Spotify Fully Absorbs Megaphone; Buyers Don’t Trust CTV Ad Supply
Spotify has fully integrated Megaphone. We need to monitor the impact of music streaming services on the advertising industry.
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Uber’s Top Ad Exec Kristi Argyilan Joins The Trade Desk as Chief Commercial Officer
The Trade Desk has appointed Kristi Argyilan, previously responsible for advertising and commerce at Uber, as its new Chief Commercial Officer. This indicates personnel and strategy changes in the advertising platform.
The appointment of Uber's head of advertising as CCO at The Trade Desk indicates that talent with extensive experience in commerce media is highly valued in the ad tech industry, urging us to focus on strengthening external partnerships and developing specialized talent to grow our commerce data-driven ad products like TDA-EXP.
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Amazon Closes Upfront Talks With Year-Over-Year Growth
According to Alan Moss, Amazon Ads' VP of ad sales, the company achieved its volume goals in the upfront, showing growth in its advertising platform.
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Google tests Performance Max network controls with new Partners (Alpha) setting
Google has expanded its Performance Max feature, allowing for more precise targeting. Our advertising strategy must adapt to these updates to accurately reach our target audience.
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Best Buy revamps C-suite ahead of CEO change
Best Buy has announced changes in its leadership ahead of a CEO transition, reflecting significant personnel adjustments.
Best Buy's executive appointments prior to a CEO change suggest that a major retailer is entering a period of transformation, prompting us to monitor structural changes and strategic moves within the retail industry and evaluate their potential impact on our advertising business as we operate Rakuten Ichiba.
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Macy's appoints a Kering Beauté executive as the new CEO of Bluemercury
Macy's has appointed a Kering Beauté executive as the new CEO of Bluemercury, marking a notable personnel change.
Maisons' appointment of a Kering Beauté executive as the new Blue Mercury CEO signifies a strengthening of leadership in the retail and luxury sectors, reminding us to stay informed of such industry personnel changes to understand the strategic movements of key merchant segments and shifts in the e-commerce competitive landscape.
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Why Top Salespeople Don't Ask "What's Your Problem?"
Celebricks' Koji Imai explains the technique of "fact-finding" to discover customers' true issues.
The appointment of Uber's head of advertising as Chief Commercial Officer at The Trade Desk demonstrates the high value placed on ad operations experience within commerce platforms in the ad tech industry, prompting us to consider leveraging such industry talent trends and expertise as we deepen our external media partnerships for RPP-Ex and TDA-EXP.
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Assertive Yield Appoints Mathieu Gallienne to Lead Sales in France & Benelux
Assertive Yield has appointed Mathieu Gallienne as Director of Publisher Development in France and Benelux.
Assertive Yield's appointment of a Sales Director for France & Benelux indicates a move to strengthen programmatic advertising sales in the European market, suggesting we should monitor the talent strategies of competitors and partners as we consider future global expansion and track key market trends.
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MicroCMS and Studio Collaboration
The collaboration between microCMS and Studio is expected to improve the efficiency of content management and web production. Our business should pay attention to the evolution of such technologies and consider an appropriate response.
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Amazon's Product Warranty Service
Amazon launched a new extended warranty service called "Amazon Product Warranty" for buyers of home appliances and digital devices. We are interested in how this service affects consumer behavior and its potential impact on our business.
Amazon's launch of "Amazon Product Warranty" aims to enhance the overall value of its platform through building consumer trust and improving the purchase experience, suggesting that we could also contribute to expanding our GMV, which underpins our advertising business, by exploring similar service enhancements and consumer protection measures in collaboration with Rakuten Ichiba merchants.
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Companies laying off staff this year include Meta, Amazon, and Groupon — see the list
Over 35 companies, including Meta, Walmart, and Groupon, have laid off staff in 2026, as AI and economic conditions reshape the business landscape
The layoffs by numerous companies, including Meta and Amazon, due to AI-driven efficiency and economic shifts, indicate that we must also optimize our internal processes, closely monitor strategic changes among external platforms we collaborate with for RPP-Ex and TDA-EXP, and reflect these impacts in our business plans.
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Emergent's CEO shares what he looks for in developers in the AI era
Emergent's CEO, Mukund Jha, discusses the skills he looks for in developers in the AI era, expecting software demand to increase exponentially
Emergent's CEO emphasizing the skills required for AI-era developers clearly indicates that cultivating and securing AI specialized talent, both internally and externally, is an urgent priority for us as we develop AI-centric products like TDA and drive the AI transformation of our entire platform.
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The CEO of a startup helping non-techies code still sees a lot of value in engineering degrees
The CEO of vibe-coding startup Emergent, Mukund Jha, believes that engineering degrees still hold value, despite his company's rapid growth
Emergent's CEO emphasizing the value of engineering degrees reminds us that even with the spread of no-code tools, recruiting and continuously developing engineers with deep technical foundations are essential for building and maintaining our complex advertising systems like RPP and TDA.
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