Search Results for: research
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Branding/Marketing
Communicators Voice Concerns Tied to Trust for 2025
A PRSA panel on Communications Trends and Strategies for 2025 featured PR experts who provided their current PR concerns for the coming year, as well as key takeaways for tackling those issues and building trust.
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AI
9 Ad Tech Leaders React to the DOJ’s Plans for Google
What happens if Google is forced to divest Chrome or Android? How might Google’s potential breakup reshape digital advertising? Seven industry leaders share insights on the DOJ’s proposed remedies and what they could mean for digital advertising and ad tech.
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Shopper/Retail
Ecommerce claims growing share of Black Friday sales
Analysis shows a ‘modest’ increase in Black Friday foot traffic and store sales, while online sales surge year over year, according to new data from the NRF, Mastercard SpendingPulse and Placer.ai. On Black Friday 2024, U.S. retail sales increased 3.4% year over year, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse. Broken out by channel, however, and the disparity […]
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cookies
The Untapped Opportunity of Unaddressable Inventory
Discover how publishers can turn unaddressable inventory into a revenue goldmine. Digiseg CEO, Søren H. Dinesen, explains how public data and IP-based insights help bridge the CPM gap and maximize value in a post-cookie world.
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AI
The AdMonsters Writers’ 2024 Holiday Reading List: Power, Privacy, and Digital Transformation
Our country may be polarized, but there’s one thing we can all agree on: 2024 was a tumultuous year. That turbulence is reflected in the books that hit the market, and are now on the nightstands of Admonsters’ writers. Whether examining memes as political weapons or algorithms reshaping culture, these titles strip away tech’s glossy veneer to reveal uncomfortable truths about power, privacy, and human agency in our connected world.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: UnitedHealthcare Tragedy, Creators and Fact Checking, Social Media Purchases
This week’s PR Roundup looks at UnitedHealthcare’s tragic company crisis, UNESCO’s new report on content creators and misinformation and social media surpassing TV for purchaser influence.
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Media Relations
Breaking Into a New Industry: 6 PR Strategies for Success
Entering a new industry as a PR manager is both exhilarating and daunting—because even with a charismatic spokesperson and compelling topics, success doesn’t always come quickly. Here are six tips for navigating a move into a new sector as a PR manager.
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Shopper/Retail
Retailers to face waning demand in 2025
Forrester Research releases retail industry 2025 predictions, including more retailers using generative AI technology for shoppers but not for employees. Research firm Forrester projects that retailers will struggle in 2025 as brands grapple with paying employees higher wages coupled with decreased demand from shoppers. Merchants will need to explore technology solutions to offset these […]
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The Big Story
Don’t Discount Black Friday
This year, Black Friday stretched on for days and days. And the retail holidays is evolving in other ways, as online shopping takes over.
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Behind the News
Drake vs. UMG and Spotify: The Battle Over Bots, Metrics, and Manipulation
In a surprising turn of events for hip-hop battles, Drake has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify, alleging a complex scheme to artificially boost the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” At the core of Drake’s allegations is that UMG employed bots to inflate streaming numbers for Lamar’s track.