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AS Beauty, owner of cosmetic brands Bliss, Laura Geller Beauty and more, discusses the challenges of having an accurate picture of customer acquisition costs across all channels, in this interview with Multichannel Marketer’s sister publication AdExchanger. As long as AS Beauty is efficiently hitting the CAC targets it sets for its brands, it’s willing to […]

2024 was a year of hectic change for ad measurement. Third-party cookies may have been given a reprieve by Chrome, perhaps even an indefinite lifeline. But, still, user-level data is running dry, to the point that last-click and multitouch attribution have lost their edge entirely. In their place, data-driven advertisers have reverted to familiar stalwarts […]

Top reads include Q&As with executives from Home Depot, Balsam Brands and Nalgene. Multichannel Marketer launched in Q2 2024 and we’ve been fortunate to have grown a loyal reader base over the past few months. Thank you all for taking the time to get to know us. Below are the most-read stories since our launch. […]

Retail media standards: Still a thing we’re working on! The tagline needs work. But the demand for IAB-based retail media standards is still growing. A year ago, ad tech vendors led by the startup Kevel created an outside group to accelerate retail standardization, hoping it would happen in 2024. The group later merged its work […]

Audible’s marketing activations have popped up at festivals, international events and fan cons over the past year, all with the goal of reaching new audiences in real life through experiences. Audible’s James Finn, Global Head of Brand and Content Marketing, discusses the brand’s major marketing moments, global reach, strategic goals and how digital tied into the overall delivery.

The outlook for agencies is “steady.” Satellite offices are popping up, business is on the rise, and development, hiring, marketing and launching new services are among the major investments that agency leaders say they are making for 2025. A three-year trend continues with creative and account services roles serving as top headcount growth areas, as […]

Welcome to the latest event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here.   Promotions & Hires Renée Austin has joined Civic Entertainment Group as managing director, head of growth. Austin’s 21-year career has spanned roles at IPG and The Weber Shandwick Collective. Cheerful Twentyfirst has announced […]

Over her 20-year tenure as the group ceo of FIRST, a global brand experience agency which creates global events leveraging content, creative, digital technology, management and delivery, and data and insights, Maureen Ryan Fable has leaned on a formula for success that involves creating opportunities for clients and employees, and executing on a variety of […]

According to findings from EventTrack 2025, EM’s annual research report on experiential marketing, eventgoers are preparing for an active 2025, with 56 percent of respondents planning to show up to more b-to-c and b-to-b events in the coming year than in 2024. Add to that the fact that 74 percent of Fortune 1000 marketers expect […]

In 2023, global brand activation agency DesignScene acquired Secret Theatre, led by artistic director Richard Crawford, known for immersive productions like Edward Scissorhands in New York and the internationally acclaimed Hell Hath No Fury, which toured London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It’s a partnership and evolution for both companies, as the worlds of immersive theatre […]