In 1973, Timberland – then called Abington Shoe Company – debuted its waterproof yellow boots. In 2023, the outdoor apparel and accessories company will observe the boot’s 50th anniversary. And Ezra Martin, Timberland’s newly minted vice president of marketing, Americas, will be rolling out a new marketing strategy for the occasion. Martin shares his insights on personalized customer experiences, localized campaigns and more.
Although Molson Coors has hired a bunch of people who can manage programmatic – they sit on what the company calls its precision and digital marketing team – there’s a lot more to in-housing than media execution and getting hands on keyboards.
Change is the law of life – and it’s on Kathryn Spaeth’s daily to-do list. As the newly appointed global chief transformation officer at WPP agency Wavemaker, Spaeth is bringing her experience from the consulting world at Accenture to bear in agency land. The agency model must evolve along with technology and consumer behavior. Plus, agencies, […]
Industry Preview is a special, limited-run audio series, featuring interviews with key leaders in marketing, media and technology who share their predictions and key priorities for 2021. This podcast is sponsored by Engine Media Exchange. You know you’re a good marketer when you can convince a four-year-old that broccoli is a treat. Although Rupen Desai […]
When Reader’s Digest Association rebranded to Trusted Media Brands in 2014, a reporter commented to CEO and president Bonnie Kintzer at the time that “it’s not a sexy name.” “And I said, ‘Thank you, we’re not a sexy company,” Kintzer jokes in this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks. The rebrand, though, helped kickstart an era […]
Venture capital is venturing carefully during the coronavirus crisis. But raising money is possible, economic uncertainty aside, for companies with differentiated technology and a healthy customer base, especially if they’re focused on digital transformation. On Tuesday, Glassbox, an Israeli startup with offices in London and New York that offers customer experience analytics for sites and […]
Andy Main, head of Deloitte Digital, is a little tired of hearing people say consultancies are trying to muscle the agencies off of Madison Avenue. “I’d actually say the agencies are trying to copy the Deloitte Digitals of the world,” Main said. “And when someone copies you, I guess you should be flattered.” Unlike Accenture, […]
JEGI Co-President Tolman Geffs will speak at AdExchanger’s upcoming Industry Preview conference on Jan. 23-24, 2019 at the Grand Hyatt New York. “There’s been a hell of a pullback investing in anything that remotely smells like ad tech,” according to Tolman Geffs, co-president of investment bank Jordan, Edmiston Group Inc. But that’s not as dire […]
Loyalty has never been a problem for Harry & David, an 84-year-old company that sells and delivers premium foods and gift baskets. When December rolls around, most of its customers don’t need to be reminded that it’s time to order their holiday-themed gourmet treats. The challenge is getting people to engage with the 1-800-Flowers-owned brand […]
When a company as large as SAP doubles down on digital, the executive org chart must change. For the last six months, the enterprise software company has had two primary CMOs: one who is responsible for brand and media and another who focuses on demand generation, life cycle marketing and bottom-line revenue. But they work […]
L’Oreal doesn’t like the word “programmatic.” “We prefer ‘precision marketing,’” said Lubomira Rochet, L’Oreal’s chief digital officer. Precision, Rochet said, is about something deeper than targeting or frequency capping or the sequencing of messages. While important, those are tactics, not the cornerstones of a strategy. “But precision advertising goes beyond programmatic,” she said. “For us, […]
