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Pride month is an important opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, and there’s no shortage of brands and businesses keen to get in on the act. However, as the awareness month has grown, it’s also sparked a trend of “rainbow washing.”

Marketers across industries have less budget to work with in 2024 compared with 2023, according to a newly released survey of 395 global chief marketing officers by research firm Gartner. Marketers report their 2024 budgets dropped to 7.7% of the company’s revenue, compared with 9.1% in 2023, and 9.5% in 2022. Gartner surveyed marketing decision […]

One year ago, the Association of National Advertisers released the first part of its Programmatic Media Supply Chain Transparency Study. But it really should have been named The Lack of Programmatic Media Supply Chain Transparency Study. Because that report, and the follow-up study published in December, uncovered an appalling amount of programmatic waste, including $22 […]

Here are three ways companies can create cost-effective personalization to enhance customer satisfaction.

For marketers to be a strategic revenue partner, implementing a modern GTM strategy requires a few absolutes. Here are five principles to prioritize.

Pride Month is a time for celebration, reflection and advocacy, and this year, regardless of the rumblings of companies staying quiet around DEI topics, brands and organizations are still stepping up with impactful campaigns.

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.