French retargeting specialist Criteo has been planning its IPO filing for the better part of a year and it’s finally taking the plunge. The company filed an F-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission that details its financial performance and other particulars about its business. The company hopes to raise $190 million from the stock sale, though […]
Despite the recent flurry of mobile acquisitions, marketers are still somewhat in the dark when it comes to defining objectives for their mobile campaigns and deploying analytics tools to help them measure cross-channel reach, one study suggests. In a survey of agencies, vendors and 228 marketing professionals, the study by Forrester Research determined that 37% […]
After a year existing as a retargeting API feature within ad-exchange operator AppNexus’ system of technology tools, AdExtent says it is launching an independent version of its retargeting offering with a particular focus of augmenting Demand Side Platforms (DSPs) own solutions. In addition to AppNexus, the company is working with MediaMath, Turn and Google’s DoubleClick […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is by Jaysen Gillespie, Director of Analytics and Business Intelligence at Criteo. It is a response to an earlier AdExchanger column by Tal Keinan, CEO of AdExtent (Read it: “DSPs Vs. Personalized Retargeters. […]
Retargeting specialist Criteo has an agreement to exclusively provide “personalized” display advertising across Yahoo Japan’s inventory. This the first time a third party entity has been given access to Yahoo Japan’s ad system. Last week, the 16-year-old Yahoo Japan, which was created as a joint venture between Yahoo and Japanese investment firm Softbank, posted a […]
Facebook’s nascent real-time bidding marketplace is steadily ramping up. The Facebook Exchange continues to add new RTB partners and may be close to publishing a list of approved Facebook Exchange vendors to its Preferred Marketing Developers directory. The list of approved Exchange RTB partners now includes 14 firms, up from 9 in late June – […]
It’s no surprise that retargeting specialist Criteo believes in the value of clicks — that’s the stock in trade. For many traditional marketers and advertisers, there is the view that online advertising is a venue for low-cost, direct response advertising — as opposed to the lucrative, more creative brand marketing campaigns for traditional media. The […]
Today’s column is in response to “Second-Guessing the Second-Price Auction Model” and written by Jonathan Wolf, Chief Buying Officer at Criteo, a buy-side, display ad tech company. Esco Strong at Microsoft wrote an interesting piece in a personal capacity on this site this week. While I am and remain a fan of Esco, and his […]
Greg Coleman is President of Criteo, a personalized advertising technology company. As part of its “State of…” series of articles with industry executives, AdExchanger.com sat down with Coleman to discuss his company, his views on the space, and the state of Criteo today. AdExchanger.com: How would you summarize your experience at Criteo since you arrived […]
J.B. Rudelle is CEO of Criteo, a pay-per-click, personalized retargeting company. AdExchanger.com: Why move into the U.S. market now? JBR: Criteo spent 3 years focused on R&D, building the most robust and precise retargeting solution on the market. With almost 2 years of in market experience and over 400 customers successfully implementing our pay per […]
