Alibaba Rings Up $30.8 Billion on Singles Day 2018
The world's biggest shopping day lived up to the hype as e-commerce platform Alibaba set another retail record, selling $30.8 billion in gross merchandise volume -- including $1 billion in the first...
View ArticleEditor’s Letter: Modern Sales Takes a Community-Oriented Approach
In the year that we've co-created the Digital Transformation Playbook with Accenture Interactive, we've touched on a wide host of topics and themes that are shaping the modern--and future--art and...
View ArticleInfographic: Digital Transformation Is Critical for B-to-B Companies. Here’s...
B-to-b buyers are increasingly using digital channels and want relevant, personalized web experiences. But those experiences are falling short for many buyers, as b-to-b sellers, while not yet as...
View Article5 Integral Components of a New-Wave B-to-B Marketing Strategy
Most business-to-business organizations have barely reached the starting gate of their digital transformation, much less the finish line, and getting there won't happen overnight. A recent survey by...
View ArticleMedia Companies Need to Partner With Brands If They Want to Survive in the...
Lava crackling down the slopes of Kilauea. The whispering walls of Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur. A strangely beautiful ultrasonic conversation between rats in downtown Manhattan. When The New York Times...
View ArticleThese 16 L.A. Brand Stars Are Doing Show-Stopping Work in the City of Angels
Sex Dust and Naked Juice have nothing to do with the San Fernando Valley's once-thriving porn industry. As a matter of fact, those two products, from Moon Juice and PepsiCo, are part of the...
View ArticleWhy Culver City Is Finally Having Its Moment in the L.A. Creative Scene
If recent developments are any indication, it's Culver City's time in the Southern California sun. While many agencies and creative companies have called the area home for years, the buzz around it is...
View ArticleHow Busy Philipps Spun Her Intimate, Wildly Popular Instagram Stories Into...
By 11 a.m. in Los Angeles, Busy Philipps has seen her daughters off to school, hauled herself to a LEKfit dance workout, met with her team on the set of her new E! talk show and worried about how her...
View ArticleWatch Wiz Khalifa, Leslie Jones and Jonah Hill Experience Virtual Reality in...
Oculus has a new star-studded 60-second spot that aims to highlight how virtual reality entertainment--not just gaming--could be appealing to the masses. Just in time for the holiday shopping season,...
View ArticleSnap VP of Content Nick Bell Will Leave by Year-End
Snap Inc. vice president of content Nick Bell became the latest high-profile executive to head for the exit door. Bell--who led the messaging application's Discover section and its foray into original...
View Article3 Ad-Tech Stories You Need to Know This Week
Three of the few remaining, publicly-traded ad-tech companies filed their latest financial results last week with revenues impressing Wall Street in a sign of green shoots of recovery in the sector....
View ArticleInside Cable’s Retreat From Scripted Series
Earlier this decade, several cable networks determined that the key to their future was to follow the lead of AMC and FX: reinvent themselves as a home for premium scripted series, and ride the wave of...
View Article5 Tips for Media Companies Looking to Survive in the Age of Digital Disruption
It's hard to be a media company in an age of digital disruption. Here are some survival tips. Adopt a digital mind-set The move-fast-and-break-things ethos of Silicon Valley hasn't quite made its way...
View ArticleInfographic: Most Consumers Don’t Even Notice Store Closures
As online shopping skyrockets, brick-and-mortar stores continue to close. And most consumers don't even notice, according to new research from Sailthru. While nearly 40 percent of consumers didn't...
View ArticleWhy the Sharing Economy Has Come to Apparel
Consumers live in a world where they can rent someone else's apartment for a weekend, or furniture, or luxury handbags or even a bridesmaid--and now, shoppers can add clothing from their favorite mass...
View ArticleQ&A: Bloomberg Media’s Global CRO Discusses the Modern Sales Team
Keith Grossman loves his job, as he views it as a giant puzzle, with interconnecting pieces to form a bigger picture. As the global chief revenue officer of Bloomberg Media, Grossman oversees about 250...
View ArticleTimeline: Busy Philipps Is an Overnight Success 20 Years in the Making
From playing Kim Kelly, everyone's favorite Freak, to a stint as an ER intern, an award-winning turn in Cougar Town and a tasty soup endorsement, Busy Philipps has paid her dues and then some. Here's a...
View ArticleHow the Rise of D-to-C Brands Is Helping Digital Ad Spend Defy Gravity
Despite concerns over inventory quality and questions over trading practices, advertisers spent a record amount on digital media in the first half of 2018, with the rise of direct-to-consumer (d-to-c)...
View ArticleFacebook and Macy’s Holiday Partnership Is a Testing Ground for Both Brands
Sometimes opposites attract and in the case of Macy's and Facebook, that tension is all part of the allure. The social media giant is partnering with the retailer to bring 100 small ecommerce...
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