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Shelf Life
Many CPG brands have become iconic through the twin marketing pillars of TV advertising and in-store shopper marketing. The latter includes shelf positioning, aisle displays and end-caps, among other strategies. But linear television is steadily eroding, and access to prime shelf space is squeezing traditional brand staples, The Wall Street Journal reports. Whereas heavy-hitter brands have traditionally paid for the the best shelf space, grocers such as Walmart and Kroger now take a more data-driven approach, taking in footfall and video-tracking data to create metrics for brands they carry. A product that’s often added to a cart first (it’s the item they’re there to buy) and is then part of larger transactions might get favorable shelf space, instead of defaulting to “category captains” such as Kellogg’s, Kraft Heinz and General Mills. A brand with a fraction of the sales of a category captain could also unseat the incumbent brand if it’s growing faster. “It used to be more of a personal relationship,” one Kroger exec said about retail trade marketing deals. “It’s become cold, hard facts that make decisions.” More.
Apple Opener?
Apple may allow third-party web browsers and mail apps to be set as iPhone defaults instead of Apple’s own Safari and Mail apps, Bloomberg reports. The discussion is in the early stages and may not move forward, according to the story, but if Apple did let users replace the browser and email app, it would mark an important change for the iOS ecosystem. Even if someone uses Chrome and Gmail on an iPhone, when they click a link from an email or text, they’re taken to Safari. If someone taps an email address, it opens a new message in Apple Mail, with no option to default to a different app. The big winner in this scenario would probably be Google. More.
UK Data In Focus Post-Brexit
Google will transfer its data storage on British citizens to the United States – and out of the control of EU regulators – in response to Brexit, sources tell Reuters. Google is moving the UK data out of EU jurisdiction in Ireland, where it has its European headquarters, as Britain decides whether it will continue to enforce GDPR. Ireland has one of the strictest approaches to data privacy, and British authorities will be more easily able to access data for criminal investigations if it’s stored in the United States. But it’s still unclear which way the British government will land on GDPR. “There’s a bunch of noise about the UK government possibly trading away enough data protection to lose adequacy under GDPR, at which point having them in Google Ireland’s scope sounds super-messy,” said Lea Kissner, Google’s former lead for global privacy technology. More.
But Wait, There’s More
- ‘Nuclear Winter’: Ad Tech Enters The Vulture Capital Era – Digiday
- Google Updates Terms In Plain Language After EU Scrutiny – NYT
- 2 Months Into 2020, 6 Major Retailers Have Reshuffled CMOs – Retail Dive
- AG Barr Takes Aim At A Key Legal Protection For Big Tech Companies – CNBC
- Teikametrics Raises $15M As It Expands Beyond Amazon And Ads – TechCrunch
- Netflix, Amazon To Present At Cannes Lions – Adweek
- SmartBug Media Raises Investment From America Discovery Capital – release
- Why Bloomberg Could Emerge As Big Tech’s Favorite – FastCo
- TikTok Owner’s Plan: Be More Than Just TikTok – WSJ
You’re Hired
- Dentsu Aegis Names Michael Epstein CEO Of Media Brands, Product – MediaPost
- MullenLowe’s Chief Strategy Officer Heads Back To The Martin Agency – Adweek
