In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the European region – in this edition: Near raises USD$100m (£80.1m) to fuel expansion; Marin Software releases State of Digital Advertising 2019 report; majority of [...]

On Monday 25 March, news filtered through that McDonald’s is acquiring the Israeli AI company Dynamic Yield, which has now been confirmed by the martech company themselves, with a reported price tag of USD$300m (£228m), making it the fast food [...]

M&C Saatchi Mobile recently announced a change in direction, and a rebrand to M&C Saatchi Performance, reflecting the dramatic shift towards hyperconnectivity. ExchangeWire speaks with James Shepherd, managing partner, Growth, M&C Saatchi Performance, about the launch.  ExchangeWire: Why is M&C Saatchi [...]

The simple relationship between publishers and advertisers has become increasingly complex, with the introduction of sophisticated digital ad buying. The growth of the internet has also caused an ad oversupply that’s left massive amounts of inventory unsold. In this piece, [...]

Following a lively on-stage discussion about the new era in the convergence of ad tech and martech at ATS Singapore in June, ExchangeWire speaks with panelists Yiorgos Hadjiandrea, head of media buying solutions, Southeast Asia, Google; and Jess O’Reilly, regional [...]

Digitalisation, particularly artificial intelligence, is creating an opportunity for a better understanding of the customer and the personalisation of marketing communications. We are moving from one-to-many, to one-to-one communication, creating added value to businesses. Robots have helped free up the [...]

We sent out a mailer a few weeks ago to our GDPR-compliant subscriber list, titled '9 Reasons to Love the Industry. This was to highlight our optimism about the industry and encourage you (dear reader) to attend ATS London this [...]

Mergers and acquisitions within ad tech and martech are firmly in the spotlight at the moment, with some very interesting moves happening across the space. Following the release of their H1 marcoms M&A analysis, James Kesner (pictured below), director of [...]

2018 has been the most eventful year I have seen in this industry, since the great ad-tech panic buy of 2007. A number of factors have contributed to this. Firstly, the growing threat and power of the ‘BAT-FANG’ (China’s Baidu, [...]

China can offer brands, especially in retail, tremendous returns, but enjoying the market's richness in scale and potential will require advertisers to know local nuances and consumer preferences. These, for instance, will include the need to integrate QR codes into [...]