Rakuten International and impact.com announced a strategic alliance to modernise the affiliate and performance marketing ecosystem. The collaboration unites Rakuten Advertising’s global partner relationships, managed services, and performance intelligence; Rakuten Rewards’ Cash Back shopping platform and consumer reach; and impact.com’s leading [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover California filing a price-fixing legal claim against Amazon, Singapore proposing a global standard for generative AI testing, and Apple naming John Ternus as CEO successor to Tim Cook.

In today’s Digest we cover whistleblowers saying Meta and TikTok amplify harmful content in order to keep users’ attention, Amazon rolling out one-hour delivery in US cities, and the UK government launching a local media support initiative.

In today’s Digest we discuss eBay acquiring Depop for USD$1.2bn, Amazon overtaking Walmart in annual revenue, and Scopely agreeing a $1bn deal for a Turkish game developer.

With Lunar New Year approaching next month, we look at the opportunities on the horizon for advertisers, as well as the challenges these bring about...

GeoEdge, the global leader in malvertising protection, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Carty, a next-generation DSP built to power global e-commerce growth. As Carty expands across the programmatic marketplace, integrating GeoEdge’s ad quality and malvertising protection technology ensures [...]

In this week's column, Shirley Marschall looks at the agentic AI 'solve' for shopping, and the danger of losing some of the purchase journey's moments of magic...

As 2026 approaches, we examine what could be in store for retail media. As the sector booms, we asked experts from across the ad tech ecosystem what they expect from the year ahead.  As we progress through Q4, it’s the season [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover publishers taking legal action against Meta over its serving of scam ads as well as the impact of this year’s Black Friday, with record online sales in the US while UK high streets saw slowing [...]

Tech-based health and beauty products will be among the most popular purchases this winter retail season, according to data from Taboola’s marketing-commerce retail platform Connexity. Gadgets such as AI fitness mirrors, LED face masks, and sonic toothbrushes have experienced a huge [...]