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A new report from Forrester Research Inc. finds that 86% of retail and wholesale Fortune 500 companies have a chief marketing officer or a marketing executive leader on the senior management team who reports directly to the CEO.   This is a high penetration, Forrester finds, as Fortune 500 companies in six of the nine industries the research […]

New data from CIRP finds that Amazon shoppers who opt for one-day or same-day shipping are among the highest annual Amazon.com spenders. Amazon.com shoppers who select one-day or same-day shipping spend $1,270 annually on Amazon, according to new U.S. data from consumer research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The longer the shipping time, the less […]

Sales through smartphones increase 10.2% year over year, according to Adobe. But the average mobile ticket is 32% smaller compared with desktops. Mobile drove 49.3% of all U.S. ecommerce spending in July 2024, according to new data from Adobe Analytics. In 2025, the web analytics vendor estimates that mobile shopping will consistently be half or […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Liquid I.V. is pouring ad dollars into online retail platforms to protect its top spot in search results and fend off competitors. “Being the No. 1 powdered hydration company in America definitely puts a target on your back,” said Danielle Fessenden, Liquid I.V.’s senior director of Amazon and omnichannel.  Now that online retailers have opened […]

With revenue down 10% in its recent earnings report, sportswear brand manufacturer Under Armour discusses fewer promotions, fewer SKUs, more loyalty and more influencers.   Every two in three emails Under Armour sent to consumers in 2023 included a discount or promotion. Likewise, 65% of Under Armour’s sales last year were on promotion and only […]

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 […]

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 […]