Luis Rijo

Luís Rijo is a seasoned marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Search, Social, Display, Video, and DOOH. Based in Europe. Also writing in the spend. Reach out via [email protected]

Luis Rijo's Work 9775 Articles

Audio - May 10, 2026 Stater Bros. taps ISM for programmatic audio across 165 California stores

Shopper pushes cart past produce aisle with in-store speaker overhead, Southern California grocery

Stater Bros. partners with In-Store Marketplace and Mood Media to launch programmatic audio across 165 stores, with digital screens planned for later in 2026.

by Luis Rijo

Video - May 10, 2026 Spain's CTV market hits 95% penetration - but ads still face a trust gap

Couple watching connected TV at night in a Spanish home with streaming platforms on screen

IAB Spain's 2026 CTV study finds 34.3 million users, 175 million euros in ad spend, and measurement gaps that are still slowing advertiser confidence in Spain.

by Luis Rijo

Social - May 10, 2026 Meta's PR response to child harm verdicts draws scrutiny

After two U.S. jury verdicts fining Meta $379.2M for child harm, Andy Stone issued a statement that senators and legal critics called defiant and misleading.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 10, 2026 Spotify lets AI agents save personal podcasts directly to your library

Spotify launched a beta tool on May 7 that lets AI agents like Claude Code generate and save private personal podcasts to user libraries across 2,000 devices.

by Luis Rijo

Display - May 10, 2026 Rakuten launches open-source SDK as Honey returns to its network

Rakuten Rewards SDK on GitHub with Honey and Chrome extensions in affiliate network

Rakuten Rewards releases a TypeScript SDK on GitHub for browser extensions to detect affiliate sessions and stand down, as Honey quietly returns to its network.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 10, 2026 AI sales and marketing startups raised $3.7B globally in 2026

AI agent hologram in venture capital boardroom with San Francisco skyline at dusk

Sales, marketing and CRM startups raised $3.7 billion globally in early 2026, with AI deals dominating as venture funding holds near the $8 billion annual mark.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 10, 2026 Food blogs beat AI for recipes: what a 2026 study found

Open cookbook and food blog on laptop beside a fresh soufflé on a kitchen counter

Inspired Taste surveyed 2,008 Americans: home cooks are 300% more likely to use food blogs than AI for recipes, and 125% more likely to reach for a cookbook.

by Luis Rijo

Retail - May 10, 2026 Amazon quietly builds an agentic commerce team to connect with ChatGPT

Humanoid AI agent robots face an Amazon API portal inside a fulfillment warehouse

Amazon posted a job listing for a Principal TPM to lead a dedicated 40-person team integrating its marketplace with third-party AI agents including ChatGPT.

by Luis Rijo