Recently Jay Friedman, president, Goodway Group, shared his 2019 predictions, as they apply to those with ‘boots on the ground’, arguing that many predictions do not impact the day-to-day of most people working within the digital advertising industry. Robert Webster, founder of branding consultancy, Canton Marketing Solutions, and digital strategy director of retail intent data company, Sub2 Technologies, found himself disagreeing with some of Friedman’s predictions. Here, Webster shares his reasons why. Over recent years, I have read a number of [...]

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Should the new year bring new advertising strategies? In this piece for RetailTechNews, Nicolas Rieul (pictured below), global chief strategy and marketing officer, S4M, the drive-to-store platform, analyses four major trends in 2019, which will allow for retailers and CPG players to maintain and gain market share by boosting in-store visits. 1. Brick-and-mortar stores are adopting e-commerce acquisition tactics Status quo distributors are now up against pure players, but they are slowing catching up. Drive-to-store campaigns are happening across multiple channels, such [...]

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In his latest exclusive piece for ExchangeWire, Dr Augustine Fou, ad fraud and cybersecurity researcher, explains why ad fraud hasn’t been solved yet. And it’s down to every industry stakeholder. Ad fraud is solved. Or so claims a trade body that tweeted it has “a monumental breakthrough on a method that can cut online fraud by more than 83%” (2017) and they can “reduce fraud by more than 94%” (2019). Another trade body thinks that fraud in mobile is “virtually non-existent”. [...]

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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – and in this edition: DoubleVerify Acquires Leiki; GroupM UK Verified by ABC to JICWEBS Anti Ad-Fraud & Brand-Safety Principles; Tappx Partners with Pixalate to Guard Against Connected TV/OTT Ad Fraud; Vivaldi Acquires Gravity Thinking; and GeoEdge First to Bring Real-Time Ad Security & Quality to Mobile In-App Environments DoubleVerify Acquires Leiki DoubleVerify, the leading independent provider of marketing measurement software and analytics, announced [...]

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This week’s The MadTech Podcast is a special episode recorded in Sydney, Australia, where ExchangeWire COO, Rachel Smith is joined by Adele Wieser, country manager, Australia and New Zealand, Index Exchange, to discuss the latest news and trends in madtech across the APAC region. On this week’s episode: – Advertisers claim they will pull money from Facebook; are we at the tipping point? – Continued growth of Amazon Prime in India and Amazon’s APAC expansion plans – APAC’s competitive OTT market – Data privacy and [...]

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WireCorp currently operates three publications (ExchangeWire, RetailTechNews, and TheGamingEconomy), covering the digital advertising, retail technology, and gaming sectors. The stand-out trend of 2018 across all these news sites was the rise of the direct-to-consumer (challenger) brand. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) is the biggest trend in marketing right now. Owning the relationship with customers has become the go-to strategy for next-generation brands, like Dollar Shave Club, Casper, Warby Parker, Monzo, and Airbnb. This has impacted the broader marketing ecosystem, as DTC brands forgo traditional [...]

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The IPA released its latest Bellwether report on 16 January, with headline news that the growth of UK marketing budget flatlined in Q4 2018, amidst heightened business uncertainty, following six years of consecutive growth. Is this being caused by Brexit and a general lack of economic certainty, or is it purely cyclical? Experts share their views on the findings. Media agencies will need to integrate brands’ tech-first approach “Although last quarter saw a slower growth rate for main media advertising, it is [...]

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In this edition of Weekly Focus APAC: Security Fear Drives APAC Retailers Away From Digital; Singapore Online Firms Find Globalisation Tougher Now; Alibaba Puts Genie in BMW Partnership; and Citi Partners with MoneyBack to Offer Retail Conversion Programme in HK. Security Fear Drives APAC Retailers Away From Digital Three out of five retail businesses in Asia-Pacific say concerns about cybersecurity have hindered the progress of their digital transformation initiatives. Their worries might be founded, as a cyberattack could cost an average of USD$18.7m [...]

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If you aren’t bored of 2019 predictions by this point, here are some from Jay Friedman (pictured below), president, Goodway Group, for those on the ground, working within day-to-day campaign planning and operations.  I’ve seen all the big predictions pieces. “CX will be in!” “AI will dominate!” Yeah, yeah. Tell that to the media trader who has 57 ad groups to create for the new Valentine’s Day campaign about to launch. These are boots-on-the-ground predictions. These are predictions that deal with [...]

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In his latest piece, exclusively for ExchangeWire, Dr Augustine Fou, cybersecurity and ad fraud researcher, explains the many reasons that mobile is such a cybersecurity headache that continues to fly under the radar. I woke up in a cold sweat, my mind racing with a litany of unimaginable horrors brought on by today’s mobile technology and apps. Combine that with the collection and abuse of personal information by ad tech, and we have the perfect storm for a privacy and security [...]

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