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Expert Panel: Balancing Brand and Sales Metrics

Only July 23, 2020, Upwave hosted the latest event in their Masters of Brand Measurement series, drawing hundreds of participants from across the marketing analytics and measurement community. A panel of experts from leading brands, agencies and platforms came together (virtually!) to discuss evolving challenges and approaches to balancing brand metrics and sales metrics. Meet …

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How Upwave’s Privacy Moves Actually Boost Measurement Accuracy

There are two ways for advertisers and their tech partners to respond to the growth of privacy safeguards such as Chrome’s planned deprecation of 3rd-party cookie support and Apple’s planned changes to IDFA. On the one hand, advertising platforms can resist the arrival of privacy safeguards by using workarounds that are ultimately short-lived. When adtech …

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Shopping Behavior on Premium Jeans

Upwave conducted a study among consumers 18+ to understand which jeans brands they considered to be premium and to identify consumers’ “go-to” retailer for premium jeans and the typical payment method used for purchasing. We captured brand awareness, purchasing and preferences in the premium jeans category. Key Takeways: In general, premium jeans imply a higher …

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How Many Travelers Consider Using Airbnb?

According to investors, Airbnb is worth $25.5 billion. What? Marriott just agreed to purchase Starwood for half that amount. This seems crazy. Here at Upwave, we conduct consumer research. We don’t have a stake in Airbnb’s success, we were just curious: How many people even consider Airbnb when they book travel accommodation? Turns out it’s …

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When Will Americans Give Up Car Ownership?

Based on their most recent investment round, Uber is worth more than Ford. GM just invested $500 million in Lyft. Google’s self-driving car recently crashed into a bus, and in a few years there will be millions of self-driving cars crashing into buses globally. It got us thinking here at Upwave… does anyone even drive …

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Forbes and Wired Change Consumer Perceptions of Ad Blocking

Forbes and Wired recently tried an experiment. They asked website visitors using ad blocking software to turn it off – and denied them access if they refused. This was a risky move for a few reasons. 1) The media coverage of this experiment could increase awareness and usage of ad blocking software (our data does …

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