BarkBox, the ecommerce subscription company catering to the canine-loving set, has “some pretty aggressive goals” for 2013, according to its Head of User Acquisition Marketing Rob Schutz. For one, the company wants to double its member base, which sits at 55,000 subscribers today. (Schutz says that if that subscriber-base hits the 1 million mark by […]
Specialty retailers are getting especially good at weighing the value of consumer behavioral targeting, but still have room to grow when it comes to mobile and, surprisingly, email strategies. According to L2’s newly released Digital IQ Index for Specialty Retail, more than half of specialty retailers are engaged in Facebook advertising, with “the majority of […]
As ecommerce companies continue to encroach on brick-and-mortar stores, investment firm HGGC believes MyWebGrocer, a company that provides digital marketing and analytics services for brick-and-mortar grocers, can help traditional retailers push back against ecommerce giants like Amazon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but HGGC is rumored to have invested $25 million to $100 […]
With HookLogic’s purview in the ecommerce media arena, one might not think that former Yahoo CRO and AdMeld CEO Michael Barrett would be a logical fit for the company’s board, which was announced last month. But according to HookLogic CEO Jonathan Opdyke, the fit was “natural,” given Opdyke’s own thoughts on the future of exchanges, […]
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) market presents an opportunity for Amazon to better serve its customers, according to Lisa Utzschneider, VP of Global Advertising Sales at Amazon. Speaking at AdAge’s Digital Conference in New York City today, Utzschneider talked about her company’s approach to targeting ads and the growth of the CPG sector. In discussing […]
E-Commerce has entered the mainstream in the U.S. and Europe, but China is where the growth really is. As eMarketer predicted earlier this year, the Asia-Pacific region will surpass North America to become the world’s number one market for business-to-consumer e-commerce sales with an annual gain of 30% to over $433 billion. And that is […]
Comparison shopping service Shopzilla has unveiled a business unit called Aisle A that will focus on display ad sales and retargeting. Shopzilla, which has been around since the practical dawn of the consumer internet in 1996, says it now has the capabilities to better leverage purchase intent data aroundwide range of retail products to create a […]
Since last fall, Google has shown a more aggressive stance in challenging Amazon’s dominance in e-commerce, particularly as Facebook has also been making its own significant maneuvers in the space. Google’s $125 million acquisition of Channel Intelligence, one of its four Google Shopping launch partners, is designed in part to develop more in-house capabilities to […]
With ecommerce retailers infusing their publishing plans with ad placements and sponsored mini-sites, Ari Paparo said yesterday that he’s excited by the possibilities ahead in his new role as SVP of Media Products at Austin, Texas-based social software company, Bazaarvoice (see release). Paparo has taken the deep dive on the ad tech side previously with […]
The concept is simple enough. When you’re shopping online, you’re showing “intent” to purchase. And so it follows that display media placed on an ecommerce publisher’s site can guide consumers, positively affect conversions and drive awareness for hungry advertisers. This was the premise for Florida-based Triad Retail Media way back in 2004 when CEO Greg […]
Just before holiday season kickoff last month, MasterCard tapped FiftyOne Global Ecommerce to provide exclusive online shopping offers from major U.S. retailers to the credit card company’s international users. These non-U.S. MasterCard cardholders have been able to find and redeem discounts of up to 30% off on merchandise and complete orders using local currency – […]
When it comes to e-commerce, there’s Amazon and then there’s everybody else. Whether a retailer specializes in flash sales or in subscription-based, curated “boxes of merchandise,” all companies in the space are defining themselves against what Amazon has achieved and what it, as general go-to for everything from books to music to household items, can […]
The three days following Thanksgiving delivered a strong beginning to the online Christmas shopping season, several reports suggest. While sales figures will have to wait for Cyber Monday (Nov 26), Monday (Dec 3) and Green Monday (Dec 10) – the 3 heaviest online shopping days for 2011, according to Jefferies analyst Brian Pitz – all […]
“Discovery” and “curation” have become big buzzwords for e-commerce start-ups, as flash sales and daily deals-based social shopping reach the saturation point for many consumers. Brands like Birchbox, PopSugar and the year-old Cravebox are trying to entice consumers with a subscription-based model that sends consumers sample products in the hopes of connecting brands and shoppers […]
When niche retail e-commerce gained steam about three years ago, deals, the focus was on flash sales and discounts on upscale items for fashion and restaurants. But the ground has slowly shifted as local deals site Groupon filed its IPO and a slew of like-minded sites started to crowd the space. Two years ago, two […]
