Taboola buys Connexity: The merger will help Taboola's publisher clients tap into ecommerce dollars while also helping Connexity's retail clients diversify away from Amazon.

Increased regulation, consumer awareness and media frenzy have led to a perception that data may in fact be bad for us. Consider some consumers who are concerned that voice-controlled assistant technologies listen to their every word. Acxiom CMO Jed Mole explains the realities of data today and the benefits of finding balance.

Brand trust is no longer just about the quality and functionality of products; brands now have an obligation to prove that they are gathering customer data wisely. Acxiom shares four ways for marketers to build data trust.

In a recent Acxiom survey across eight industries, 91% of businesses agreed that partners are imperative to getting the most out of first-, second- and third-party data. But more than half also admit that combining this data for more relevant marketing is difficult.

Consumers are spending more and more time on their smartphones—which has quickly turned mobile into one of the most important channels for marketers. But, according to a new research, less than half of marketers are confident in their ability to measure granular mobile ad metrics.

Retailers can expect to see some new shifts in 2020, like the impact of politics on the retail holiday cycle and whether or not eco-friendly shipping options are striking a chord with consumers. RetailMeNot shares insight on these trends and more from their recent survey of senior retail marketers and consumers.

eMarketer principal analyst Victoria Petrock recently shared her insights and takeaways from CES 2020.

Jayne Pimentel, senior director of growth marketing for DraftKings spoke with eMarketer on her insights and predictions for this year and her takeaways from CES 2020.

Rob Pegoraro, a Washington, DC-based freelance tech journalist who writes for USA Today, Fast Company and Yahoo Finance spoke with eMarketer on his insights and predictions for this year and his takeaways from CES 2020.

Adobe senior strategic development manager Chris Duffey spoke with eMarketer on his insights and predictions for this year about CES 2020.

The conversational UI market is seeing massive year-over-year adoption and usage rate increases. Companies believe virtual assistants can and will be able to solve problems across the customer experience, but they just aren’t there yet. Rightpoint shares three planning steps for success.

Among the 250 retailers Sailthru evaluated in its Retail Personalization Index, 51% have messaging preference centers, but most offer just two options: all or nothing. Just 35% go more granular, allowing consumers to select their preferred messaging frequency and type.

Email marketing is still the marketing channel with the highest ROI, especially when it’s personalized. So, it should be no surprise that triggered messages, sent in response to specific consumer behaviors, account for 77% of email ROI, according to the Data & Marketing Association.

Increasing digital expectations from customers or partners is the top external business threat for 84% of respondents in Episerver’s digital experience survey of 700 decision-makers in enterprise B2B organizations.

More than two-thirds of shoppers (68%) surveyed in RetailMeNot’s annual Holiday Insights guide said this year’s compressed holiday shopping season will change the way they shop. About one-third (34%) said they will start looking for deals earlier than they did last year, and 28% plan to start buying gifts sooner than they did in 2018.

There are a number of future use cases for AI and how it can augment and improve a number of segmentation and personalization practices as it relates to location data. HERE Technologies shares how that can be applied and layered on with other ad tech partners and more.

The holiday season presents an enormous revenue opportunity for retail brands. Sailthru found that 58% of retail marketers expect between 21% to 50% of annual revenues to be generated from holiday shopping.

Some influencers accept free products as payment for endorsements, others charge thousands of dollars for a single post. While the compensation scale varies by following and content type, some marketers are concerned that teaming up with social media influencers is getting expensive.

About 85% of consumer transactions happen inside of a retail location, but most conversational commerce companies only focus on 15% of transactions that happen online. Inmar shares why marketers don’t need to limit chatbots and other one-to-one tools to just ecommerce transactions.

The food retailing industry seems to be constantly bracing for the next move by Amazon. Inmar’s senior vice president Jim Hertel offers three key strategies that food and grocery retailers should commit to in order to thrive rather than just survive.