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Why contextual targeting is the future of digital advertising

Inside Retail

As demand for online advertising increased, algorithms were developed to match ads with relevant website content. As author Cory Doctorow observes, platforms often shift over time, prioritising their interests over users and advertisers. Partner with these websites to explore advertising opportunities that go beyond banner ads.

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ACCC continues clampdown on influencers over misleading advertising

Inside Retail

It found that 81 per cent of these influencers made posts that raised concerns for potentially misleading advertising. We found that many influencers were formatting their posts to hide their advertising disclosure or make it difficult for consumers to notice it. Up to 96 per cent of fashion influencers reviewed made such posts.

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How retailers are getting more out of TikTok advertising

Inside Retail

To those who are only just getting up to speed with the advent of TikTok, the prospect of advertising and brand-building on the platform represents an as-yet-untapped opportunity. Understanding how to approach new platforms is an issue that’s been part of the advertising industry since its earliest days.

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Lendlease takes in-mall digital advertising in house

Inside Retail

Property group Lendlease has taken the management of small-format digital advertising displayed in its shopping malls and urban retail precincts in house, rather than contracting the task out to advertising agencies. media and Shopper Media Group have been engaged to manage content for national agency campaigns.

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CARU Releases Guidelines for Advertising to Children in the Metaverse

Hunton Andrews Kurth

BBB National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) has released new Guardrails for Child-Directed Advertising and Privacy in the Metaverse. All advertising should be easily recognizable as advertising. Understand when content becomes advertising (and what is not advertising).

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3 Reasons Why Advertising Has a Bad Reputation (And What to Do About It) 

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Why does advertising have a bad reputation? There are cultural, economic, and historical reasons that explain advertising’s current situation. The idea behind advertising is simple. Nonetheless, advertisers do know something about human nature. And there are cases of advertisers abusing the stage they’re given.

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Children’s Advertising Rules Apply in the Metaverse Too, CARU Says.

Hunton Andrews Kurth

CARU, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit of BBB National programs, issued a compliance warning last week reminding industry that the self-regulating body on children’s advertising and privacy intends to enforce its advertising guidelines in the metaverse, just like in the real world.