I think even if, for example, you're a bank and you choose to go more of a utility white label route rather than direct to consumer... And I do think we'll see banks trying out both options. I think bigger ones will go for, let's stick direct to consumer because we have the clout for that. Smaller ones will probably go the utility style route.
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| Aug 20, 2024
8/1 - Keeping it dynamic. 7/31 - Streaming showdown. 7/28 - Price is key for D2C.
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| Aug 3, 2023
More Chart of the Day:. 7/31 - Streaming showdown. 7/28 - Price is key for D2C. 7/27 - Ad channel choices. 7/26 - CTV’s $15B boost. 7/25 - Retail top 10. Methodology: Data is from a July 2023 CivicScience survey. 3,019 responses from US adults age 18+ were obtained during July 14-17, 2023. Data was weighted according to the US Census.
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| Jul 31, 2023
“Despite Nike’s recent focus on D2C [direct-to-consumer], the company is rebuilding its relationship with retail partners like Foot Locker and Dick’s Sporting Goods, which could signal a larger shift back to wholesale,” said Wolff. Better together: We’re not the only ones noticing the brand power of Tiffany & Co.
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| Feb 14, 2023
Retail: Banks can learn from the direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands that were originally solely digital, like Warby Parker, Allbirds, and Bonobos, but are now blending physical store operations with online operations. Their goal is to enhance customer service and to create unique in-person experiences and communal spaces for customers.
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| Sep 11, 2023
Etsy and Wayfair combined for 44.19% of all impressions on D2C brands. Both jumped into the top 10 by impressions, despite marginal increases in spend. The NFL accounted for 30% more TV ad impressions for retail brands year-over-year. More impressions (28.4% of the total) shifted to the “Big 4” broadcast networks versus last year (24.0%). Undoubtedly, the World Cup and NFL played a big part in this.
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| Dec 1, 2022
But despite the higher spending on digital ads, the sector is marred with signal loss from AppTrackingTransparency, the deprecation of third-party cookies, and growing privacy regulation that is prompting some industries to turn to post-purchase marketing and direct-to-consumer channels.
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| Nov 18, 2022
Automakers, for example, one of the top TV advertisers, reduced budgets for months in a row and instead pivoted to post-purchase and direct-to-consumer advertising. It wasn’t just old relationships like automakers and TV that suffered.
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| Jan 3, 2023
More Chart of the Day:. 7/28 - Price is key for D2C. 7/27 - Ad channel choices. 7/26 - CTV’s $15B boost. 7/25 - Retail top 10. 7/24 - Peak TV.
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| Jul 28, 2023
Brand execs from Forever 21, Abercrombie & Fitch, and more talk AI, Gen Z, and D2C. More Chart of the Day:. 7/6 - Beauty on a budget. 7/5 - Making ad-justments. 7/3 - Summer inflation. 6/30 - CTV gains on mobile. 6/29 - Beauty and the bucks.
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| Jul 6, 2023
Sales strategies mixing direct-to-consumer with wholesale channels online and offline will prevail. Brands will look for ways to widen reach and protect their bottom line:. Increase (wholesale) distribution. Along with creating wider reach, increased distribution spreads inventory liability.
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| Dec 8, 2022
Our first point of contention is, Nike should stay direct to consumer, versus Nike needs to balance with strong retailer relationships. Sky, why don't you start off with the argument for why Nike should stay direct-to-consumer? Sky Canaves:. Sure.
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| May 9, 2023
Creative uses also differ between small, independent, or D2C brands and larger tradition-bound brands, Willens said. Legacy brands have several generations of dos and don’ts, brand guidelines, and multiple creative agencies, so they’re much less likely to deploy generative AI content as is.
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| Apr 15, 2024
Some, like direct-to-consumer shoe brand Rothy’s and menswear brand Todd Snyder, are using stores to provide high-touch customer service and build deeper relationships with shoppers. Others, like Walmart, Walgreens, and Target, are focused on revamping stores to offer more convenience, both in-store and online.
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| Jan 9, 2024
Meanwhile, several other retailers are also making investments to grow their direct-to-consumer ecommerce grocery (and more) businesses. For example, both Target and Costco are testing supersized stores that dedicate large spaces for ecommerce fulfillment. The big takeaway: Instacart has two key strengths: its exclusive agreements with grocers and its high-margin advertising business.
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| Aug 21, 2023
8/1 - Keeping it dynamic. 7/31 - Streaming showdown. 7/28 - Price is key for D2C. 7/27 - Ad channel choices. Methodology: Data is from the June 2023 Antenna report titled "State of Subscriptions." Antenna sources data from a variety of data collection partners which contribute millions of permission-based, consumer opt-in, raw transaction records.
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| Aug 2, 2023
Kristen Dolzynski, chief design officer of underwear D2C Parade, called this approach “moving away from the old influencer model,” where influencers primarily focused on selling products, and toward a new model where creators share stories of how to use those products. 2. Emphasize health and wellness benefits for unlikely products.
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| Jul 19, 2023
Retailers such as CVS and Walgreens, direct-to-consumer (D2C) startups, and Big Tech players like Amazon are increasingly becoming healthcare providers. Their pitch to patients? Being established, consumer-obsessed companies that recognize the value in simplifying the patient experience. How can providers and marketers keep pace with the digital healthcare consumer?
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| Mar 13, 2023
We don’t have a lot of D2C specifically with our brands,” said Han. That means brands like Nestlé need to ask RMNs if they have measurement solutions that account for in-store purchases, so brands can understand how online ads contribute to in-store sales and vice versa.
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| Nov 6, 2023
“They’re on social, they do direct-to-consumer, and they’re in physical retail from specialty beauty to big-box stores,” she said. “They have their own stores and they’re even on Amazon. They know that the consumer is looking to buy everywhere and they have to be everywhere and make it as easy to get those products to them as possible.”. Listen to the full podcast.
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| Mar 7, 2023
It makes for safer, lower-stakes testing ground for companies like local car dealerships and direct-to-consumer brands, Benes said. The future: Viewers may spend more time on FASTs due to the slowdown in new, premium content production. In 2023, 516 US original scripted TV series were released, down from 600 the year prior, per FX Networks.
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| Feb 26, 2024
The company added on Wednesday that ESPN will start a standalone direct-to-consumer service in 2025 that will include all its channels as well as fantasy platforms and ESPN Bet. The first major test of the streaming giant’s negotiating power will come in 2025, when the NBA’s current rights deal expires.
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| Feb 8, 2024
“Eventually, digital companies tend to turn to traditional media for branding and for reach,” our analyst Ross Benes said on the “Behind the Numbers” podcast, pointing to D2C brands and tech giants foraying into out-of-home (OOH) advertising.
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| Oct 18, 2023
“It all comes back to knowing exactly who your customer is and what your brand is and what you’re trying to accomplish,” said Kacey Sharrett, vice president of D2C at GoPro, during last month’s CommerceNext event in New York City. “We’re always going to be fighting for dollars, but it comes down to prioritizing what’s important.”.
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| Jul 11, 2023
New York City subway ads have gone programmatic, to the benefit of digitally native D2C brands like Hims and Casper. Why it matters: Maybelline took the very traditional format of transportation ads and found an innovative way to turn DOOH advertising into organic viral posts, meaning the activation not only served London Underground riders but also social media consumers. 3.
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| Jul 10, 2023