This past week, home furnishings shopping site One Kings Lane kicked off its first national brand advertising under the tag, “Design is Never Done.” The ads, which were created by Wieden+Kennedy, are intended to complement the San Francisco company’s extensive use of internet advertising, which includes a heavy dose of display, search, retargeting and social […]
Google is poised to shake up e-commerce to an even greater degree as the company merges its paid Product Listing Ads and its “free” shopping-related results into a single paid format. The process started in the U.S. two months ago and is expected to be completed by the beginning of October, with Asia and Europe […]
Sociomantic Labs, a two-year-old DSP geared to e-commerce advertisers, has hired Google’s Jason Kelly as CEO. Kelly was the chief revenue officer at AdMeld, prior to that company’s acquisition by Google – and since then he has focused on integrating AdMeld with the Google stack. Berlin-based Sociomantic Labs has grown organically, having accepted no investments […]
On one end of the online revenue spectrum, there’s advertising, which runs the gamut from direct response (primarily) to traditional, branding-style “premium campaigns” (to a lesser extent). At the other end is e-commerce. Content companies have been playing catch up on both fronts, even as the two revenue streams require very different strategies. Former Google […]
E-commerce has become much more mainstream in the last two years. And yet, no one company, except for Amazon or perhaps Apple, appears to be notably dominant. Earlier this week, WPP’s GroupM Next released a survey of 1,000 users that showed 45 percent of customers shopping in-store at brick and mortar locations will walk out […]
As retailers, both online and offline, prepare for this year’s holiday season, the evolution of the e-commerce space is expected to have an even bigger impact on the way people choose to buy things and how marketers attempt to influence what they buy. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney attended the eTail East conference in Boston last […]
Daily deals site Groupon can’t even produce its first quarterly profit without disappointing shareholders. Though the company’s revenue gained 45 percent year-over-year to come in at $568.3 million in Q2, that was short of analysts’ expectations of $578 million. And while profits were $46.5 million versus a $101 million loss in Q2 2011, investors quickly […]
Earlier this week, OwnerIQ announced the acquisiton of “on-demand shopper marketing technology platform DiJiPOP in an all-stock deal.” (Also, read DiJiPOP Q&A on AdExchanger from March 2011) Shopper marketing online is increasingly an attractive opportunity to explore for retailers. According to the press release, “The deal enables OwnerIQ to increase the value and revenue potential […]
Jonathan Opdyke is CEO of HookLogic, an eCommerce media company. Opdyke provided an update on HookLogic’s business following the announcement of the hiring of Jeff Griffin as the company’s President of Retail. Read the release. Click below or scroll for more: Trends In Ecommerce Publishing Ecommerce Publishers Add Content Shopper Marketing Phenomenon RTB and HookLogic […]
Yesterday, online shopper marketing company RichRelevance announced the acquisition of retailer search monetization provider Searchandise. According to the release, “RichRelevance currently serves more than 1.4 billion page views each month across its retail publishers and with the acquisition of Searchandise will now serve 10 of the 25 largest retailers on the web, including Target, Sears […]
Richard Harris is Co-Founder and CEO of Intent Media, an online ad platform for ecommerce publishers. AdExchanger.com: First, can you share a little bit about your background and how you arrived at deciding to launch Intent Media? RH: My background is – having been a retailer for a long time – I was part of […]
Amit Kumar is CEO of Lexity (formerly known as “Vurve”). In a press release last week, in addition to its name change, the company launched its “‘Ad Intent’ system for e-commerce merchants of all sizes.” Read the release. AdExchanger.com: So, what was the original idea Vurve? And then what did you learn along the way […]
Josh McFarland is CEO of TellApart, an online media buying and data management platform, discussed recent events at his company and his view on digital ads. The company recently raised a $13 million round of funding through Greylock and Bain Capital (read more). AdExchanger.com: Since we last spoke a year ago, are there any new […]
Yesterday, eBay announced the acquisition of eCommerce fulfillment and marketing tech company, GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion. Read more. AdExchanger.com asked the following members of the ad ecosystem: “What is your take on the acquisition of GSI Commerce by eBay?” Click a name or scroll down for more: Jake Bailey, Chief Evangelist, Rich Relevance Rick […]
With $2.4 billion in cash and debt, Ebay clearly stated that they intend to be the player in e-Commerce as they acquired GSI Commerce on Monday. GSI Commerce shareholders are ecstatic. Their stock is worth 50% more than it was on Sunday. From the release, the company states that the “acquisition enhances eBay’s position as […]
