• Retail media’s evolution: How retailers are finding a way to break in and stand out

    Jakob Bak, senior vice president, co-founder, Adform Mónica Vázquez, product lead, Adform Last year was monumental for retail media as it established itself as a game-changing force with little sign of slowing down in 2024. Figures from IAB Europe predict retail media spending will surpass traditional linear TV in Europe in under two years, reaching […]

  • Three arrested for alleged retail theft at Walmart

    HAZLE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report that five women were arrested after being accused of retail thefts at a Walmart in Luzerne County. According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers responded to Walmart in Hazle Township for separate retail theft incidents throughout April. On April 9 around 5:30 p.m., troopers say they were []

    • CNBC

    Amazon starts selling smart grocery carts to other retailers

    The company has expanded Dash Carts in Fresh stores and Whole Foods locations as it has recently pulled back on its cashier-less checkout technology.

  • PD: Two women wanted for retail theft at Walmart

    EAST STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say two women are wanted after a retail theft occurred at Walmart in Monroe County. On February 7 the Stroud Area Regional Polic Department was called to Walmart in East Stroudsburg for a report of retail theft. Through further investigation, officers said two women were reported to have []

    • Adweek

    The Top 8 Retail Media Networks for Advertisers In 2024

    It's no secret that Amazon has dominated retail media for most of the past decade. However, there are several grocery and specialty retailer challengers outside of the ecommerce giant's shadow powering growth and speculation into how this ad category will transform the marketing ecosystem. Emarketer estimates global retail media ad spending will hit $54 billion this year, with some counting over 200 retail media networks. To help simplify this burgeoning landscape, ADWEEK compiled a...

  • Out \ Look: Retail and Media Drives 20% OOH Q1 Growth

    The significant uptick in advertiser investment in the medium is evident across classic, transport and digital OOH formats and represents the best start to a year for the sector for some years.

  • Walmart joins other big retailers in scaling back on self-checkout

    Walmart is joining the ranks of retailers rethinking self-checkout, with the industry giant in the process of removing the self-service lanes at a store in Missouri.The return to registers staffed by humans at the Walmart store in Shrewsbury, a suburb of St. Louis, comes a month after Target announced only those buying 10 items or less could use the self-checkout lane at its stores, and Dollar General reduced self-checkout at thousands of its locations. The latter removed the option entirely at...

  • Study examines influence of social media on televised debate viewing

    Anyone who regularly watches news or sports has likely noticed the steady creep of content competing for screen space, whether it be stock market prices, social media posts, game scores or some other graphic display. Previous studies have indicated that high-intensity visuals that employ vibrant displays of information tend to hamper both long- and short-term memory.

  • New NPR CEO's social media posts show progressive views, support for Clinton, Biden

    NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher has gone viral over her old tweets, which show her support for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020, after she attempted to address a senior NPR editor's concerns about the outlet's left-leaning bias.  Maher, who took over as NPR's CEO and president last month, wrote a letter to NPR staffers on Friday after senior editor Uri Berliner called out his own outlet's biased reporting on major news stories, such as Russiagate, Hunter Biden's laptop and the...

  • Media Views: Cardinals broadcaster Chip Caray beams as son is 4th generation to call MLB games

    The fourth generation made the big leagues last week when Chris Caray called his first Athletics game. His schedule aligned with a visit by the Cardinals and dad, Chip.

  • UFC confirm date for pay-per-view card in Manchester after exciting fans with deleted social media post

    The UFC’s return to England finally has an official date. Dana White recently confirmed that MMA’s premier promotion will put on a pay-per-view show in Manchester this July but stopped short of rev