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For a moment in time, agencies and brands upped their efforts to reach diverse audiences and spend on diverse-owned media. But that hype has since petered out, in part because brands lack the data to effectively target this audience.

Retail giant Walmart announced it will roll out digital shelf tags to 2,300 stores by 2026 replacing the paper tags it uses now. The omnichannel technology upgrade will help increase efficiency in updating prices, replenishing inventory and picking ecommerce orders, according to Walmart in a press release announcement. Walmart piloted the electronic price tags at […]

This week’s PR Roundup looks at a teachable influencer moment from Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs and Joey Chestnut, the current state of PR pros mental health and Muck Rack’s latest State of PR report.

Apple’s highly anticipated Web Eraser, an AI-driven privacy feature for iOS 18, was a no-show at WWDC 2024, leaving many in the digital media and advertising industry on edge. Although the feature didn’t make it into the final release, industry experts believe it’s only a matter of time before Apple reintroduces this ad-blocking technology. This development signals significant implications for digital advertising, pushing marketers (and publishers) to rethink their strategies in the Apple ecosystem.

Advertisers that rely on ad tech vendors to protect them from buying ads on shoddy, offensive or deceptive news content are … in for some bad news. Researchers at Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University recently set out to determine how often ads are served to sites that publish misleading stories, propaganda or conspiracy theories […]

ScanMyPhotos missed the opportunity to convert thousands of Today Show viewers into customers because its prices were too high. After listening to feedback and lowering its price, sales have escalated.   Thousands of consumers flocked to ScanMyPhotos.com after the Today Show featured the photo-digitizing business as a Mother’s Day gift option on May 9. But only […]

TikTok can be a cost-effective, easy-to-use marketing platform available to all. Here’s how small business owners can benefit from its features.

This week’s PR Roundup looks at ESPN personality Pat McAfee screwing up—again, a new report from KWT Global on executive resonance and a new partnership between PRSA and the PRMuseum.

It was a wise year for Pinterest to hyper-focus its efforts on Gen Z and make its grand Coachella debut, with Gen Zers driving a 1,100-percent year-over-year increase in searches related to Coachella outfit inspiration on the platform.

Many marketers are – let’s say – generally excited about the promised targeting power of CTV.  Yet, for political advertisers, many are staking their careers on this burgeoning new medium. Indeed, candidates can’t wait for CTV to sort out all of its fundamentals in the near future.