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WPP'S global programmatic media and technology platform Xaxis has acquired Triad Retail Media, a leading digital retail media specialist in the US.Triad Retail Media recently launched a Hispanic owned ad network.

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What: WPP’S global programmatic media and technology platform Xaxis has acquired Triad Retail Media, a leading digital retail media specialist in the US.
Why it matters: Triad Retail Media recently launched a Hispanic owned ad network.

squarelogo_200x200_twitter_400x400 xc6ntqpv_400x400WPP’s wholly-owned operating company Xaxis, the global programmatic media and technology platform, has acquired Triad Retail Media, a leading digital retail media specialist in the US. The acquisition is  still subjected to regulatory approval.

Triad manages and delivers creative, data and production digital media advertising campaigns to connect with shoppers at point-of-sale. Major global retail partners include Walmart, eBay, Toys”R”Us, CVS, Sam’s Club, Staples, Kohl’s, Asda and more than 1,500 of the world’s largest advertisers.Triad’s gross revenues were over US$500 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 with net revenues of over US$120 million as of the same date. The company employs nearly 700 people. It is based in St. Petersburg, FL with offices in London, Sydney, Hamburg, Amsterdam and ten other markets. It was founded in 2004.

The deal will establish Xaxis as a significant player in the fast-growing retail media and e-commerce market while providing Triad with access to Xaxis’ technology expertise and the resources and client base of WPP.

The acquisition continues WPP’s strategy of focusing on three key areas that differentiate the Group’s offering to clients: technology, data and content. WPP’s digital assets include companies such as Acceleration (marketing technology consultancy), Cognifide (content management technology), Conexance (data cooperative), Salmon (e-commerce), and Hogarth (digital production technology). WPP also has investments in a number of innovative technology services companies such as Globant, Mutual Mobile and Polestar (a specialist Alibaba ecommerce company in China), as well as ad technology companies such as AppNexus, comScore (data investment management), eCommera, DOMO, mySupermarket and Percolate.

The Group has invested in digital content companies like Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital, Fullscreen, Indigenous Media, Imagina (a content rights and media company based in Spain), MRC, Refinery29, VICE and Woven Digital. WPP’s roster of wholly owned digital agencies include AKQA, Blue State Digital, F.biz, Mirum, OgilvyOne, POSSIBLE, Rockfish, VML and Wunderman. In 2015, the Group acquired a majority stake in Essence, the global digital agency and the largest independent buyer of digital media.

WPP’s digital revenues were over US$7 billion in 2015, representing 37% of the Group’s total revenues of US$19 billion. WPP has set a target of 40-45% of revenue to be derived from digital in the next five years. In North America, WPP companies (including associates) collectively generate revenues of over US$7 billion and employ over 28,000 people.

“Through this partnership, we have been able to accelerate our growth, expand internationally and position Triad as the global leader in digital retail media,” said Roger Berdusco, CEO of Triad Retail Media.

Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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