Acadia In the News
Kiri Masters, Head of Retail Marketplace Strategy at Acadia, is quoted in Modern Retail on October 5, 2023. Kiri shares how Amazon is very secretive about how its prices Premium A+ Content pages: “It depends on the day of the week and who you speak with,” said Masters. “Vendors get given information that’s wildly variable from account to account and from representative to representative. It’s just like a black box, which makes it really difficult…
Ross Walker, Senior Paid Media Manager at Acadia, was featured in a recent article from Modern Retail. Ross gives his thoughts on why brands are drawn to Amazon’s new tools for advertising and what makes it one of the “best supply sources” for customer insights that online marketing companies can use. On the heels of Amazon’s announcement that it will be bringing ads to Prime Video, more and more platforms are positioning themselves as full-funnel…
Last week, Acadia was once again recognized as one of the best places to work in Atlanta. The Atlanta Business Chronicle ranked Acadia the 15th best medium-size company (50-99 employees) out of 100 within the category. Acadia was voted one of the Best Places to Work in this category in 2022 as well. Rankings are compiled by Omaha, Nebraska-based Quantum Workplace surveyed its workers to find those organizations where employees are the most engaged. Surveyed employees were asked…
Industry publication Mediapost shared the news on Jared Belsky’s new book titled “You Get The Agency You Deserve: 20 Practical And Emotional Lessons To Maximize Your Agency And Partner Relationship.” The book offers insights based on Belsky’s agency career, advocating for a departure from traditional RFP processes. He emphasizes factors like culture, team dynamics, and values in agency-client relationships. Belsky also suggests live problem-solving sessions to gauge marketing agency capabilities and stresses the importance of clear…
Kiri Masters, head of retail strategy at Acadia, is quoted in Ad Age on August 15, 2023, where Acadia’s original analysis of retail media network launches is also cited. In the U.S., spending on retail media management is expected to reach $45.15 billion this year, a 20% rise over 2022, according to Insider Intelligence But that pace may be slowing, experts say. For example, of the 56 retail media launches since 2011, 31, or 55%,…
Jared Belsky, CEO and Co-founder of Acadia, has been named one of Atlanta’s Most Admired CEOs for 2023, as published in The Atlanta Business Chronicle, which takes immense pride in this annual tradition of recognizing exceptional leaders within the Atlanta metro area. This prestigious accolade celebrates the outstanding achievements of chief executives, managing directors, market leaders, and principals who consistently exemplify innovation, deliver exceptional financial performance, display an unwavering commitment to workplace quality and diversity,…
Acadia’s co-founder and CEO Jared Belsky has been named an honoree in the Campaign ’40 over 40′ class of 2023! The 40 Over 40 recognizes professionals who have dedicated their careers to the advertising marketing and communications fields and are paving the way for the next generation of leaders. You can see all the honorees here.
Danilo de Castro Alvares, a retail media manager at Acadia, has noticed a similar trend with his clients. One brand he works with sold over $6 million of products via Amazon’s 1P platform but has been seeing fees and other costs consistently go up. “If shipped revenue is less than $10 million, it’s not big enough [for Amazon],” he said. Those companies, he explained, are considered “smaller vendors.” As such, “[Amazon] will likely squeeze you.”…
Ross Walker, senior paid media manager at Acadia, said that the agency’s CPCs for Instacart increased 38% in the second quarter compared to the same time period last year. Walker said more advertisers are running campaigns on Instacart compared to a year ago. He suspects Instacart may have seen a drop-off in users after the pandemic – making it more expensive for advertisers to target people. Acadia said that Walmart CPCs grew about 2% year-over-year…
Danilo de Castro Alvares, Retail Media Manager at Acadia, is quoted in Modern Retail on April 14, 2023. Danilo shares what the unification of the DSP with the Ad Console means for advertisers: “From a more operational point of view, we don’t have to upload assets multiple times across platforms. All the applications are integrated. For the average advertiser, this will be very interesting for the fact that there is less friction with DSP. It…
CPK’s selection of Acadia as its Media AOR was covered by Media Post on April 25, in “Acadia Takes Biggest Media Slice Yet: California Pizza Kitchen“ MediaPost shares that the win is the highest profile one yet for the agency, which was founded two years ago with a media strategy and execution model favoring performance. As a result, the win may be the biggest affirmation of Belsky’s pitch to date, which includes leveraging the chain’s…
Alan Carroll, director of paid media at Acadia, is quoted in Modern Retail on April 14, 2023. “MPA (Managed Partner Ads) will “allow you to match to retail networks using retailers’ CRM data to get a little bit more volume and use their first-party data in a smarter way. And that’s really going to be super crucial in the next couple of years with cookies going away,” said Alan Carroll, director of paid media at…