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Why CMOs Are Redistricting Media Budgets by Zip Code
Episode 52 of The CMO Podcast digs into a surprising trend reshaping marketing budgets in 2026: hyperlocal zip-code targeting. Lucas breaks down how CMOs at national brands like Target and Home Depot are shifting away from broad DMA buys toward granular neighborhood-level allocation, using first-party purchase data and AI-driven geomapping. Luna challenges the approach on privacy grounds, and they examine the trade-off between relevance and scale. Specific example: how a midwestern grocery chain increased ROI by 22% after reallocating 15% of its TV budget to programmatic ads served only…
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