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MIAMI – Retail media networks are comparable newcomers to the advertising market, and they’re growing more sophisticated as marketers seek to attribute the effects of their media spending on business outcomes. To enhance these metrics, retailers can harness the troves of data about the purchase histories of their customers. “Measurement is the foundation that really allows brands and agencies to...
MIAMI – The National Football League captures most of top-ranked audiences for television, an ongoing indicator of the power of live sports in helping brands to reach consumers. Those audiences can be targeted more precisely with streamed sporting events. “What we’re finding is that marketers are very, very interested in sports because they know that people are aggregating around these big events...
SAN JUAN, PR — The ad industry has grown up talking about the “right ad to the right people at the right time”. But is “right” really what’s relevant? In this video interview with Beet.TV, Doug Rozen, CMO, RokT, distinguishes between the “right” ad and the “best” ad. “The right ad is all about being personalized, the best ad is taking it a step further and understanding when we can be most...
These days, at their annual ad pitches, companies don’t only tout their content slate. In 2024’s IAB NewFronts, the tech targeting offering is being showcased, too. At its event in New York today, Roku announced it would let The Trade Desk customers harness its automated content recognition (ACR) data, in a sign that the leading US streaming platform is lighting-up more programmatic TV services....
LAS VEGAS – Costco doesn’t have a public relations team and spends very little on advertising. However, the warehouse chain seeks to build its retail media network by giving brands a way to reach millions of members whose purchase histories are well documented. “It’s a really good time to be starting fresh in retail media,” Mark Williamson, assistant vice president of retail media at Costco, said...
SAN JUAN, PR – FreeWheel, the adtech platform owned by Comcast Corp., introduced for the 2024 upfront and NewFront season a tool to help marketers manage their ad spend among different media channels. Called Allocation Module, it also provides publishers with a holistic view of spending against upfront commitments. “In the last few years, a lot of the upfronts have actually migrated into...
MIAMI — In a digital age where the lines between content and commerce continue to blur, Mastercard is seizing the opportunity to innovate for impact, especially for small businesses. In this video interview with Beet.TV at the POSSIBLE conference, Cheryl Guerin, EVP of Global Brand Strategy...
SAN JUAN, PR – Social-video app TikTok in the past six years since its launch has emerged as one of most popular media platforms, especially among Gen Z consumers. The app does face the possibility of being banned in the United States because of national security concerns. In the meantime, it seeks to capture people’s attention with viral videos while also helping brands to participate in that...
MIAMI — What would you do with advertising if you had one of the world’s leading large language models at your fingertips. Amanda Richman would balance AI with humanity. The former Mindshare North America CEO joined Microsoft Advertising as VP, Global Media Sales, in March 2024, just as advertising interest in AI was piquing. Microsoft, of course, has a significant position in OpenAI. In this...