There's one that's just the sports beverage essentially, and one that's more like Red Bull. I did not know that at the time, and I told them no when I saw it. That said we did buy a Mr. Beast Candy bar at Target. So yeah, influencers are influential apparently. Sara Lebow:. Is Mr. Beast selling on Amazon? I don't think he is. I think he's partnered with Shopify. Andrew Lipsman:.
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Temu, the recent entrant to the US ecommerce market, has taken the ecommerce world by storm since its September 2022 launch. The China-based etailer went from zero to 44.5 million unique visitors by December 2022, according to Comscore—a virtually unprecedented growth in traffic in just four months.
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It’s an election year in the US, one where we’ll see record-breaking political ad spend. While political advertising is often viewed as a separate game from other industries, the trends set by campaigns ripple into the rest of the marketing atmosphere. What will 2024’s version of Nixon and Kennedy navigating live TV or Obama embracing social media be, and what will be the impact on the ad industry at large? Here are five trends all advertisers should be watching.
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| Feb 20, 2024
Amazon Fresh could get a refresh to conquer the grocery market, Finesse uses AI to reduce fashion waste, and Claire’s leans on content to engage Gen Zalphas. Meanwhile, Macy’s downsizes, e.l.f. Beauty aims to go viral, and Walmart makes strides in media. Here are six retailers that are most likely to makeover, reinvent, go viral, and more, as predicted by our analysts in a recent “Reimagining Retail” podcast episode.
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| Jan 25, 2024
Live sports investments and ad blocking crackdown improvements in shorts monetization and it achieved its highest growth rate in two years. So not too shabby from YouTube. And then Google Network accounts for 12% of the pie and network is the odd one out here. It shrank 1% this quarter. It hasn't grown since Q2 2022 Network is lower margin than Google's other two advertising business units.
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| May 3, 2024
Things like art, sports, practical jokes, you don't necessarily need the sound from these. However, there was also a 2021 study that TikTok commissioned from Kantar, which found that nearly 90% of TikTok users consider sound essential to the TikTok experience. Ross Benes:. Well, that makes sense. It has its roots in music, is musically. Marcus Johnson:. Great point. Ross Benes:.
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| Oct 9, 2023
There's a few tea drinkers, some juice people, some sports drinks folks, and some wine individuals. But yeah, bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, coffee, beer, cider, and milk, 80% of everything we consume. According to eatthis.com and Statista. Today's real topic. Where are Americans spending their time online and what it means for advertisers?
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| Jul 3, 2023
But we're seeing something like a sport beach where there's a lot more athletes that have come to Cannes now as a part of influencer marketing. We've seen some additional tech companies come into play. I've even seen some new consulting companies that have never activated. There's a few CPGs that are here that never had activations. I've seen Pepsi, I've seen McDonald's, Sprite.
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| Jun 21, 2023
Apple TV, of course, has been licensing sports content against which they sell advertising. The same is true of other platforms that we don't yet break out individually, but they're part of that long tail. There's also a lot of revenue that flows to players like the TV manufacturers that sell ads and adtech middlemen are really getting in on the CTV action because most of it is sold programmatically.
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| Jun 9, 2023
They also said something super interesting in the call, which was that people are starting to view some of the fitness and sports related purchases that they started buying over the pandemic as a necessity rather than a discretionary purchase, so people are going to keep buying their running shoes even if they're pulling back in other areas. Sara Lebow:.
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| Mar 14, 2023
On today's podcast episode, we're at Shoptalk 2024 discussing the main takeaways, the best side conversations and booths, and the discussed trends we don't see coming to fruition. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts chief content officer Zia Daniell Wigder and analyst Jasmine Enberg, who were both at this year's conference.
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Netflix, when they first started doing live sports, they didn't say, "We've got a bunch of stuff planned." They started one. They trialed it to see what... saw what it was like, what kind of returns they got, and then added another and another. But there's a chance this works. Partly because public of opinion of cable news is so low, so maybe there's a bit of a news vacuum.
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As the top two retailers in the US, Walmart and Amazon are battling for holiday success by rolling out the best deals, the fastest delivery, and the best in-store experience. Here’s who we expect will come out on top in each of those areas, plus a post-holiday outlook.
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| Nov 9, 2023
We asked our analysts which companies they have their eyes on this year and why they’re positioned for potential success (or disaster). The Kroger Co., for example, is leveraging its digital offerings to scale its business, while Nike may pivot back to wholesale to stay competitive.
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| Feb 14, 2023
I think the main concern is the primary drink they have is a sports drink, and now they have this new energy drink and they believe that it's being advertised to the same demographic. They want to have a sports drink and then caffeine, and way too much caffeine, we've all probably seen those kids that are bopping around with too much energy. We don't need more of that. Marcus Johnson:.
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