Stella Rising Blog

Stop Wasting Marketing Dollars: Leverage Analytics-Driven Budgeting Today

Marketing budgets are the lifeblood of your brand’s growth. Misallocating marketing funds can mean missing key opportunities and critical moments....

The Future of Customer Acquisition: Harnessing Social Commerce for Brand Growth

Social media hasn’t just changed shopping—it has rewritten the rules entirely. With billions scrolling and engaging daily, social platforms are...

How to Grow Market Share With a Commerce Everywhere Approach

In its simplest form, the role of advertising is to shape behaviors. Any marketing action, or advertising, seeks to increase the probability that...

The Digital Halo Effect: Proving That DTC Spend Boosts Retail Revenue

Many brands, particularly those that started out with a DTC model, tend to view their media spend in a siloed way. When brands invest media...

Guided by Culture, Connected to Consumers (Always): Stella Rising’s Key Shoptalk Takeaways

Our time at Shoptalk last month was packed with new insights as well as confirmation of trends we’ve been observing here at Stella. AI was...

Navigating Retail Media: the Top Seven Platforms to Drive Brand Demand

Retail media is full of buzz and growing fast; it’s expected to grow nearly 30% in 2024 to reach $60M in omnichannel retail media spend this year....

Navigating the New Digital: How to Win When DTC is Expensive and the Cookiepocalypse Looms

A conversation with Anthony Vespucci, EVP Client Strategy, and Amanda Zajac, SVP Client Strategy Between platform restrictions, cookie...

All About: Market Mix Models

MARKET MIX MODELING: AN INTRODUCTION Market Mix Models (MMMs) are not a new analytics practice—they have been around for about 30+ years. However,...

Beauty and Augmented Reality: Sparking Digital Trial via YouTube

Augmented Reality (AR) is one of the most exciting developments for beauty ecommerce brands. In the new landscape, where ecommerce is vital and...