Are you starting to see wintery messages during the last heatwaves of summer? Maybe hearing the echoes of Mariah Carey’s iconic holiday song on the wind? You’re not alone: advertisers are ramping up their holiday and Q4 efforts earlier than...

October 9, 2024

When we think of Q4, our minds often turn immediately to November’s Cyber Five. (Duh, we’re marketers.) But what about Halloween? Spooky season is just a few weeks away, and it’s a great time to go for goals — not...

October 2, 2024

We wanted to ring in the last (and biggest) quarter of the year with an homage to all things holiday. As brands battle it out for your attention and dollars in Q4, ever wondered what makes a shopper go from...

September 25, 2024

“Nobody reads advertising. People read what interests them, and sometimes it’s an ad,” said Howard Gossage, innovator and OG from the Mad Men era of advertising. We all know that brands with a powerful story to tell (and products to...

September 20, 2024

Sure, inflation has had a major impact on consumer behavior, but try telling the 2023 holiday season that — sales last year reached a record $964.4 billion, a 3.8% year-over-year (YoY) growth. And 2024’s holiday season is likely to be even...

August 16, 2024

In performance marketing, metrics matter — but what really moves the needle is who you target. So this month, we wanted to know: which shopper is the one to watch in your marketing operation? Is it the potential new shopper...

August 5, 2024

We get it — we know the pain of hunting endlessly for Olympic Summer Games stats. Especially the ones you need to help prove that point you really, really, (really) want to make.  But we’re here to help. We’ve searched...

July 25, 2024

While the last few Olympics didn’t engage living room spectators like they had in previous years, things are looking up for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. With NBCUniversal (NBCU) predicting larger viewership numbers than those of the 2016 and...

July 25, 2024