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James Hercher
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James covers the ecommerce, advertising technology, Google and other topics. He joined AdExchanger in March 2015 after a stint in communications for advertising technology companies. He spent two years in TV production, working for the NFL and then for the PBS NewsHour, where he covered the 2012 election and foreign affairs.

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RevenueCat’s Barnard On The Simmering Apple-Developer Feud

"The Sell Sider" is a column written from the perspective of the sell side of the digital media community. App creator-turned-developer advocate David Barnard’s career trajectory is one typical of Apple’s App Store, but also exceptional to the App Store. A recording engineer with no software expertise, Barnard built a profitable stable of mobile apps,... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 16th, 2021 //
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Publicis Groupe Buys Retail Media Platform To Hook Its Identity Into Epsilon

Publicis Groupe will acquire CitrusAd, an Australian retail media company, and place it within the Epsilon data business, the company announced on Thursday. CitrusAd’s direct connections to retailers – and the first-party data partnerships that come along with those connections – were a draw. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CitrusAd is a competitor... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 15th, 2021 //
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MGI’s Verve Group Adds Smaato For $170M, Scales Up For Post-Consolidation Ad Tech

Verve Group, the mobile ad tech unit of the gaming publisher Media and Games Invest (MGI), acquired the mobile gaming ad tech company Smaato on Tuesday for almost $170 million (140 million Euros). MGI Group, which trades on the Frankfurt stock exchange and a Stockholm-based Nasdaq exchange, updated its financial forecast after the Smaato deal... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 14th, 2021 //
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How Ecommerce Is Bringing Online Advertising Into Supply Chain And Product Decisions

Ecommerce and retail marketers can no longer keep their eyes squarely focused on media metrics like ROAS. Their world has just gotten bigger. In addition to the media and advertising supply chain, they must consider product development and manufacturing along with shipping and fulfillment. Amazon provides sellers the metrics ACOS (Advertising as a Cost of... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 14th, 2021 //
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Amperity Raises $100 Million As The CDP Category Grows Up

The customer data platform (CDP) craze isn’t over yet. The CDP startup Amperity raised $100 million on Tuesday at a valuation of a little more than $1 billion dollars. The new round brings Amperity’s total funding to $187 million. Amperity last raised $50 million in Series C funding in 2019. The billion-dollar valuation mints Amperity... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 13th, 2021 //
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The Trade Desk Does VC

The Trade Desk made waves this week with the release of Solimar, its new beach resort brand. Psych! Solimar is real, but it’s the company’s new DSP dashboard. In addition to the updated UI, The Trade Desk also launched a venture capital arm called TD7 – named for the $7 million seed investment that got... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 9th, 2021 //
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The Trade Desk Launches Solimar, Its Pitch For The Open Internet Vs. The Walled Gardens

The Trade Desk introduced its latest DSP dashboard, Solimar, on Wednesday, as well as a venture capital arm called TD7. The company’s first startup investment is in the ad-bidding software company Chalice Custom Algorithms. Solimar consolidates The Trade Desk’s data marketplace for targeting and measurement into a single interface, with data onboarding and identity resolution... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 7th, 2021 //
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Merkle Acquires LiveArea, A $250 Million Bet On Commerce Integrations

Dentsu-owned Merkle has acquired LiveArea, an experiential commerce agency, for $250 million, the companies said Tuesday. Merkle will add LiveArea’s 590 employees to its roster. LiveArea works with retailers and brands, though mostly retailers, on commerce and marketing. It provides design and creative strategy, but its primary offering integrates customer data with ecommerce tech such... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 6th, 2021 //
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Big Brands Learn To Love – And Attribute – Twitch Gaming Sponsorships

Twitch has become a go-to spot for CPG product launches, as brands embrace the platform as a way to reach young people and run attribution case studies for online gaming. In one fresh example, a new custom pack of Sour Patch Kids had its debut this week in partnership with the Twitch streamer TimTheTatman. The... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // July 1st, 2021 //
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FreshDirect Turns To OOH Attribution As It Refines Post-Pandemic Media Strategy

Out-of-home advertising has long been an important category for FreshDirect. It allows the grocery delivery service to reach city dwellers en masse — particularly in New York where it’s based.  But once the pandemic took hold, the company had to rethink its OOH campaigns, as subway riders and use of public transport dwindled while demand... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 30th, 2021 //
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