AppLovin has traditionally relied on fingerprinting techniques to bridge these gaps, but stricter enforcement in the coming years could limit its ability to track and target users effectively across non-owned and operated properties. Advertisers want greater transparency and differentiation from Meta.
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| Feb 13, 2025
User experiences: Rogers ended his experiment feeling like AI-driven PFM apps target vulnerable users with little to no savings, and don’t necessarily help them improve their financial standing. Here’s what he experienced:. Cleo: Rogers found Cleo AI engaging at first, with entertaining moments such as humorous roasts about overspending.
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| Jan 16, 2025
For instance, healthcare and pharma often targets older demographics who spend less time on mobile and more on traditional TV and certain social platforms, such as Facebook, that retain a desktop presence. And financial services, telecom, and technology and electronics specifically target populations with more intensive mobile device usage.
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| Sep 26, 2024
But focusing on niche applications could make them viable acquisition targets. Europe’s AI boom presents investment and talent acquisition opportunities, but looming regulation and reliance on foreign capital remain substantial hurdles.
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| Feb 5, 2025
These ads use retailer data to target consumers on connected TV (CTV), social media, third-party websites, and beyond. This kind of spend is growing because first-party retailer data is becoming more valuable, and because retailers can only serve so many ads on their owned and operated properties.
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| Feb 11, 2025
"Given that, I think it makes sense for Unilever to really go after those audiences and target them where they are.". The move also helps Unilever distinguish its brands from private-label competition. “Retailers with private labels haven’t capitalized on influencers as much. This is one way to get the brands to stand out in this increasingly competitive environment,” said analyst Sky Canaves. 3.
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| Mar 31, 2025
38% of North American consumers affected by some kind of cyber threat have been the target of an online scam, according to an August 2023 Malwarebytes survey.
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| Nov 2, 2023
Meta’s latest EU fine is more than a minor shakeup: The ruling, which Meta will appeal, could markedly limit its ability to target advertisements.
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| Jan 5, 2023
Margin expansion: Gross margin, once stuck at 25%, exceeds 30%, achieving long-term targets ahead of schedule. Gross margin of 32.2% exceeded expectations but is expected to ease slightly to 31.5% in Q1 2025. Our take: Spotify’s 2024 performance marks a transformation—the company is no longer just about subscriber growth but has achieved profitability.
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| Feb 4, 2025
Other US conglomerates could become targets or bargaining chips in the ongoing trade war. Our take: Increased regulatory pressure and potential business disruptions have become the unintended consequences of Big Tech’s alliance with the Trump administration. Multinational tech firms must prepare for regulatory scrutiny as trade conflicts escalate.
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| Feb 4, 2025
The tax faces repeal due to a US trade challenge claiming it unfairly targets US companies, as well as a potential change of government after the April 28 Canadian federal election. Digital video, CTV, retail media, and AI are changing the look of digital advertising. Display has superseded search as the primary format for digital ad spending over the past decade.
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| Apr 18, 2025
Still, banks with M&A and ECM capabilities should strategically target HSBC’s former clients. Highlighting proven M&A and ECM success, strong regional networks, and client-first advisory services can differentiate financial institutions from their competitors in these communications.
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| Jan 30, 2025
New “high-value” customer acquisition mode targets users likely to have higher lifetime value. Retailers can now apply brand exclusions separately to Search and Shopping ads. New demographic controls let advertisers exclude specific age brackets. Enhanced reporting shows whether search queries come from AI targeting or manual themes.
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| Jan 23, 2025
The strong performance enabled Sam’s Club to surpass Costco—which shared the top spot last year with Macy’s—as well as retailers including Target and TJX. The context: The Walmart-owned warehouse club has taken several steps to streamline its shopping experience and tap into consumers’ growing focus on value and willingness to trade down to private-label products.
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| Jan 28, 2025
Best Buy Ads and Roku enable advertisers to use Best Buy’s first-party data to target and measure CTV campaigns across the streaming platform. This was originally featured in the Retail Media Weekly newsletter. For more marketing insights, statistics, and trends, subscribe here.
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| Mar 10, 2025
“While 76% of Target guests use the app while they're in store, that number jumps up to 90% for Gen Z,” said Nikhil Sharma, senior director of performance and insights at Roundel on a June episode of our "Behind the Numbers" podcast. And it’s not just Target where consumers are looking at retail apps.
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| Jan 6, 2025
While marketers often focus on Gen Z to target lifetime shoppers at a young age, this generation lags in brand loyalty—these shoppers are 33.9% more likely to have abandoned at least one brand or business over 12 months, according to a Capital One Shopping survey. “The majority of RFPs that come in are for Gen Z,” said Marian Thomas, director of partnerships, research and measurement at Zynga.
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| Apr 28, 2025
This gives issuers latitude to target them with cards that carry annual fees—although prospects will scrutinize the value of benefits they receive in return. However, US Gen Zers are less apt than other generations to view introductory rates as valuable.
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| Oct 14, 2024
Resonate with target audiences. Consumers typically engage with a brand at least three times before buying, according to the ĢAV impact.com study. But these three interactions shouldn’t all be the same. “Each interaction should be adding value and moving the customer closer to conversion,” Garcia said.
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| Feb 4, 2025
Meta AI’s memories feature could make the chatbot a valuable tool that keeps complex consumer preferences in mind to target advertisements. Meta’s example of vegan breakfast recipes is just one example of how precise the chatbot’s responses can get, offering brands an opportunity to reach highly specific consumer segments.
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| Jan 29, 2025
The other is deterministic, privacy-compliant data that can be used to target consumers who sit at the top or middle of the purchase funnel. Consequently, most retail media advertisers will continue to spend. A full three-quarters of advertisers said they will increase their retail media ad spending in 2025, per November 2024 Ebiquity data.
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| Jan 29, 2025
Brands experimenting with livestream commerce may find Twitch a good place to target niche audiences and communities. This was originally featured in the Retail Daily newsletter. For more retail insights, statistics, and trends, subscribe here.
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| Feb 20, 2025
Why it matters: For the CMS, Medicaid could emerge as a target of DOGE’s plans to reduce federal spending by $1 trillion. If changes are made to the federal funding component of Medicaid, it could lead to higher uninsured rates and increased financial pressure on hospitals that rely on Medicaid reimbursements, per a recent TD Economics report.
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| Feb 6, 2025
The news: Horizon Media, the largest independent media agency in the US, is on the lookout for acquisition targets. CEO Bill Koenigsburg told Business Insider in an interview that the company is actively searching for acquisitions in retail technology, influencer marketing, and sports marketing.
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| Jan 29, 2025
Our interview outreach strategy for our reports is to target specific companies and roles within those companies in order to get a cross-section of businesses across sectors, size, and legacy. We also look to interview sources from diverse backgrounds in order to reflect a mix of experiences and perspectives that help strengthen our analysis.
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| Jan 8, 2025