Marketing

High stakes, big budgets: How brands are navigating a massive sports year

Between the Super Bowl, 2026 Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup, there is no shortage of sports marketing opportunities this year. But global ad spend has increased, and brands like Grey Goose, John Deere and Lavazza coffee brand are investing in pre-existing, long-standing partnerships instead of chasing this year’s live sports calendar. Blame it on

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After The Trade Desk’s audit row, rivals rush to pitch features and transparency chops

Every time a transparency crisis rattles programmatic, the same reflex kicks in: rivals circle, sales decks get dusted off and emails go out, it is one of ad tech’s more reliable habits, and one of its more reliably ineffective ones. The Trade Deal’s falling out with Publicis is the latest to trigger it. Competitors have

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Future of Marketing Briefing: Horizon Media is building a platform to orchestrate ad tech from a single command center

Agency trading desks spent a decade trying to live down what they were. Horizon Media thinks it’s finally figured out what they should become.  It’s building what it describes internally as an “orchestration and intelligence” layer that sits above ad tech rather than alongside it. The idea: plug every relevant media marketplace partner – demand-side

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Amazon to issue 3.5% surcharge on fulfillment services as fuel, logistics costs rise

This story was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail Amazon will impose a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on merchants’ fulfillment fees beginning April 17, as rising fuel costs tied to conflict in the Middle East pressure supply chains. “Elevated costs in fulfillment and logistics have increased the cost of operating across the industry. We

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Fenty Beauty launches WhatsApp AI advisor as messaging becomes beauty’s next commerce channel

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy Fenty Beauty is taking its community-first strategy into messaging. On Wednesday, the Fenty Beauty brand launched “Rose Amber,” an AI-powered beauty advisor built for WhatsApp, marking its first formal partnership with the platform in the U.S. The experience allows users to chat directly with the brand

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How purchase data is redefining TV ad performance and driving revenue

As TV evolves into a more immersive storefront experience, there are new opportunities for advertisers to open up two-way interactions with consumers. To keep pace with this shift from viewership to commerce, advertisers need modern strategies to navigate the wealth of data available to refine their campaigns — from targeting and messaging to optimization and

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