LONDON – S4M, the Drive-to-Store Platform, announced today a global partnership with VIOOH, a leading planning and trading platform for the programmatic buying and selling of Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising, allowing marketers to effectively combine mobile and OOH to drive in-store foot traffic.
The offer, available initially in several key markets, including the US, UK, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, and Finland, with availability in APAC coming soon, enables S4M customers to activate premium Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) inventory through S4M while planning their drive-to-store campaigns.
The partnership highlights S4M’s investment to move towards an omnichannel drive-to-store offering. With US adults spending over 3 hours a day on their smartphones[1], it is clear that mobile is still the key device to reach people and to trigger consumer action, but it is increasingly important to incorporate a mix of media to build the most effective drive-to-store campaigns.
Digital Out-of-Home continues to grow as an effective marketing medium with ad spend predicted to reach $8.7 Billion in the US alone by 2023[2]. With high impact placements, DOOH is a prime channel to increase the overall effectiveness of an advertising campaign and has the reach to provide a truly unified brand experience when included among a campaign’s media mix.
In today’s multi-device world, brands often require multiple channels in order to truly convert a consumer. The combination of mobile and DOOH being used simultaneously in a drive-to-store campaign gives brands the ability to target relevant areas around their stores and further the reach and impact that one of those channels can provide on its own, ultimately driving more visits to their physical points of sale. With the S4M platform, advertisers will continue to have access to footfall measurement driven by their DOOH and mobile campaigns.
Today’s announcement follows a statement from VIOOH-owner JCDecaux S.A. announcing S4M as its drive-to-store partner which will allow advertisers to buy drive-to-store campaigns both on JCDecaux’s OOH network, and on mobile using S4M’s platform.
S4M’s Global CEO Christophe Collet stated, “This partnership with VIOOH is a strategic move for us to better service our clients in their drive-to-store campaigns. At S4M we specialize in driving more consumers into stores, restaurants and dealerships and by opening up our offer to other media types to enhance the power of mobile, we can become a truly effective, omnichannel DTS partner to increase visits to brick-and-mortar locations. As the leading provider of DOOH, VIOOH is the ideal platform for us to partner with to support our mission and better help retailers achieve real business results.”
Gavin Wilson, Chief Revenue Officer, VIOOH, said: “One of the overarching benefits of programmatic OOH is its ability to deliver highly targeted omnichannel campaigns that are both effective and impactful. Recent research shows that OOH drives an average 17% uplift in smartphone activations – with this combination of DOOH and mobile, we are providing a seamless and meaningful experience for consumers[3].”
“We are pleased to partner with S4M in order to enable their clients to effectively combine OOH and mobile advertising. S4M is the perfect partner to deliver a multi-channel solution across the globe, ultimately helping brands to deliver more powerful advertising.”
About S4M
S4M delivers advertising that drives more customers to stores, dealerships and restaurants. Our drive-to-store platform, Fusio, delivers incremental customer visits which are always independently verified. Founded in 2011, S4M’s platform is available globally, and used by over 600 brands worldwide to drive customers to physical locations.About VIOOHVIOOH is a leading global digital out of home marketplace. Launched in 2018 and with headquarters in London, VIOOH’s platform connects buyers and sellers in a premium marketplace, making OOH easily accessible.Led by a team of programmatic and OOH tech experts, VIOOH is pioneering the transformation of the OOH sector, championing its role in enhancing omni-channel digital campaigns through the use of programmatic. VIOOH currently trades programmatically in nine markets, with the ambition of operating across 12 markets by the end of the year.
[1] eMarketer
[2] Market Report World
[3] JCDecaux
