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Despite Economic Uncertainty, The Advertising Market Is Still Primed For Growth
The ad market is like a hydra: Every time a head gets cut off, two grow back. Which is to say, for every channel that goes out of fashion – we’re looking at you, linear TV and physical newspapers – a new one pops up to replace it, keeping overall ad spend on the rise. […]
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DoorDash CMO Kofi Amoo-Gottfried on the Platform’s New Ad Tools, Value-Driven Campaigns and Humanizing the Brand
At a media event announcing the launch of new ad tools, DoorDash chief marketer Kofi Amoo-Gottfried shared his thoughts on where the advertising industry is headed.
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User-Generated Content, Tariffs And AI Will Reshape The Ad Market, Says WPP Media
For proof of the uncertainty facing marketers in 2025, look no further than the industry’s ping-ponging projections for ad spending. WPP Media (the former GroupM), which released its global midyear ad spend forecast on Tuesday, is just the most recent example. Like every prognosticator that’s taken a crack at predicting spending trends for 2025, WPP […]
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The Rise Of AI Shopping Assistants Will Influence Advertising Strategies
For generations, advertisers have been trying to get people to notice and buy their products. But what happens when advertisers need to reach something that isn’t a person? That’s the question media agency Kepler is trying to answer with its new software, Kip AIR, created in response to the rise of AI shopping assistants. These […]
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How This Airline Added Self-Serve Advertising To Its Flight Plan
Going in-house can feel a little turbulent for advertisers. But brands, such as Spanish airline Iberia, increasingly want more control over their campaign planning, creative and optimization. Until relatively recently, Iberia’s workflow was almost entirely manual. Now, through a partnership with AI personalization platform Clinch and its Flight Control tool, Iberia has been able to […]
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Scope3-Backed Contextual AI Platform Classify Aims To Disrupt Curation
There’s a new contextual curation platform in town, and it has the backing of some industry heavy hitters. The startup, called Classify, aims to evolve contextual and semantic targeting beyond keyword-based taxonomies. It offers buy-side deal curation tools, as well as a sell-side product for publishers to package their inventory into curated deals. Classify is […]
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How Chocolate Brand Tony’s Chocolonely Made Friends In American Candy Aisles
For any newcomer grocery brand, taking the step from having a strong regional presence to gaining a national retail footprint is always a complicated move. Chocolate brand Tony’s Chocolonely hit that inflection point in the US roughly five years ago, which was when Aidaly Sosa Walker joined as VP of marketing for the US and […]
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How This Investment App Is Adapting Its Growth Strategy To Deal With Market Volatility
What’s it like managing user acquisition for a consumer-facing investment and financial planning app during an ongoing trade war? A little tricky. Markets are turbulent, trade policies are unpredictable, and retail investors are trying their best to navigate it all. But Betterment’s customers “have largely stayed the course,” says CMO Kim Rosenblum, who oversees the […]
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OMD Shares Its Alternative ID Strategy At AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO
The number of alternative IDs in the market is daunting. But OMD has a philosophy for determining which IDs will work best for brands’ needs. Emily Proctor, the ad agency’s executive director of data and technology solutions, shared that philosophy at AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO in Las Vegas on Tuesday. It boils down to this: “Test, […]
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Google’s Move Toward Attention Metrics Could Be A Viewability Killer, Says Jaguar Land Rover
Could Google’s embrace of attention metrics help the industry evolve past easily manipulated viewability measurement? Danny Zhu, director of digital and performance marketing at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) North America, thinks so. Google DV360 adding Adelaide’s Attention Unit (AU) metric as an optimization signal is “going to be a game changer for us,” Zhu told […]
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