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AOL Patch Wobbles | Brands' Social Currency | Campaign Seeks Torturers | Regulators Target Facebook | Groupon Payout Lawsuit

Agency News: JWT Appoints a Pair of Chief Creative Officers in New York Business Strategies: For AOL, a Costly Gamble On Local News Draws Trouble Taco Bell, BK and Others   [...]

Top News: E-Tail Spending Skyrockets | Google Defense | "Do Not Track" Looms | AOL Keeping Publications

Ad Technology: Exponential Interactive Launches Appsnack, Global Mobile Advertising Solution For Brand Advertisers Business Strategies: Creating True Accountability for the Customer Experience Campaig  [...]

Saks' Online Makeover

Saks Fifth Avenue has revamped its online presence, via collaboration with Acquity Group. The new online offering, Saks Direct, comes with several improvements to the online retail experience, including: The deployment of an interactive merchandising tool, a proprietary application licensed and customized for Saks Direct, which has led to a 30% reduction in product setu  [...]

With Tablet En Route, Amazon, Hearst Partner on Content

With an eye on the tablet market, Amazon has inked an marketing, e-commerce and content relationship agreement with Hearst in which Amazon will become Hearst's single-largest third-party seller of print subscriptions for its magazines via digital channels. An Uphill Climb for Amazon Amazon’s forthcoming tablet has repeatedly been identifie  [...]

Zynga to Launch Adventure World. Relevant Brands Take Note

Just as Best Buy is wrapping up a campaign it launched on Zynga's CityVille, the game-maker is prepping a new virtual game - and presumably, new virtual promotion opportunities for relevant brands. Called Adventure World, the game will be on Facebook and the Zynga website. It sets the player on a quest, which can be made easier by buying virtual equipment along the way. (via   [...]

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Spanish Social Media Can Serve as a Substitute to a Full Blown Translated Retail Site

Nissan Americas is launching a Spanish-language Facebook page, offering Spanish-language information on Nissan's vehicles. The reason, according to Erich Marx, Nissan's director of interactive marketing, is obvious: "Research shows that Latino  [...]

The Many Variations of Bloggers' Relationships to Brands

US fashion brand Forever 21 has signed on fashion blogger Bip Ling to represent it as it prepares to open its second store in the UK - a flagship establishment on Oxford Street. There is little doubt about Ling’s relationship with Forever 21: she stars in the chain's latest ad campaign for its high summer and autumn collections. As Forever 21 senior marketing manager Linda Chiang   [...]

Closing Bell: Hulu to hit 1M paying customers | Amazon's Wag.com | More spear-phishing

Social Media: Google under the blog-o-scope. Hulu hurtling toward 1 million paying subscriber milestone. Ecommerce: Amazon   [...]

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Luxury Brands' Love/Hate Relationship with Digital Media

Recently luxury brand Boucheron deployed augmented reality on its website to let customers virtually try on glasses, rings, and watches both online and in-store. The 153-year-old jeweler’s result? It increased its web traffic by 50%, according to the High Low blog. Watchmaker Tissot is another luxury brand that   [...]

Will iPhone 4 Usher in New M-Commerce Era?

Judging from the lines - not to mention Apple's and AT&T's back end processes getting stampeded by the preorder crush - the iPhone 4 is not only here but it is wildly popular. One group watching the frenzy for the devices are retailers. The iPhone 4 comes equipped with features - longer battery life, the new screen, and the ability to multitask - that could propel mobile commerce into the mainstream, some have speculated. "Extended battery life will help m-commerce for the simple reason that   [...]

Target Unveils Scannable Mobile Coupon Campaign

Target is entering the increasingly crowded retail mobile coupon arena, launching a new national program that allows customers to receive coupons directly on their mobile phones and redeem them by scanning a barcode at checkout. Target says it is the first national retailer to offer scannable mobile coupons directly to customers’ mobile phones for   [...]

eBay Launches Rainforest Preservation Marketing Efforts

eBay has launched two green initiatives to position itself as a conservationist in the eyes of consumers. The online marketplace has unveiled a new green shopping hub that will help consumers find millions of green products, and launched its eBay Green Team Challenge that commits the online giant to save up to a quarter of a million acres of rainforest for consumers who reuse,   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 02/22/10

Measurement & Analytics: Measurement is key to efficiency with online video advertising. 5 Twitter management tools you can't live without. Campaigns: New iPhone ads   [...]

100,000 Fans Send Target's February E-Card

Target is on track to replicate its Facebook campaign success last year with a similar - and scaled down - promotion it just launched. Marrying two big events in February - the Super Bowl and Valentine's Day - in one promotion, the retailer has developed a football-themed e-card for Valentine's Day. Each card sent allows the person to vote in Target's charity contest. The retailer is giving away $1   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 12/30/09

Industry: Four ways technology will change advertising in 2010. Virtual Goods: Virtual goods give web firms new revenue in ad slump. Campaigns: NHL goes  [...]

Social Customer Service Gets Tested Post Holiday

This will be the first holiday season that social network customer service - companies that use Twitter or Facebook to augment more traditional customer service operations - will be truly tested. Last year only a handful of major companies, including most notably Best Buy, had turned to Twitter or Facebook to answer questions about gadgets or return policies. This year dozens of large companies such as Comcast, Dell, Southwest Airlines and AT&T - and their customers - are relying on Twitter t  [...]

AOL Rebrands on the Cheap

AOL is preparing for its spinoff from Time Warner on Dec. 9 with a new look and go-to-market strategy. The company has unveiled a new logo - or rather, a set of interchangeable logos - to promote the breadth of the company's content and digital assets. "It's one consistent logo with countless ways to reveal," AOL said in its announcement. More details about the strategy will be revealed on D  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 11/3/09

Online Ad Networks: Microsoft and OpenX in deal to boost their online ad businesses. Microsoft vs. Google: clash of the online advertising titans. Microsoft and OpenX to swap refer  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/29/09

Media Strategies: CBS digital guru to leave and start own shop How Twitter search will help Google, Microsoft Bing. Yahoo CEO says 6% operating margin 'unacceptable  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/21/09

Web 2.0 News and Trends: Rumor has it that Google will launch a music initiative called One Box to offer song previews, artist bios, graphics, and video - but no downloads or subscriptions. One Box won't be limited to music, according to CNET's Stephen Shankland. There are several different kin  [...]