With every industry anxious for how AI will impact the job market, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said one of the retailer’s largest investments in the past three years was in labor. This investment in labor includes more associates, more in-home advisors who help customers inside their homes and more vendor expertise, Barry said on […]
Chief Marketer Network was on the ground interviewing tech innovators at CES 2026 in Las Vegas on June 6-8. In the clip below, Content Director Kaylee Hultgren chats with Ulta Beauty CMO Kelly Mahoney about the marketing technology she’s paying attention to at the show, the company’s massive rewards program, leveraging data for personalized customer […]
Oura is accelerating its investments in Target’s Retail Media Network and reported a successful holiday season with the mass merchant, Jeremiah Linder, Vice President of Retail at Oura, told attendees at CES 2026 in Las Vegas this week. Oura is a wearable health device that has sold millions of its ring product, which tracks metrics […]
Chief Marketer Network was on the ground interviewing tech innovators at CES 2026 in Las Vegas this week. In the clip below, Content Director Kaylee Hultgren chats with Emily Ketchen, SVP & CMO of Intelligent Devices Group & International Markets at Lenovo. Ketchen dishes on the brand’s massive presence at the show this year, its […]
What you should learn from this new product release about the future of Retail Media Networks PayPal just announced the launch of PayPal’s Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement program, providing merchants & advertisers with a unique, cross-merchant view into real shopper behavior, campaign effectiveness, and data-driven recommendations to grow their business. In the official press […]
The credit building industry is hot right now. Pick any fintech conference and you’ll find half a dozen new products promising to help consumers build credit faster, easier, and with less risk than ever before. But here’s the uncomfortable question everyone’s dancing around: are these products actually teaching people how to use credit, or are […]
In this episode, Charlie Hills is joined by Jakub and John from the Global and UK Shell Go+ teams. Jakub serves as the Europe and North America Loyalty and CRM Lead at Shell, where he has been driving customer engagement and commercial value since 2021. Before joining Shell, he led the end-to-end design and launch of the Footlocker Membership program in Europe. Jakub is a strong […]
Retail media networks (RMNs) have evolved from experimental digital ad platforms into strategic growth engines for retailers and brands alike. As advertising budgets shift toward commerce-anchored channels, the stakes around measurement, shopper experience, and data leverage have never been higher. This brief synthesizes coverage from The Wise Marketer across key RMN trends and places the […]
New solution gives brands a cross-platform view of actual purchase behavior, not just clicks and impressions from one retailer. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 6, 2026 — /PRNewswire/ — PayPal today announced the launch of PayPal’s Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement program, providing merchants & advertisers with a unique, cross-merchant view into real shopper behavior, […]
CORA Loyalty guides financial institutions to move beyond product rewards to enterprise-level relationship loyalty WARMINSTER, PENNSYLVANIA – JANUARY 8, 2026 — (BUSINESS WIRE)–CORA Loyalty, the loyalty portfolio arm of CORA Group (“CORA”), advises financial institutions to move beyond product-based rewards and adopt enterprise loyalty strategies that recognize and reward the full banking relationship in 2026. Rewards are getting more […]