Trends
Unilever CMO on Creating Demand Through a ‘Culture to Cart’ Approach
The marketing funnel is dead, said Esi Eggleston Bracey, Unilever’s Chief Growth and Marketing Officer at the POSSIBLE conference in Miami in April. Here’s a look at her “culture-to-cart” approach.
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Marketers
How Shutterfly Used A Search-Powered Custom Algorithm To Zoom In On New Customers
Everyone in programmatic knows that the best way to drive outcomes is to use some kind of identifier … right? But a CTV campaign Shutterfly ran at the end of last year to promote its holiday gift packages and photo deals challenges that perception. Shutterfly’s goal was to uncover new pools of potential customers to […]
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Marketers
Comcast Might Be Losing Revenue, But Not NBCU’s Peacock
Parts of Comcast might be struggling, but the company still feels “well positioned” in advance of the TV upfronts in May, according to Chief Financial Officer Jason Armstrong. Comcast has confidence in “a healthy Peacock subscriber base” and strong content across entertainment and news, Armstrong told investors during the company’s quarterly earnings report on Wednesday. […]
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Trendwatch
Temu discontinues US Google ads
Chinese shopping app Temu halted its Google Shopping ads last week. The move coincides with the U.S. administration’s decision to raise tariffs on Chinese imports up to 125%. With no Google Shopping presence, Temu’s App Store position fell from the top five to 58th by April 12, according to DesignRush.com. Temu offers a case study […]
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Marketers
How Ecommerce Brands Are Finding Customers During A Tempest Of Headwinds
Americans are dealing with tumultuous change at the moment. I know it. But consider the situation for a Slovenian ecommerce ad agency, navigating the same tariff craziness, as well as the flood of Temu advertisements that are being pulled from the US market. And that’s not to mention the platform AI solutions all looking to […]
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AI
Generative AI Shopping Tool Alby Leads to Conversions and Better SEO for PlushBeds
After implementing a genAI shopping tool, mattress brand PlushBeds experienced increased conversions and better SEO rankings.
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ROI | Metrics
Forrester to B2B Marketers: Nine Ways to Plan and Prioritize Amid Uncertainty
In lieu of reacting in a knee-jerk fashion to each perceived threat, Forrester suggests the following advice for B2B marketers.
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Trendwatch
Chips Ahoy shifts paid media to digital from TV spend to target Gen Z households
Sabrina Sierant, senior director at Chips Ahoy, shares details on the cookie’s rebrand, its on-the-go target audience, retail media networks and more in this Q&A. Sabrina Sierant joined Mondelez more than 12 years ago, working on some of the company’s candy brands, such as Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish, and its confectionery business. […]
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Video Marketing
Wistia State of Video Report: Engagement Rates Down, Content Less Promoted
Forty-three percent of businesses produce at least one marketing video a week, according to video marketing platform Wistia. But they’re not necessarily maximizing the value of their work.
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Marketers
How AI Helps Butler/Till Curate High-Performing PMPs
Programmatic bidding algorithms aren’t always aligned with campaign goals, so agencies are relying on AI tech to create algorithms tailored to their campaigns instead. Butler/Till ran a display ad campaign on behalf of a financial services client between August and September last year that utilized tech from SWYM.ai, a company that provides programmatic decisioning tools […]
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AI
Retail Marketing Trends From Shoptalk: AI, Retail Media, Agility
Takeaways from the Shoptalk conference content include: AI is a must have; CMOs need to prioritize retail media; and an agile organization is required to pivot quickly.