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Valentino Lets Shoppers Try On Clothing in Augmented Reality

Adweek

Luxury fashion brand Valentino is allowing shoppers to try on clothes in augmented reality thanks to a pilot launched with AR technology company Wanna (owned by Farfetch). Using the Wanna Wear mobile application, shoppers can virtually try on upper-wear pieces from Valentino's Urban Flows Fall 2023 collection in augmented reality. They can also try on.

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Criteo Rolls Out An SSP Just For Commerce Media

AdExchanger

Criteo wants to be an advertiser’s one-stop shop for, well, shopping. On Tuesday, Criteo released a supply-side platform out of beta called Commerce Grid specifically for buyers and sellers of The post Criteo Rolls Out An SSP Just For Commerce Media appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Avoiding Diversity Theater: How Brands Can Celebrate Juneteenth Without the Cringe

Adweek

Most brands didn't know about Juneteenth until a few years ago, but their Black consumers and employees definitely did. That's why it's important that brands celebrate the moment without it feeling like diversity theater. In order to do that, marketers must understand why this holiday occupies a special place in our culture. Juneteenth first came.

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Programmatic’s ad targeting and optimization comes to digital out-of-home

Martech

The audience targeting and segmentation of programmatic advertising are now available for out-of-home advertising. Beeyond Media, a programmatic digital out-of-home (pDOOH) demand-side platform (DSP), has launched a new segmentation tool, Beeyond TrueReach. It lets brands pick from over 900 criteria — like behaviors, locations and demographics — to create audience segments.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Gen Z Looks For LGBTQ+ Brand Allies to Stand Tall, Not Buckle Under Pressure

Adweek

Each February since 2017, the National Hockey League has touted its "Hockey Is for Everyone" month, focusing on DEI initiatives. Anheuser-Busch InBev has claimed in its corporate diversity, equity and inclusion statement that "a future with more cheers is one where everyone belongs." And Target touts on its website, "Being true to yourself and your.

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Airheads puts TikTok trend to the test with muscle-fueled Shake Factory

Marketing Dive

A viral post claiming that the candy is intended to be shaken into a new shape inspired the brand to team with bodybuilders to streamline the process.

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Pega: AI will power the autonomous enterprise

Martech

“It’s clear to us that we are in a revolutionary moment,” said POega founder and CEO Alan Trefler at the PegaWorld conference in Las Vegas this week. “The emergence of AI in new ways is compolementing our traditional view of AI and creating enormous opportunitie and risks.” So far, so familiar; similar announcements have been made at numerous marketing technology conferences this season.

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The Social Element’s Tamara Littleton Pioneered Remote Work Before It Was Cool

Adweek

In 2002, Tamara Littleton founded her agency, Emoderation, to help brands create communities online. That was before the era of MySpace, when the most popular social media platform was Friendster. "It was the dot-com boom days," Littleton recalled. "I was working in content and communities, and I had a vision about that. I felt very.

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Roku Rolls Out New Ad Formats To Reach Ad-Free Viewers

AdExchanger

Roku announced two new interactive ad formats to help brands get in front of both ad-free viewers in addition to people streaming with ads. The post Roku Rolls Out New Ad Formats To Reach Ad-Free Viewers appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Beyond Attention Metrics: Why We Need a Consumer-First Media Ecosystem

Adweek

For advertisers, attention is emerging as the new standard for evaluating ad effectiveness. But with the average person spending seven hours online every day--browsing, chatting, watching or working across multiple devices--and seeing anywhere between 4,000 and 10,000 ads in that time, standing out in an era of distraction is no easy feat. Pre-dating the internet.

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

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The Brandtech Group Snatches Up Generative AI Ad Platform

AdExchanger

Martech holding company The Brandtech Group acquired Pencil, a generative AI platform for ads, on Thursday. The post The Brandtech Group Snatches Up Generative AI Ad Platform appeared first on AdExchanger.

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‘Cannesxiety’ Is Real and Plenty of Nominees Have It

Adweek

Cannes Lions has a lot going for it. The azure south of France location, the free-flowing ros?, the glitz and glamor, the yachts, the open access to the best and brightest in the industry and, of course, the awards. But some people head to Cannes with dread in their heart and anxiety in their brains.

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The A.R.E. skills matter more than ever

Seth Godin

Perhaps this is what your team needs from you: Agreeableness is not the same as agreeing. In fact, they have little in common. Finding someone who’s only job is to agree with everything that is said is easy. On the other hand, agreeableness is the skill of having a contrary position and being pleasant about it. It’s the hard work of bringing professional work to people who expected something else–and have them still be pleased about the changes.

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All Bets Are Off: The Guardian Bans Gambling Advertising

Adweek

The Guardian and its U.S. outpost, The Guardian U.S., will no longer feature gambling advertising across any of its advertising touchpoints beginning June 15, according to senior vice president of advertising Luis Romero. While the move aims to create a more healthy atmosphere for sports fans, the policy could bolster the appeal of The Guardian.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Pinterest doubles down on vertical video for seasonal ad strategy

Marketing Dive

A tie-up with Westbrook Media will offer marketers co-branded video content inclusive of popular creators during the Halloween and winter seasons.

