Here’s some product news: do-it-yourself mobile app creation vendor Swiftic (formerly Como and, before that, Conduit Mobile) has launched a version to help social media influencers monetize their audiences. Swiftic’s core market is small businesses, which pay roughly $50 per month for apps that integrate a variety of services including loyalty programs, appointments, coupons, push notifications, and deliveries. They have over 20,000 customers.

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Amazon advertisers can now measure results outside of Amazon stores using a new service from Stackline and Gigi. Gigi will enable unified audience buying for Amazon Marketing Cloud and Amazon DSP, which run ads in Amazon’s online stores and streaming TV channels such as Prime Video.  Stackline’s panel-based multi-retailer attribution will track customer behavior across Amazon, Walmart, Target, and other major online or in-store retailers.