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TikTok now offers gen AI digital avatars and translation dubbing.

TikTok Debuts Gen AI Tool to Create Digital Avatars, Forms AI Advisory Board

TikTok has unveiled two new generative AI tools that will help creators and brands make influencer content at scale that include digital avatars and AI-enabled translation dubbing. The social platform…

News June 17

Instacart Expands Retail Media Partnership with Google to Enable Shoppable Ads on YouTube

Instacart has made advertisements on YouTube shoppable for CPG companies, leveraging its first-party data about consumers to identify and reach high-intent shoppers and receive closed-loop measurement on their campaigns. Consumers…

News June 17

Beyond Restructures Leadership, Again, as Lemonis Takes More Active Role

Beyond has reconfigured its C-suite, including recognition of an “increasingly active” role for Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis. The company, which owns the Overstock, Bed Bath & Beyond and Zulily brands,…

News June 17
Logo for new Phoenix Retail joint venture between WHP, Simon, Brookfield and Centennial.

WHP, Simon, Brookfield Unite Under Phoenix Retail Banner to Acquire Express

The new joint venture between brand management firm WHP Global and mall owners Simon Property Group, Brookfield Properties and Centennial Real Estate — formed for the purpose of buying beleaguered mall brand Express,…

News June 17
The Albertsons app recently won a People's Choice award at the Webbys.

How Albertsons’ Digital Tools Help Relieve the ‘Cognitive Load’ of Food Shopping and Prep

People think about food an average of 226 times a day, according to research by Albertsons. Even accounting for food’s essential nature, that’s a lot of thoughts — but when…

Features June 17

Retailers: Why You Should Have FOMO About Card Linked Offers

Technology has permeated every aspect of customer loyalty, providing brand marketers with more tools to engage customers. Today, marketing programs are more comprehensive and measurable than ever, inclusive of apps,…

Executive Viewpoints June 17

How Stellar Branding Helps Studs Dazzle

Featuring: Anna Harman, Co-founder & CEO, Studs When Anna Harman wanted to get a new ear piercing, she only had two viable options: an upscale boutique that would charge her…

Podcasts June 17

Supreme Court Sides with Starbucks, Saying NLRB Overstepped its Authority

The recently decided Starbucks v. McKinney case, which tested the National Labor Relations Board’s authority to demand that workers fired for union organizing be reinstated, went in the retailer’s favor…

News June 14
The new Pot + Pan culinary cannabis store in Portland.

Cannabis Brand Pot + Pan Bakes Up First Store in Portland

Cannabis edibles brand Pot + Pan will open its first retail store in Portland, Maine on June 15, 2024, in the Woodfords Corner neighborhood. The Pot + Pan Kitchen will…

News June 14
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