Cold Shower For Market Power Big tech, are your ears burning? On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission held the second in an ongoing series of hearings digging into competition and consumer protection issues. The FTC is trying to update its enforcement and policy agenda in the face of fast-paced technological change. “Technology is no longer […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Give And Take Marketers and agencies will lose access to third-party data integrations on Facebook on Oct. 1. As Digiday reports, ad buyers were never sure how much they were paying for that data when Facebook was making deals with providers, since those costs […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Up The Amazon Marketers are projected to spend $4.6 billion on Amazon’s ad platform this year, about 4.2% of the online advertising market, propelling Amazon past Oath and Microsoft at 3.3% and 4.1%, respectively, according to eMarketer’s 2018 industry forecast. That being said, Amazon, […]
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in May, Nestlé Germany was ready. Germany’s data collection laws have been notoriously austere for decades, much to the chagrin of some digital players. National laws – such as the Federal Data Protection Act, the Criminal Code, the Civil Code, the Telecommunications Act and Telemedia Act […]
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Ecommerce startup Material sells kitchen tools – including a chef’s knife, a wood spoon and one-handed kitchen tongs – meant to appeal to home chefs and people who like well-made, thoughtfully designed products. But the direct-to-consumer brand’s challenge has been connecting with consumers using customer insights, not just site analytics and sales data. “We take […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Podcast Stuff IHeartMedia has acquired podcast network Stuff Media, home to popular shows like “HowStuffWorks” and “Atlanta Monster,” for a reported $55 million. It’s one of the largest deals in podcast history. With one of the biggest audiences in podcasting, Stuff Media puts iHeartMedia, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. If You Can’t Beat ‘Em Shares of the 56-year-old retailer Kohl’s have almost doubled in the past year as it bridges a new generation of shoppers with help from ecommerce natives. Kohl’s was seen as accepting a Trojan horse when it announced a deal […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Grandpa’s Got Game Nielsen has acquired gaming intelligence firm SuperData Research to better track user engagement with video games and esports, VentureBeat reports. SuperData tracks the behavior of 160 million gamers and extrapolates that out to the US population. As gaming and esports become […]
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Dun & Bradstreet has come a long since it developed one of the first credit reporting systems in the mid-19th century; And has even come a long way in the past half-decade, when it shifted to data-driven online media. And somebody’s buying what D&B’s selling. The company was acquired earlier this month for $5.38 billion […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Of MuleSoft And Metallica “Nearly universal euphoria.” Those are the words Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block used on the company’s Q2 earnings call Wednesday to describe how Salesforce’s customers feel about its $6.5 billion acquisition of MuleSoft. “We listen to our customers,” Block told investors. […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In-Housing By The Numbers In-house agencies are on the rise. A survey of 325 marketers by Forrester and the In-house Agency Forum, a trade group, found that 64% have in-house agencies, up from 42% a decade ago. During the recession of 2008, the top […]
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Television advertising is turning gray, but TV data is here to brush in the color. At least that’s the take from Combe, the grooming and hair care product company that runs the Just for Men hair coloring brand. In the past couple of years, Just for Men’s media mix shifted from primarily TV to a […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. California, Here We Come The California Consumer Privacy Act rode a well-intentioned wave of activism into law but is out of sync with modern marketing, argues Ray Kingman at Ad Age. A company violates the law if it buys, sells or shares personal information […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. WalSmart Walmart stock jumped almost 10% on Thursday after the world’s biggest retailer reported better-than-expected in-store and ecommerce sales, up 40% from the same period last year. It’s the most sales growth from the company in a decade. Walmart’s efforts to bolster grocery shopping […]
