Advertising & Marketing

To keep loyalty members engaged, brands must focus on what customers want, offer smart rewards, and keep tweaking their programs. For example, Victoria’s Secret built a special community in its app, while Vitamin Shoppe added multiple tiers and benefits after careful planning.

It’s the latest example of consumer trust colliding with genAI expansion and underscores AI’s hunger for user-generated content.

Tobacco-like labels on social apps acould warn young people about potential harms, but any regulation would need congress approval which faces a block of lobyists.

Publishers grapple with user distrust over AI: Concerns about misinformation have spiked, highlighting a challenge for the industry’s new direction.

Agencies accuse it of manipulative subscription practices. Even if Adobe loses the case, it’s unlikely to lose loyal customers.

Although linear TV can’t be dismissed just yet, and CTV has a ways to go before claiming its crown, here are three key 2024 milestones that attest to its growing ad power.

Gen Zers and millennials are increasingly turning to social media platforms for health-related information. Here’s the data you need to ensure your marketing campaigns are reaching these cohorts.

Oracle shuts down ad business after revenue drops from $2 billion to $300 million in two years, driven by intensifying privacy laws and the industry’s shift to walled gardens.

The CFPB director described the new advertising space as potential “financial surveillance.” But Chase says retailers don’t gain access to customers’ private data.

Spotify is expanding its ad revenue streams with new agency and genAI ads, but a shift into video advertising might miss its target audience.

Despite its AI potential, decentralized teams and bureaucracy reportedly hinder progress at a time when competitors are racing to compete to bring genAI to the mainstream.

Reddit signals priorities through new partnerships: Enhancing ad transparency, performance, and safety for advertisers through advanced metrics and AI-driven analysis.

How streaming services are adapting to Amazon’s shakeup: The launch of ads on Prime Video in January has forced Netflix and others to lower CPMs to compete.

Here’s what you need to know about the NSS score, along with best practices on how to implement it.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how much people are actually searching on social media platforms versus looking elsewhere, what a TikTok ban could do to social search, and how AI-powered chatbots are changing how we look for things. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf.

The ChatGPT maker doubled annual revenue to $3.4 billion and leads genAI adoption with Microsoft and Apple deals. It’s now projecting corporate stability with key hires

GenAI features for premium subscriptions aim to enhance job searches and improve marketing. The updates could make LinkedIn more competitive, provided it can address AI’s bias issue.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the reasons that retailers are launching new store formats, what those layouts look like in the US vs. the UK, which ones are working, and which ones are not. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Carina Perkins and Zak Stambor.