Marketing: OOH

Articles on out of home marketing (both OOH and DOOH)

  1. Retail Ecosystem

Getting to know secondhand buyers 

When Macklemore’s 2012 single Thrift Shop became a hit, it pushed secondhand shopping into the spotlight; but this wasn’t enough to change people’s general views on it. As a 2013 Time article put it, “apparently, flannel zebra jammies only look good in music videos”.  eBay was turning some heads back then, yet many would still […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, and These Are Three Hispanic-Owned Brands You Need to Know

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! September 15 to October 15 is a time to honor the history and contributions of Hispanic cultures to American business. While this is a great time to celebrate the significance, we recommend supporting Latino-owned brands all year long—just as we do with LGBTQ-, POC-, and AAPI-owned businesses. Observation of Hispanic heritage […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

The Simple Way to Drive More Retail Foot Traffic

We’ve all witnessed the pandemic’s devastating effects on retail shopping and the significant downturn in customer foot traffic in-store, but experts now point to a major shift in customer behavior. Recent figures, including the consumer stats we’re always monitoring at TrueSource, show that customers are returning to brick-and-mortar locations — some experts even forecast a record sales […]
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  1. Data & Insights

How First-Party Data Can Transform the Way You Engage Your Customers

Though brick-and-mortar continues to be the dominant channel in retail, consumers are becoming more channel-agnostic in the way they shop. E-commerce has long been a growing avenue for retail with a global market share that is expected to balloon to $5.5 trillion this year, an increase of almost 18% over the last two years; according […]
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  1. Department & Category

TWC announces latest MealTrak results

Wholesale experts TWC, in partnership with food-to-go and out-of-home tracking programme MealTrak, has reported the latest food-to-go market performance to 12 w/e 8 August 2022. Latest results are as follows:   Latest 52 weeks 52 weeks year ago (comparable period) 52 weeks YOY change Latest 12 weeks 12 weeks year ago (comparable period) 12 weeks […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Americans feel more confident in the economy

Consumer sentiment has begun to rebound from a low in June as gas prices continue to drop and inflation moderates. “When gas prices go down at the pump, people immediately feel better,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at accounting giant KPMG. “Inflation is still high, but the fact that gas prices have come off record […]
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  1. Data & Insights

8 Tips to Handle the E-commerce Holiday Rush

Less than 2 months to go for the holiday season to officially kick off — which means as an e-commerce retailer, you have to make use of the little prep time left to get better equipped at handling the holiday rush. Here are some tips categorized via different stages of the customer journey to help […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

August 2022 Earnest Research Spend Index

Earnest Research Spend Index growth was flat YoY in August, as the in-store recovery slowed significantly and online decelerated after several highly publicized summer events such as Amazon Prime Day in July. Gas Stations spending followed Online Marketplaces as the second fastest decelerating subcategory, as falling fuel prices brought down average checkout prices at the […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Customer Behavior in Retail

In an industry known for its intense competition. Personalization of a shopping experience can drive a 40% larger basket (transaction size) according to the Boston Consulting Group. But, how can retailers better understand their customers, particularly in-store, in order to personalize the experience?   From the arrival of the first online retailers, and the eCommerce channel […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

3 Pillars of a Great In-Store Experience

Brick-and-mortar retailers must never lose sight of what the average customer wants. Keeping tabs on shoppers’ most pressing needs is, more than anything else, the recipe for success. Based on Raydiant’s State of Consumer Behavior 2022 report, there are three factors that consumers today most expect from in-store experiences: value, quality products, and convenience. Within […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

If Amazon and Walmart Can Do It, So Can You

Retailing is about maximizing return on the cost of assets — primarily products and service. But one of the biggest line items for retailers — the physical space that houses their business — is usually under-monetized. Amazon and Walmart have realized this and are now monetizing the physical space they occupy — in the digital […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Zapp offers STI and UTI tests rapid delivery service

Rapid delivery firm Zapp has teamed up with digital health specialist Certific to stock STI and UTI tests that give patients a test and treatment plan from their homes, with no waiting times, no appointments and quick results turnaround time.  The tests were made available on Zapp’s mobile app in time for World Sexual Health […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

OOH Solved the Privacy Problem Before the Internet

In order to paint an accurate picture of consumers’ likes, dislikes and shopping history (sometimes even shopping future!), personal data is gold to advertisers. However, every day we hear about social media networks violating individual privacy. Social tracking. Data collection. Breaches. Phishing. Malware. Bot attacks. In 2020, more than 155.8 million individuals were affected by […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

How consumers are living with rising costs

Rising costs are affecting us all around the world. A quick internet search of the word “inflation” reveals multiple news articles about increasing food costs, sky-high fuel, and record breaking flight prices.  Compared to three months ago, 56% of consumers think their current cost of living has increased.  But the impact of inflation isn’t straightforward; […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

DoorDash Promotes Community Focus

Advertising Age has a story about how “the nation’s largest food delivery app, DoorDash, is putting a positive spin on what it does for local communities with a major new campaign called ‘A Neighborhood of Good in Every Order’.” According to the story, the campaign – which will cut across platforms from broadcast TV to […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Sony Music sues Triller over copyright infringement after missing payments

