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Trendwatch
Online holiday sales to increase 8% for 2024 season
Both Adobe and Deloitte say deals will fuel online sales growth. Inflation will slow holiday sales producing more modest growth after pandemic-related surges. Consulting firm Deloitte and digital customer experience vendor Adobe both estimate 2024 online holiday sale will increase around 8% compared with last year. Deloitte forecasts a slowdown in holiday sales growth Deloitte […]
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Marketers
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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Retailers share four tips about advertising on retail media networks
Retail media ad spend is big. And getting bigger. The retail media channel is growing quickly, and retailers do not have a playbook to follow when looking to boost sales and increase conversion. Multichannel Marketer chatted with retail leaders to provide four tips on how to navigate the new channel. Research firm EMarketer estimates U.S. marketers […]
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Agency Life
Q3: Event Industry People, Deals, and Moves
Welcome to the latest event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here. Promotions & Hires rEvolution has appointed Ross Arnold to the newly created position of Head of Europe. He most recently led the Sports & Entertainment Consulting team at Wasserman, and prior to that, […]
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Trendwatch
Target to hire 100,000 seasonal employees
Target gears up for the 2024 holiday season with debut of largest-ever holiday assortment during the Target Circle Week sale in October. Today, Target announced it will hire 100,000 seasonal in its 2,000-plus stores and 50-plus supply chain facilities as the retail chain gears up for the 2024 holiday season. This seasonal hiring is in […]
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Marketers
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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JCPenney launches wheelchair adaptive apparel collection with Jamey Perry
JCPenney adds to its adaptive clothing offerings with a new wheelchair line. The push into the underserved market could provide a needed brand refresh. Apparel retail chain JCPenney debuted a new adaptive clothing line this week with TV writer Jamey Perry for a clothing line designed for women who use wheelchairs. The apparel […]
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Marketers
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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Trendwatch
Shoppers plan to spend less this holiday season
One in three shoppers plan to spend less on 2024 holiday shopping compared with last year, according to a new survey. A quarter of shoppers plan to spend more, and most shoppers, at 43%, plan to spend the same on holiday shopping this year compared with last year, according to a newly released Bankrate […]
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With high acquisition costs, Bean Box turns to its members for growth
More than 50% of BeanBox.com’s revenue is from recurring subscriptions, said CEO and co-founder Matthew Berk. It took Bean Box more than a decade to achieve this milestone. But now that the brand has reached this mark, Bean Box wants to ensure that its customers continue to both like and buy its brand, Berk […]