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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 […]
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The DOJ Wins Its Search Antitrust Case Against Google. Next Up Is Ad Tech
“Google is a monopolist.” No need to say “allegedly” anymore, because that’s a direct quote from Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling against Google and in favor of the Department of Justice. The decision, which came down on Monday afternoon, is the culmination of the DOJ’s case arguing that Google maintains an illegal monopoly over the search […]
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DoubleVerify Breaks The Moat And Storms The Social Castle
What do Pepsi, Ulta Beauty and AB InBev have in common? A year ago, they were Moat clients. Now they’re in DoubleVerify’s camp. “It’s always an interesting dynamic when a competitor just literally drops off the map the way Oracle did with Moat,” DoubleVerify CEO Mark Zagorski told investors during the company’s earnings call on […]