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Amazon’s October sales event boosted its own bottom line, but the halo effect that typically occurs for other retailers during an Amazon sale did not appear.   Amazon.com Inc.’s October sales event for its Prime loyalty program members — dubbed Prime Big Deal Days — brought in more sales and items sold during the two-day event […]

Brand media and performance are two separate job functions at toy and game brand Hasbro. But when they collaborate closely, going “splitsies” makes sense, said Jennifer Burch, Hasbro’s senior director of global media. Burch oversees all aspects of Hasbro’s media planning and execution. The work she and her team does helps fill the funnel through […]

In a global comparison, Amazon ranks No. 5 on list of popular shopping apps. Temu and Shein took the top spots for the most popular global shopping apps in 2024, according to a study from Setapp, a membership of curated apps. Setapp ranked the apps based on the number of global consumer downloads in 2023, […]

End-to-end platforms are back in style (unless you’re Google, of course, with antitrust regulators breathing down your neck). On Wednesday, video monetization platforms Connatix and JW Player announced plans to merge into a new entity called JWP Connatix. That’s just a placeholder name, though; there’s a rebrand in the works. The merger was first rumored […]

Multichannel Marketer’s sister brand LeadsCon had its fall networking event LeadsCon Connect in Chicago in late September. I swung by to learn more about lead generation in the home services, healthcare and insurance industries. Here are a few best practices from industry leaders that retail marketers can apply:  Include your top customer service agents in company […]

At 47%, nearly half of Halloween shoppers will begin shopping for the holiday before Oct. 1, according to the National Retail Federation survey of 7,945 consumers conducted Sept. 3-8 by Prosper Insights & Analytics.  Overall, 72% of consumers plan to celebrate Halloween in 2024, which is on par with previous years. The average Halloween spend […]

Just three weeks after it began, the Google ad tech antitrust trial in Virginia is over. (Arielle Garcia, you can go home now! Thank you for your service.) The trial was expected to last between four to six weeks, but Judge Leonie Brinkema, who presided over the case, kept things moving at a brisk pace. […]

The third annual Agency Forum convenes at Dream Downtown in New York City on Nov. 13, where experiential agency leaders will hear about agency growth strategies and blueprints, trends, client retention, and driving innovation. But this year, we’re reimagining the format. Leading Agency Forum 2024 are the experts from Projectory.live, who will incorporate playful, collaborative […]

Data from Event Marketer’s annual Event Agency Business Forecast indicated that 2024 would be a year of growth, as agency leaders reported business development, hiring and marketing among their top three investments. Early findings from our 2025 forecast (out this November) show “people” continue to be a key investment for agency leaders, remaining second in […]

LEO Events has formed a strategic partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, launching a new corporate event strategy, promotion and production minor offered jointly through the College of Communication and Information (CCI) and the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Beginning this fall, students will learn b-to-b event marketing, production and event management […]