Redefining anchor retail. If you asked anyone around the table at last night’s Executive Member Roundtable in Soho, one of the issues facing the maturing DtC industrial complex was an obvious one. There is a lagging effort in the mall management sector to attract these emerging “challenger” brands – a growth trigger that could potentially revitalize stuttering malls by attracting a new and affluent consumer cohort to Tier B malls.
The digital publisher’s product lab is a new evolution of content monetization. Publishers seek to harvest data with the intent to determine the most appealing products to the publisher’s readership. Using this method, they can sell specialized collaborations (or sourced products) to the readership. This can be interpreted as a value-add for the readership. But most importantly, it can be considered an upsell or simply a “make-good” on an existing ad buy.
Gear Patrol, a site best known for high-end product reviews, has built its brand by turning people on to other companies’ products. It’s now more interested in selling its own branded products, Digiday recently reported.