Sony Music filed a lawsuit against TikTok-competitor Triller for copyright infringement, Variety reports. This lawsuit is the latest event following a troubling pattern of alleged missing payments for the app, which plans to go public even though its $5 billion SPAC deal fell through. Last year, the company announced a $14 million program that would […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Looking to Create More In-Store Experiences? Build Up From Your Brand

Providing a great in-store experience for your customers is one of the best ways they can engage with your brand. This could include having an easy-to-navigate store layout, signage for wayfinding, the ability to interact with products, the opportunity to learn from demonstrations or educational events, and technology to help find products and checkout smoothly. […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Apple’s Shazam at 20: Once Seemingly Magic, Now Monetization Machine

Know when you hear a great song and wish you knew the title? That’s why the Shazam app was invented in 2002, but it’s only part of the reason Apple acquired the song recognition tech in 2017 for a reported $400 million. Now, it’s celebrating 20 years of discoverability, creator monetization and adding new features. […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

American Eagle announces initiatives across TikTok, Roblox and Meta Quest 2

American Eagle Outfitters has announced American Eagle (AE) initiatives across Meta Quest 2 and a campaign with TikTok’s SoundOn platform. AE recently launched its fall 2022 Back To School (BTS) campaign featuring Gen Z musicians Blu DeTiger, spill tab, duo Tabakian x Tanisako. It is delivering music experiences in the metaverse, in-store activations, and a […]
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  1. Channel: Restaurants

3 Tips to Improve Restaurant Employee Engagement

The restaurant industry already experiences high levels of turnover, and in 2022, restaurants are seeing 55.4% more turnover than ever. This begs the question: what can restaurants do to improve the employee experience? Beyond reducing turnover, increasing restaurant employee engagement drives sales and improves the customer experience. Technology such as back-of-house digital signage, mobile app […]
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  1. Department & Category

Kind deeds recognised

Healthy snack bar brand Kind has launched its first out of home (OOH) campaign, to encourage kindness among Brits and celebrate the brand’s partnership with refugee support organisation Choose Love. The promotion hopes to inspire communities by highlighting poignant and meaningful acts of unsung kindness from local people.  Kind scoured the nation to find these […]
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  1. Department & Category

Retail Spending’s Anemic Response to Long-Sought Gas Price Decline is Ominous Sign

At first glance, a 25% drop in gas prices should have spurred a bit more of a rebound in consumer spending. And if that wasn’t enough to boost consumer spending and sentiment that leads to sustained spending — the question remains, what will? For the retailers — especially the electronics firms and furniture firms — […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Technological Inventions That Shaped the History of Retail

Brick-and-mortar retail is in a technology boom. While innovations like self-checkout, mobile apps, and digital kiosks were already popping up in stores, the pandemic only accelerated the adoption of new technologies to connect with customers and keep them safe. Despite focusing on face-to-face interactions and physical products, brick-and-mortar retail’s past is filled with technological innovation […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Choice Market’s New Electricity is Electric Vehicles

  Choice Market is looking a customer ahead.  Brand messaging matters and Choice Market is looking for the next generation of C-store shoppers begins by listing the price of electricity and fuel on its outdoor digital signage and that is a good thing according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA base Foodservice Solutions®. […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Amazon and Nielsen close “Thursday Night Football” ratings deal

Amazon and data measurement firm Nielsen have sealed a three-year deal for measuring the ratings of Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” (TNF). Nielsen said that this would be the first time that the firm will include a streaming service and its live streaming program in its National TV measurement service. The firm will begin measuring […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

5 Ways Retailers Can Tackle Wavering Customer Loyalty

New research from PwC has found that three in 10 customers are more likely to try a new brand — and that number is even higher among younger consumers.   But winning (and keeping) customers’ loyalty is no longer confined to programs and points. Results from Retail TouchPoints’ annual Customer Loyalty and Personalization Benchmark Report reaffirm […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Walkers highlights low-cal snacks

Walkers is launching a marketing campaign which shows consumers being pleasantly surprised that its snacks multipacks – Wotsits, Quavers, French Fries, Squares and now Monster Munch – are less than 100 calories per pack. The TV advert will run in conjunction with a multi-channel approach across TV, shopper, digital and OOH, as well as influencer […]
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  1. Channel: Club
  2. Corporate Strategy
  3. Owned Brands (Private Label)

Costco’s top line grows by over $30 billion in fiscal 2022

CFO Richard Galanti says customers not trading down to private label Costco Wholesale has followed up one strong fiscal year with another. The Issaquah, Wash.-based warehouse club chain posted double-digit net and comparable sales growth for its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter and full year, while topping Wall Street’s consensus earnings-per-share forecast for both periods. Related: Costco […]
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  2. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital
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Five retail technology funding rounds you need to know about

RTIH rounds up the retail systems ventures whose funding rounds have been making headlines, including Swiftly, Ryft, Instant Commerce, and 1MRobotics. 1. Ryft Ryft, a PSD2 compliant payments system firm, has raised a seed round, led by SFC Capital. Additional investors include the ex-founder of Shutterstock and the founder of LoveFilm. This brings Ryft’s total […]
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  2. Channel: Mass
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Walmart + To Offer Home Pickup of Returns

Axios reports that “Walmart+ members in some U.S. markets will be able to schedule to have returns picked up from their doorsteps starting the first week in October … ‘Return Pickup from Home’ is scheduled by app.” Walmart says that “members won’t need to provide a box or a label – simply hand off the […]
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