Why Shipt, The Target-Owned Same-Day Delivery Service, Added Yahoo As Its DSP
Last year, Shipt went hunting for a DSP, eyeing new programmatic reach and hyper-local targeting down to the ZIP code.
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Omar Tawakol Is Merging His AI Startup Rembrand With Spaceback
Rembrand announced that it’s merging with creative automation startup Spaceback to build a unified AI-powered platform for “content-based” CTV, digital video and display.
Retail Media Is Starting To Come To Grips With The Fact That We All Know Nothing
Retail media is entering what might be called its Socratic phase. The closer we to get to understanding an ad campaign’s real impact and business results, the clearer it is that we have no idea how this thing works.
Meta Has New Tools For Brand And Performance Goals, With A Focus On AI (Of Course)
Meta is rolling out Reels trending ads, value rules beyond just conversions, upgrades to Threads and pixel-free landing page optimization.
Google Search Ads 360 Adds Criteo As First On-Site Retail Media Supply Partner
Criteo announced a partnership with Google Search Ads 360 (SA360), Google’s enterprise search advertising platform, making Criteo the first third-party vendor to integrate with Google for on-site retail media supply.
Minute Media’s Latest Acquisition Brings Automated Content Creation To Its Online Sports Video Network
As display falters, Minute Media is acquiring AI tech that cuts longer-form video content and full-length games into bite-size clips.
With GAM Going Direct To Buyers, SPO Is The New Normal
GAM’s dinner with ad agencies sparked speculation that Google is preparing to spin off its bundled SSP and ad server as a remedy to its ad tech monopoly. But Google says it’s just part of the trend of SSPs going direct to buyers.
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Shifting Gears, With The CMO Of Genesis Motor America
As the newly appointed CMO of Genesis Motor America, it’s Amy Marentic’s job to raise awareness for the luxury auto brand, which is fighting for market share against more well-known incumbents in the US market. To do it, she’s analyzing the data and working on a growth strategy to reach a largely untapped demo: women. Plus: Marentic’s unique origin story, from astronaut hopeful to chief marketer.
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AI-Driven Ad Tech Acquisitions
From a $637 million PE acquisition of healthcare of a DSP to acquisitions of freshly minted startups, there’s been a flurry of ad tech deals this month. And they have one thing in common: AI.