The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released a set of metrics to measure podcast performance, and the increase in measurement and targeting ability could help attract more ad dollars.
Digital Gaming: While spending on digital games over Black Friday weekend was down year over year (YoY), spend was spread out over the year, driven by the pandemic and rise in gaming subscription services.
Singles' Day, which took place last month, registered another record-breaking year. Annual sales growth on leading ecommerce platforms Alibaba and JD.com rose 85.6% and 32.8%, to RMB 498.2 billion ($72.1 billion) and RMB 271.5 billion ($ 39.3 billion) respectively.
Though US law requires most public and private companies to make their websites and digital experiences accessible to people with disabilities, many are still missing the mark. But as the pandemic forces more people to work, study, shop, and conduct business online, it is empowering the disability community. Brands are turning to new technology and inclusive design to boost accessibility and extend their outreach.
Best Buy and Target will more than double their ecommerce sales this year, as they have proven that using brick-and-mortars for online order fulfillment is a successful tactic.
Facebook’s acquisition of customer service platform Kustomer could provide businesses with more data and help build consumer confidence as social commerce slowly gains traction.
Online community platform reddit said it had an average of 52 million daily active users in October, sharing user metrics for the first time in its ongoing bid to attract advertisers.
Verizon Media is releasing its own alternative to third-party cookies, which it hopes will incentivize advertisers and publishers to buy and sell through its ad tech suite.
eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Merkle’s Brett McTammany, vice president of marketing technology, delivery lead insurance, Amazon Web Services’ Kevin Wall, solutions architect, and AAA Life Insurance’s Jennifer Hart, vice president of direct marketing, and Rafael Mejia, director of analytics and data management. They shared AAA Life’s data modernization story and the business case for adopting a cloud-first data marketing platform.
eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Integrate's Sara Bochino, senior director of customer success, and Toni Schmelzle, senior marketing manager, team lead, US SMB acquisition at SAP Concur. They shared insight into their data story, including how SAP Concur partnered with Integrate to create a marketing strategy that drives value through relevant and reliable data.
eMarketer is pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Scott Weller, co-founder and chief technology officer, SessionM, a Mastercard Company. He will share how experts expect the loyalty landscape to continue to evolve in the year ahead and the new approaches brands are using to drive success in 2021.