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`Rakuten Marketing Announces Winners of the 16th Annual Golden Link Awards at DealMaker New York 2018
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`Rakuten Marketing Announces
`Winners of the 16th Annual Golden
`Link Awards at DealMaker New York
`2018
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`NEWS PROVIDED BY
`Rakuten Marketing
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`Jul 10, 2018, 06:05 ET
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`SAN MATEO, Calif., July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Rakuten Marketing, a leading technology
`company that enables brands to increase sales through data-driven marketing, today
`announced the winners of the 16 annual Golden Link Awards that took place June 27 at the
`th
`Rakuten Marketing 2018 DealMaker event in New York. More than 350 leading advertisers,
`publishers and agencies in the Rakuten Marketing Af liate network attended the awards
`ceremony.
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`The Golden Link Awards – hosted by New York based actor and Saturday Night Live stand-up
`comedian, writer and cast member, Alex Moffat – recognized and celebrated excellence and
`innovation of the industry's top-performing digital marketing leaders. Golden Link Award
`category winners include the following:
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`Advertiser and Publisher Collaboration: Gilt & Dealmoon
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`Rakuten Marketing Announces Winners of the 16th Annual Golden Link Awards at DealMaker New York 2018
`Af liate Manager of the Year (Advertiser): Neil Baker – JP Morgan Chase
`Af liate Manager of the Year (Publisher): Jillian Posada – TopCashBack
`Best Global Strategy: MatchesFashion
`Best Multi-Channel Performance: PacSun
`Lifetime Achievement Award: Kevin Joyce – Brad's Deals
`Most Innovative Campaign: Sam's Club
`New Rising Star Publisher: Stylight
`OPM Agency of the Year: PartnerCentric
`Publisher's Choice: Macy's
`Advertiser's Choice: Honey
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`"It is exciting to celebrate so many of our valued clients as this year's Golden Link Award
`winners," said Stuart Simms, President of Rakuten Marketing. "Recognizing the innovation and
`hard-work by all of our advertisers and publishers in the Rakuten Marketing Af liate Network is
`absolutely priceless, and we are thrilled to play a part in their success."
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`Golden Link Awards judges are composed of leading industry in uencers, experts and
`executives. Winners were selected based on nominations from staff and clients. This year's
`judges included:
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`Melissa Campanelli, Editor-in-Chief and Content Director, Total Retail, Co-Founder,
`Women in Retail Leadership Circle
`Pippa Chambers, Online Editor, AdNews
`Peter Figueredo, Partner & Head of Client Services, House of Kaizen and Af liate
`Benchmarks
`Tricia Meyer, Executive Director, Performance Marketing Association
`Chris Trayhorn, CEO and Founder, mThink
`Susan Borst, Vice President, Interactive Advertising Bureau
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`At the event, Rakuten Marketing leading retail client, Footlocker, teamed with Rakuten
`Marketing to hold a Footlocker.com 'Sneaker Cam' contest. Attendees 'dressed to impress' with
`their best cocktail attire and 'coolest kicks' for a chance to win the 'hottest sneaker/cocktail
`attire combo' prize. The two lucky winners received a $250 Foot Locker gift card.
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`The Rakuten Marketing global af liate network empowers marketers to engage shoppers
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`across the entire consumer journey. Rakuten Marketing provides the innovative tools,
`technology and strategy to enable advertiser and publisher partnerships to reach new
`audiences and in uence repeat purchases while driving incremental revenue. For more
`information about Rakuten Marketing, please visit https://rakutenmarketing.com. For more
`information about the 2018 Golden Link Awards or the 2018 DealMaker New York event, please
`visit here.
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`About Rakuten Marketing
`Rakuten Marketing industry leading solutions empower marketers to thrive in their evolved role
`and achieve the full potential of digital marketing, ef ciently and effectively, with data-
`informed insights that create consistent, engaging and in uential experiences across screens.
`Offering an integrated solution, along with unique insights and consultative partnerships,
`Rakuten Marketing delivers the tools that marketers need to increase ef ciency, productivity
`and performance.
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`Rakuten Marketing is a division of Rakuten Inc. (4755: TOKYO), one of the world's leading
`Internet service companies. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with
`of ces in Australia, Brazil, Japan, the United Kingdom, and throughout the United States.
`Follow us on Twitter or learn more at https://rakutenmarketing.com.
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`Press Contact:
`Lisa Tadje
`Sr. Communications Director
`Rakuten Marketing
`rm-pr@rakuten.com
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