Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, has appointed Merkle, dentsu’s leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company, to support the end-to-end customer engagement transformation of its pensions and savings business. Merkle’s appointment to handle the data and technology transformation brief [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Disney shutters its metaverse unit; the AOP takes a stand against "unscrupulous" tech vendors' use of publisher data; and Gopuff relies on rivals firms to help with deliveries. Disney closes metaverse unit Walt Disney Co. has shuttered [...]

In this exclusive byline, Julie Jeancolas, Global Head of Product, Strategy & Partnerships - Retail Media & Personalisation at dunnhumby outlines how retailers can make the most of the rapidly growing retail media opportunity. How fast things change. As recently as [...]

As OOH advertising has shifted towards digitisation in-line with technological advancements, the channel has shown increasing influence over online activity. Research from Nielsen claims that OOH advertising is “the most effective offline medium in driving online activity” and can deliver [...]

Blis is the audience-first platform that doesn't rely on personal data. Blis Audience Explorer is now even more robust, thanks to the anonymised and aggregated data and cutting-edge algorithms from Vodafone. As part of the partnership, Vodafone can assist Blis [...]

The CEO and founder, Maciej Zawadziński is moving to an advisory position while current COO Piotr Korzeniowski is taking over the company's reins. With the change in management, the company will introduce a revamped product strategy that pushes Piwik PRO [...]

IAB Europe confirmed today (March 15th, 2023) that the APD has voluntarily suspended the six-month implementation period of IAB Europe’s action plan. IAB Europe’s action plan was unexpectedly validated by the APD on January 11th, 2023, with a six-month deadline for [...]

This week: Washington backs bill to ban TikTok, Dentsu strikes deal to buy Tag...  This week witnessed a major blow for TikTok, with the The White House endorsing a bill allowing US authorities to ban the video-sharing app. In a bid [...]

On today's MadTech Sketch, Ciaran O'Kane maps out the concept of the No Data Zone, or NDZ, and what it means for the ad tech ecosystem. Ad tech will have you believe that programmatic is putting the right message in front [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: TikTok announces "Project Clover" in response to data privacy concerns in Europe; AI firms in China turn to third parties and cloud software to workaround US chip restrictions; and crypto bank Silvergate announces its closure. TikTok [...]