Marketing data and audience engagement platform Wiland is partnering with sports CDP StellarAlgo to enhance fan intelligence for sports organizations. Wiland’s FanSignals data on billions of fan transactions will be used by the StellarAlgo platform to enhance its fan profiles. The combination is aimed at enhancing fan loyalty, reducing churn and optimizing ticket and merchandise sales.
Meta this week announced a round of performance-based layoffs likely affecting some 5% of its global staff. Zuckerberg is claiming to “raise the bar on performance management.” Meanwhile, employees are being encouraged to assist in the recruitment of machine learning engineers.
Retail media is the number one marketing channel for consumer goods brand, with 92% ranking it as their most important strategy according to a survey from Skai. Questions are raised, however, about ROI and incrementality. A full funnel approach to retail media is winning favor with 61% of leaders emphasizing its consistent messaging and 59% saying it helps to influence consumers throughout the customer journey. Only 25% claim full-funnel maturity, leaving room for growth.
Preliminary findings by the European Commission state that Apple and Google are in violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Among the findings, Google Search is accused of prioritizing Google’s own products and services in results; Apple is instructed to improve interoperability between iOS and third-party devices. The companies now have an opportunity to respond.