Digitas’ Chelsea Monaco: Retail Media Networks Face Programmatic-Style Consolidation

LAS VEGAS — The retail media network explosion mirrors the programmatic advertising boom 15 years ago in a lot of ways to Digitas North America’s’ Chelsea Monaco. As the convergence of shopping, advertising, and media becomes more solidified, the wide retail media could look a lot smaller in the near-future.  “If you look at what […]

 
 

Epsilon’s Adam Skinner: Connected Identity Prevents Post-Purchase Ad Bombardment

LAS VEGAS — The “too-late target” is a perennial problem of the programmatic age. And it’s particularly cringeworthy when an ad tech professional experiences a targeted ad after they have already purchased the item they’re subsequently seeing on their digital screen.  “If I go into an electronic store to buy a new laptop or a […]

 
 

Epsilon’s Heather Campain: Identity Resolution Transforms Transactional Relationships Into Personal Connections

LAS VEGAS — After years of ad industry striving, the convergence of identity resolution with artificial intelligence tools is finally delivering on the practical promise of brands crafting truly personalized, real-time marketing at scale.  “Missing pieces, like the identity layer and AI, are coming together in ways that enable both the scale and the speed […]

 
 

TestPilot’s Allan Peretz: AI-Simulated Brand Research Drive Real Insights

LAS VEGAS — Brand research can be so expensive and time consuming, even the biggest marketers limit themselves to a handful of these interactions a year. As a result, the informed decisions about marketing and advertising based on real-world contact with their consumers are also limited.  Enter TestPilot, which claims to help brands host exponentially […]