Smart Data News
TransUnion Hosts Experts to Celebrate Data Privacy Week
As a global information and insights company, data privacy is central to the work we do at TransUnion. But as technology and the data privacy landscapes continue to evolve, businesses and solutions need to evolve as well.
CES 2024: Four AI Trends on CMOs’ Minds
If there’s one thing about the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) upon which most everyone can agree, it’s that 2024 was the year of artificial intelligence (AI).
Retail Media and CDPs: Leveraging First-Party Data for Targeted Advertisement
Why Retail Media is so important for successful targeted advertisement strategy in a privacy-focused era?
How to leverage data as part of your disruptive, innovative digital transformation strategy
Digital transformation has emerged as a critical strategic imperative for companies around the globe. It's not just a fleeting trend; digital transformation is crucial for staying competitive in an increasingly digitalized world.
TikTok’s automatic product discovery and more
TikTok is continuing its e-commerce transformation, exploring an experimental feature that could potentially turn every video on the platform into a storefront, as reported by Bloomberg.
Flashtalking by Mediaocean Named Winner of G2 2024 Best Software Awards for Marketing & Digital Advertising Products
Mediaocean (www.Mediaocean.com), the mission-critical platform for omnichannel advertising, today announced its Creative Ad Tech, Platform, Flashtalking, has been named a winner in G2’s 2024 Best Software Awards for Marketing & Digital Advertising Products.
EssenceMediacom Launches Data and Analytics Function
GroupM's new data / audience planning agency EssenceMediacom has formed a dedicated data, technology and analytics function to 'deliver business solutions to clients in the post-cookie era'.
Attention students! Career information meets augmented reality
Will flyers and posters soon be a thing of the past? Students can find out about career entry opportunities in new ways: Augmented reality objects are created in the Telekom Career App.
Google rebrands Bard as Gemini, launches Gemini Advanced
Google is upgrading its AI service Bard and rebranding it as Gemini, the name of its family of foundation models.
The cookieless future is here at last. Are you ready?
Four years ago, we were among the first to celebrate Google's decision to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome because we knew they were always an incomplete and unreliable surrogate for real consumers, and we were more than ready for advertisers to stop pursuing scale at the expense of privacy.
Big Game advertising and brand experience
As the largest US sporting event, the Big Game often brings advertising’s hottest trends to the forefront of industry conversations.
Fifty Plus Hires for Insight-based Ad Tech Firm LoopMe
AI-based ad optimisation and measurement firm LoopMe has announced the recruitment of more than fifty new employees, growing its workforce by some 20%. This includes the appointments of Slava Taraskin as VP Business Development, and Adam Parker as VP of Corporate Development & Strategy
Google's Head of Technology Platforms On How First-Party Data & AI Will Transform The Ad Industry — For The Better
Earlier this month, Google Chrome took another step in its plans to phase-out third-party cookies.
Elevating your retail media strategy with a CDP
In recent times, Retail Media has emerged as a prominent and relevant advertising strategy. It’s not just about providing brands with a unique opportunity to engage with their customers meaningfully; it also offers a robust advertising approach built upon first-party data.
The Double-Edged Sword of Generative AI: Mitigating the Risks of Respondent Fraud
The explosion of mainstream access to generative AI tools has led to a lot of discussion as to how AI can be used to assist in market research, such as summarizing themes from large amounts of open-ended responses or identifying high-level trends in survey data (e.g., Kieser, 2023).
Cross-Team Collaboration: How to Drive a Unified Customer Experience
In the modern world, convenience is a priority. Customers want seamless journeys where brands offer the right information in the right place at the right time, and anything that introduces friction into the mix can prove fatal to the customer journey.
Why the convergence of AI, privacy and cookie deprecation in 2024 will bring stability to the marketing industry
While the marketing landscape has been in a state of upheaval for years now, in 2024, there will be a collision of multiple long-watched industry trends — particularly when it comes to the move to a cookieless ecosystem, new industry applications of artificial intelligence and the transition to a privacy-first reality.
Circana Launches 'Engage' Retailer Data Solution
Consumer behavioral data firm Circana has launched Liquid Data Engage, which allows retailers to manage market performance, category management, loyalty, supply chain, and retail media data assets in one solution, and identify opportunities for growth.
Global Roll-Out for YouTube Measurement in Nielsen ONE
Nielsen is expanding its Connected TV (CTV) measurement of YouTube ads into eleven additional global markets, including Germany, India, Japan and the UK.
Harnessing behavioral data for outcomes lift
Measuring the effectiveness of ad campaigns is an art and a science. Gone are the days of relying solely on impressions and click-through rates to gauge success.