DataXu, a leading provider of programmatic marketing solutions, and Teads, the inventor of outstream video and the No. 1 video advertising marketplace in the world, announced a partnership declaring DataXu as the first DSP in market certified to purchase Teads Studio video units programmatically. Now, DataXu brand and agency customers have access to new video ad formats […]
Facebook is launching display ads in Messenger globally, after tests in Australia and Thailand back in January. As of July 11, businesses will be able to buy Messenger ads as an additional placement option when buying Facebook ads through the Adverts Manager and Power Editor platforms. Initially, only traffic and conversion objectives will be supported, […]
Performics, the performance Marketing agency of Publicis Media, has extended its partnership with global data services provider, Acxiom. This extended partnership in the UK will see the incorporation of the onboarding capabilities of LiveRamp, which will harness its omnichannel identity resolution offering. Over the past 18 months, Performics’ partnership with Acxiom has allowed client teams […]
With KFC and Huawei both celebrating their 30th anniversary in China in 2017, the brands have decided that collaborating for the commemoration is the way to go—and what better way to do this than produce a limited edition, KFC x Huawei 7 Plus smartphone. The gadget, which launched on 7 July, comes in KFC’s signature […]
Joules, the premium lifestyle brand that sells clothing, footwear and accessories for women, men and children, as well as an expanding range of homewares, toiletries and eyewear collections, have partnered with Yext, the global digital knowledge management provider, to manage the public facts in public domain about the Joules brand across the digital ecosystem. The Yext Knowledge Engine will […]
TUNE, one of the global leader in mobile marketing solutions, announced the release of tunebot, the first chatbot built specifically for the mobile marketing industry. Tunebot, available within the popular team messaging service Slack, is designed to enable TUNE customers to quickly and easily interact with marketing and advertising data such as quickly looking up reports […]
The use of personal assistant apps on smartphones is showing stagnation and even a decrease in certain cases, partly as people start to use standalone home devices such as Amazon’s Echo and Google Home instead of their mobiles to complete everyday internet tasks. Consumer-centric measurement firm Verto Analytics monitored a panel of US adults who […]
“Distracted driving” is what they call it. It’s a treacherous innocuous name – meant to cover anything from taking your eyes off the road to check your baby hasn’t chocked on his pacifier, right down to taking your eyes off the road to scroll down your Facebook feed and check who’s liked your latest profile […]
Benefit Cosmetics is launching a social media campaign to support the relaunch and revamp of its range of concealers, Boi-ing. The campaign, created by socially-led creative agency We Are Social, taps into the theme of concealment by creating a microsite powered by social technology that will help consumers hide social media posts from the past. […]
IAB Europe, the IAB and IHS Markit revealed their global figures for mobile advertising revenue on July 7. The figures show that mobile advertising growth continues to accelerate and increased 60.5% to €63bn ($83bn) in 2016 from €39bn ($52bn) in 2015, driven by a mobile first consumer world and improving marketing technologies. Mobile display continues […]