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 […]
Ji Kim is Founder & CEO of DiJiPOP, a digital shopper marketing company. AdExchanger.com: What problem is DiJiPOP solving? And, please define “digital shelf space.” JK:We help retailers and brands better merchandise and increase sales by applying in-store shopper marketing practices to their online and mobile stores- where consumer go first when they start shopping. […]
Jonathan Opdyke is CEO of HookLogic, an eCommerce media company. AdExchanger.com: Please share a bit of background on you. And, what inspired HookLogic? JO: The co-founders and I met during the dot-com boom at Beyond Interactive, one of the first digital advertising agencies, now part of Mediacom/WPP. As an Industrial Engineer with a strong background […]
David Brussin is CEO of Monetate, a provider of testing, targeting, and personalization services for websites. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Monetate solving? DB: Monetate is helping companies realize some of the fundamental promises of eCommerce. For years, companies have been hearing about the great potential of agile, focused, one-to-one marketing on the Internet. Yet achieving […]
Vikram Sharma is CEO of ShopLocal, a multi-channel online services company. AdExchanger.com What problem is ShopLocal solving today? VS: ShopLocal solves the problem of achieving in-store traffic toward key promotions and deals in an age where consumers have multiple options to purchase that don’t require them to actually physically visit their local Walgreens or JCPenney. […]
Last Wednesday, WeShop, a consumer-focused, group buying network currently in private beta announced a $4.25 million Series A round of investment with participation from Jonathan Miller of News Corp, and Martin White, and Carlos Sala, “respectively the former Founder/CEO, and CFO, of Abacus Direct, which was sold to Doubleclick in 2000.” Read more. CEO Antony […]
Bob Cell is CEO of MyBuys, a provider of personalization for multi-channel retailers. AdExchanger.com: How was the June 2010 Internet Retailer conference for you and MyBuys? Any overall trends that you sensed? BC: Internet Retailer was a great event for MyBuys . We had the opportunity to meet with many people, including potential customers, clients […]
Adgregate Markets announced a new partnership with rich media advertising provider, PointRoll, which will embed Adgregate’s Shop Ads e-commerce technology within PointRoll ads. Read the release. Adgregate Markets CEO Henry Wong discussed the partnership and its attribution capabilities. How does the integration work of Adgregate Markets technology into PointRoll technology? Adgregate’s suite of APIs and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Mike Walrath Exits Yahoo! SVP of Ad Strategy, Michael Walrath, left the company yesterday telling the WSJ’s Jessica Vascellaro that “it was the right time to ‘move on in my career’ and that he looks forward to ‘taking some time off and working with […]
