV Roundup
CTV Is One Of The Fastest-Growing Channels On Viant’s Platform – But There’s Still Value In Linear
I recently caught up with Viant co-founders Tim (CEO) and Chris (COO) Vanderhook – or, as I like to think of them, The Brothers Vanderhook – to get an update on their business. During Q1 this year, Viant reported that streaming audio and CTV combined represented more than half of the total ad spend on […]
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Biden Delivers, the Coconut Rises and Olympic Fever
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the strategy surrounding President Joe Biden’s primetime speech, the rise of the coconut tree meme and an increase in American excitement for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Biden Delivers On Highly Anticipated Speech What happened: President Biden took to the Oval Office, surrounded by family, on July 24 to deliver […]
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B-to-C Events
On the Road to SDCC, Mountain Dew Opens a Dystopian Desert Motel for ‘Borderlands’
What’s the perfect backdrop to recreate a post-apocalyptic landscape? Albuquerque, NM, and its desert climate fit the bill for a takeover of the local Monterey Motel that was transformed into “The Mountain Dew Borderlands Motel,” straight out of the new film, debuting Aug. 9. Mountain Dew partnered with Lionsgate and Regal Cinemas on the dystopian […]
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