Former Right Media President Christine Hunsicker founded apparel company Gwynnie Bee in 2012 because she wanted to move to an industry that hadn’t yet been disrupted by data and technology. Gwynnie Bee, which lets women wearing sizes 10-32 rent and return apparel, required efficient data use to run a balanced marketplace with supply and demand […]
ComScore disclosed Monday evening that it’s been delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange, effective Wednesday, after failing to meet another accounting deadline. ComScore has struggled with an internal audit mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission since February 2016, when the digital measurement firm first notified the agency that it would miss a filing deadline […]
Sizmek CEO Neil Nguyen will leave the company in the wake of the company’s $122 million private equity buyout by Vector Capital last year. The company’s board named former Xaxis global COO Mark Grether executive chairman, but has not identified a replacement CEO. Nguyen will stay on until the end of April to ensure a smooth […]
When Russell Wager joined Mazda North America four years ago as its vice president of marketing, one thing was immediately clear: Digital spend was way too low. The car marketing vet, who previously worked on the agency side, upped spend from 10% to 25%, then 30%. Digital now commands 40% of overall marketing spend. To […]
Collective promoted its COO Kerry Bianchi to CEO Thursday, as the 12-year-old startup continues to evolve out of the traditional ad network business. Joe Apprendi, Collective’s founder and now its former CEO, will remain on the board as executive chairman. Since 2015, Collective has reshaped its business to meet what Bianchi described as the next […]
On Monday the IAB released its second “Outlook for Data” report, a survey conducted by the Winterberry Group that benchmarks data-driven marketing practices. Its responses show “a general maturity in the evolution of marketer data,” said Dennis Buchheim, SVP of data and ad effectiveness for the IAB. The number of businesses that plan to increase […]
Venture capital and early-stage tech investments may be harder to come by, but M&A exits across the mobile and online industry are still heating up, investment bank Berkery Noyes reported Tuesday. The overall number of deals in 2016 ticked up 1% from the year before, while the aggregate value of those transactions jumped 12% year […]
Rubicon Project’s foray into the buy side was brief: It’s shuttering Chango less than two years after the acquisition. IgnitionOne, which spun off from Dentsu in 2013, is picking up Chango’s 40 to 50 clients from Rubicon Project and a handful of employees – but nothing else. “The tech was not for sale,” IgnitionOne CEO […]
Hokey, funny car dealer ads dominate local TV broadcasts for a reason: They work. But auto dealers like Rick Ricart are starting to expand into places like YouTube and Facebook. “TV is the new background noise, like radio,” said Ricart Automotive VP of Sales and Marketing Rick Ricart, referencing marketing knowledge from Vayner Media CEO […]
Rocket Fuel has made organizational changes, resulting in laying off 11% of its headcount – 93 services and admin positions – which will save $20 million in operating expenses. It is the second round of cuts affecting more than 10% of Rocket Fuel’s staff. In April 2015, the company let go of 11%, or 129 staffers. The […]
