The cosmetics and beauty sector was the fastest-growing US retail category in 2023. Unlike other industry verticals, this sector has remained steadfast, with the term “affordable luxury” being  the beauty biz’s latest buzzword. “Consumers are continuing to spend on beauty...

May 3, 2024

After dipping slightly from 2021 to 2022, U.S. consumer spend on Father’s Day was expected to increase by more than $2 billion in 2023. This made last year’s Father’s Day the biggest to date, as people spent a total of...

May 3, 2024

These days (unsurprisingly), young audiences are all about Connected TV. Magna and Samsung recently did a deep dive into the ad preferences of younger TV viewers and found that  60% of Gen Z and 56% of Millennials think CTV ads...

April 4, 2024

Flowers, gift cards, jewelry, and the like have long reigned supreme when it comes to Mother’s Day gift giving. But as time goes on and the holiday evolves, consumers have found new ways to show their moms appreciation. According to...

April 2, 2024

According to new data from Advertiser Perceptions, advertisers are expected to throw fistfuls of cash at Connected TV (CTV) this year. The report found that this year we can expect CTV ad spend to increase by 16.2% to a whopping...

March 29, 2024

For most brands, the winter holidays are key to increasing business, but there’s a lesser-known seasonal event gaining momentum with advertisers and consumers alike: Spring Black Friday (SBF). Unlike its predecessor, SBF isn’t just one day. Instead, it encompasses all the...

March 28, 2024

2024 Will Be a Standout Year For Digital Advertising Nearly 264 million people in the U.S. viewed digital video content in 2023 — that’s a staggering 77% of the population. And in 2024, that number is expected to rise by...

February 23, 2024

Performance marketing is a fast-growing strategy for CTV advertisers. To illustrate this, we measured how performance marketers fared during the most important time of the year: Q4. We tracked the industry trends and analyzed our own first-party MNTN Performance TV...

January 26, 2024