Stella Rising Blog

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...

Case Study: Connecting Awareness to Sales

A common client goal is brand awareness, but that often or always ladders up to a larger goal: revenue. Such was the case with a CPG client, who...

Stay the Course: Strategy for CPG Brands in the Coronavirus Climate

Though the reaction to COVID-19 has played out differently across the U.S., last week was a true turning point in which social distancing skyrocketed...

The Essential Piece Missing from Your Data Foundation

There is an extremely important element, essential to healthy analytics, that most brands are not doing. The implementation of this strategy leads to