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GrowthLoop Brings Generative AI To Its Customer Data Platform
On Tuesday, mar tech company GrowthLoop announced the launch of its new customer data platform, called The Loop.
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DOJ vs. Google, Day Five Rewind: Prebid Reality Check, Unfair Rev Share And Jedi Blue (Sorta)
Someone will eventually need to make a Netflix-style documentary about the Google ad tech antitrust trial happening in Virginia. (And can we call it “You’ve Been Ad Served”?) Because certain moments from Friday alone – Day Five – are just too good to only live on in a court transcript. The real world Take, for example, […]
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OMD Worldwide’s Ben Hovaness On What We’re Getting Wrong About The Open Web
OMD Worldwide Chief Media Officer Ben Hovaness, thinks the advertising world might be thinking about the open internet wrong way, right down to the terminology we use to describe it.
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Colgate-Palmolive’s First-Party Data Strategy Is A Study In Quality Over Quantity
When Brigitte King heard about Google’s third third-party cookie deprecation delay in April, she thought, “Oh no, here we go again.” As the chief digital officer of Colgate-Palmolive, a big part of King’s job has been to evangelize the need for cookieless prep, which is hard to do without the urgency of a deadline. And […]
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Can E.L.F. Cosmetics Become A Consumer Destination, Not Just A Brand?
For a startup, 20 years can feel like a long time. But for e.l.f. Cosmetics, the upstart beauty brand that made good, it doesn’t feel that way. “We might be pretty big right now,” e.l.f. Chief Brand Officer Laurie Lam told AdExchanger. “But we are not a leader, necessarily, in the sense that we don’t […]
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DTC Brands Are Learning The Hard Way That Winning In Retail Can Be A Losing Bet
It can feel like a big win when a favorite regional or startup brand gets picked up by a national chain like Walmart or Target. But it’s important to point out that the retailer isn’t making a bet on that brand. The brand is placing a bet that it’ll be able to hack it on […]
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Ad Tech Companies Should Heed The FTC’s Warning About Hashing
A hash is kinda trash. Or, more precisely, not only will hashing data not anonymize it, but regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission, consider hashed identifiers to be personal information. In late July, the FTC published a blog post reminding companies that hashes aren’t anonymous. They can still be used to identify users, and their […]
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Why This Speaker Brand Is More Into Video For Marketing Than Audio
Samsung-owned audio electronics manufacturer HARMAN International doesn’t advertise much in audio environments. That may sound odd for a brand that makes and sells speaker systems, headphones and other audio gear, but there’s a good reason, said Chris Epple, HARMAN’s VP of marketing in the Americas. Say an ad for a premium speaker manufactured by HARMAN’s […]
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Publicis Acquired Retail Tech With Agency Clients – And Now Those Agencies Want Out
Publicis has outperformed its agency holding company peers, including WPP, Omnicom, Dentsu and IPG, largely on the strength of its retail and ecommerce acquisitions. The Publicis commerce strategy will be put to the test, though, as agencies plan to curtail spending with Publicis-owned businesses. You read that right: agencies. Many of Publicis’ fastest-growing and most […]
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Adalytics Report Challenges Verifiers And Pubs That Claim 100% Brand-Safe Media
That thud you just heard? The latest Adalytics report dropped on Wednesday. The spotlight this time is on media sellers with masses of user-generated content (UGC), including movie and video review forums with unmoderated comment and discussion sections. Examples include Fandom, Tumblr, Metacritic, Dailymotion, Genius, Urban Dictionary (which you might expect) and even the Merriam-Webster […]