What’s behind the hype about Customer Data Platforms?

The global market for customer data platforms is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years. The CDP Institute pegged industry revenue for 2019 at $1 billion and it expects the sector to reach at least $1.3 billion in 2020. Meanwhile, ResearchandMarkets predicts the industry will grow from $2. billion in 2020 to $10.3…

Google Ads to prohibit spyware, surveillance products and services

Google is updating its policies to prohibit spyware and surveillance tech products in Google Ads campaigns. including Shopping. What’s changing? Starting August 11, Google’s “Products that enable dishonest behavior” policy will be updated. This is the policy that already covers products and services designed to mislead people such as fake documents, student essays and invalid…

When will we return to in-person events? Answer our survey

Sure, virtual events are all the rage, but the prevailing sentiment about in-person conferences, trade shows and networking events too risky to carry out during the COVID-19 pandemic is that one day they will return. But when, exactly, is the question? We have been tracking these attitudes through our Event Participation Index, a short recurring…

What does commitment to diversity look like in an organization?

[embedded content] In this clip, speakers discuss commitment, communication and plans of action to “It’s really important that [executives] acknowledge that this is important to the company as a while and [convey] what our action plan is,” said Jackie Leung, director of talent acquisition at digital marketing agency Wpromote, in discussing what commitment to diversity,…

Cooler Screens is trying to solve digital advertising’s ‘last-mile’ problem

The future of retail shopping involves the tighter integration of digital and in-store experiences. Online distribution of local product inventory is one example, buy-online-pick-up-in-store (“BOPIS”) is another, Amazon Go’s cashier-free checkout is a third. Inventory and ads. One of the more interesting examples of bringing digital experiences into physical stores comes from Chicago-based Cooler Screens,…