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What’s the Carbon Footprint of Going to the Cannes Lions Festival?

Adweek

As marketers from around the world pack their bags to head to the C?te d'Azur, we wondered: What's the carbon footprint of sending a team to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity? The answer to that question is, of course, extremely complicated. It also varies greatly depending on the choices that delegates and attendees.

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Hoka’s new high-flying ads look to build on $1B sales momentum

Marketing Dive

Made with Anomaly, the sportswear shoe brand’s largest global campaign to date plays on a bird-flocking behavior called murmuration.

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Let’s Talk About Brand Podcast: Branding and Culture with Dr. Marcus Collins

Adweek

Do you know what Beyonce and Patagonia have in common? They all have brands that have shaped the culture that surrounds them. Today's guest is Dr. Marcus Collins. He studies cultural contagion and meaning-making to help bridge the academic-practitioner gap for marketers who aim to put ideas in the world that inspire people to take.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Comic: Bot Yacht

AdExchanger

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem… The post Comic: Bot Yacht appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Grab a Tissue to Watch This Heart-Tugging Ad For Paper Products

Adweek

The first blush of infatuation in middle school, the devastating impact of a nasty fight between partners, the sweetness of a decades-long love--these and other emotional slices of life are gathered into a cinematic ad that has what, exactly, to do with facial tissue and toilet paper? Everything, as it turns out. Canadian conglomerate Kruger.

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DAM metadata: Why less is more

Martech

A digital asset management (DAM) platform isn’t meant to be a lock box or a black hole where assets go in but never come out. Your DAM creates value and efficiency by allowing you to locate existing assets for reuse easily. It helps you manage usage rights and restrictions to avoid regulatory and legal issues when reusing assets. The keystone of that process is metadata.

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Infographic: When Brands Speak Out, Many Consumers Are Skeptical

Adweek

In recent weeks, Target and Bud Light have faced significant backlash for marketing or merchandise that supports LGBTQ+ individuals. After backpedaling on their positions--Bud Light put two marketing executives on leave; Target stopped selling certain LGBTQ+ items--the brands upset a whole other segment of the population, who called them out for shallow advocacy.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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The Big Story: The AI Gold Rush

AdExchanger

Everyone is infusing their tech with generative AI, from startups to Salesforce to Google. Understand the throughlines of these product updates. Plus, the challenge of finding publisher playmates in the The post The Big Story: The AI Gold Rush appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Coca-Cola Embarks on the Great American Road Trip, Finding a Surprising Commonality Among Regions

Adweek

What qualifies as the "best" is subjective, so it is little surprise that countless restaurants across the globe can lay claim to that title. While there is no clear victor in the contest for best restaurant, there is a commonality among the competitors: the need for a refreshing beverage to complement a meal. Coca-Cola embarked.

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Nielsen seeks to improve data delivery with new Media Data Room

Marketing Dive

The cloud-based platform will allow for large data sets to be shared in a privacy-forward way as the measurement company vies for an edge.

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Worried About Backlash Over LGBTQ+ Marketing? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be

Adweek

Eric Yaverbaum can still remember the pale look on his client's face. It was 1994, and Yaverbaum was handling public relations for Ikea. The Swedish home-furnishings giant had expanded to the United States a decade earlier. Feeling confident it had a good read on the American public, the company decided to roll out an ad.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Walmart’s ad biz finds early success with video partners like Roku

Marketing Dive

Tests with Roku, TikTok and TalkShopLive delivered performance rates above benchmarks as the Walmart Connect Partner Lab welcomes NBCU.

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Greenpeace’s Star-Studded Fleetwood Mac Cover Is a Rallying Cry for Young Climate Activists

Adweek

Greenpeace has commissioned a cover of Fleetwood Mac's hit song "Don't Stop" as an anthem to galvanize a new generation of climate activists. The campaign, developed by agency Mother London, reimagines a classic for a younger audience. The new "Don't Stop" is a fable about being young in a world facing climate change and a.

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Should I run AdX only, Header bidding only or both?

Monetize More

Header bidding has emerged as a game-changer in the digital advertising industry, revolutionizing the way publishers maximize their revenue and advertisers access premium inventory. However, with the multitude of header bidding solutions available, publishers often face a crucial decision: Should they opt for ADX (Ad Exchange), header bidding, or is it better to employ a combination of header bidding solutions?

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EIBWC Podcast: Reaching Gen Z and Gen Alpha

Adweek

Leading a successful business transformation is an art. In today's episode of Everything Is Better With Creators, we're speaking with Kristin Patrick, evp and chief marketing Officer of Claire's, about how she took the company from ear piercing to world domination. What Kristen Patrick has achieved is truly a masterpiece. She credits the team's success.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.