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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, […]

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 […]

Topdrawer’s top marketer talks tariffs, physical stores and the Wirecutter.   When marketers have to choose between driving conversion and building brand awareness, Topdrawer’s Poonam Chitnis says affiliates can hit both goals.   Chitnis is vice president of operations and marketing executive at Topdrawer, a manufacturer and seller of leather goods, accessories and other “creative tools.” Akira Ito […]

The marketing funnel is dead, said Esi Eggleston Bracey, Unilever’s Chief Growth and Marketing Officer at the POSSIBLE conference in Miami in April. Here’s a look at her “culture-to-cart” approach.

The 23-year-old pet food brand highlights messy pet moments in its first full-funnel marketing campaign. Chief marketing officer Miki Dosen details the campaign’s inspiration, strategy and early results.   For the first time in its 20-plus years, pet food company The Honest Kitchen launched a full-funnel marketing campaign.   With its launch into PetSmart stores across […]

It’s official: AI is coming for marketing jobs. CMOs’ ad budgets are flat this year compared to last year, according to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey. Fifty-nine percent of CMOs said they don’t have enough budget to execute their strategy this year. Overall, brand marketing budgets will average 7.7% of company revenue in 2025, the […]

Retail chain Ulta announced it was the official beauty partner for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter concert tour. The retail chain will reveal seven looks inspired by the superstar’s most recent album — Cowboy Carter — and seven cities where the tour will be. Ulta will curate an assortment of makeup and skincare to create that look.   […]

According to Google, DV360 now reaches 98% of CTV households in the US and represents 5 billion hours of ad-supported watch time per month – roughly 40% more than The Trade Desk and 90% more than Amazon’s DSP.

The CEO of Fat Brain Toys shares why he’s highlighting its tariff-driven price increases and what’s next.   Fat Brain Toys is highlighting the impact of tariffs on its prices to its shoppers.   On its product detail pages and shopping cart page, the toy retailer specifically highlights how much it has increased the product’s […]

Everyone in programmatic knows that the best way to drive outcomes is to use some kind of identifier … right? But a CTV campaign Shutterfly ran at the end of last year to promote its holiday gift packages and photo deals challenges that perception. Shutterfly’s goal was to uncover new pools of potential customers to […]