AcuityAds Inc. Receives Approximately CAD $500,000 Follow-On Order from a Global Appliance Company

TORONTO, Sept. 30, 2015 /CNW/ - AcuityAds Holdings Inc. (TSXV:AT) ("AcuityAds" or "Company"), a leading provider of targeted digital media solutions, enabling advertisers to connect intelligently with their audiences across online display, video, social and mobile campaigns, today announced that the Company has received a third follow-on order for CAD $500,000 from a major global appliance company to run a three-month programmatic advertising campaign.

"As a direct result of successful advertising campaigns, we are pleased to report that we have received a third order to run an additional three month campaign for this industry leader," said Tal Hayek CEO of AcuityAds. "This global appliance company continues to benefit from using our programmatic advertising platform and have increased their total programmatic advertising budget by over 50% from previous campaigns in order to drive sales of kitchen appliances this holiday season."

"Moving into this important back half of the year, we continue to see current customers and advertisers in general, increase their budget allocations to include programmatic advertising in an effort to engage their desired consumer base more effectively," continued Mr. Hayek. "We are very excited about this development and expect strong revenue growth in the remaining parts of this year."

The retail industry represents one of six core vertical areas of focus for AcuityAds that, combined with publisher direct relationships and third party data source integrations, enables AcuityAds to deliver greater granularity in audience targeting. In addition to retail, AcuityAds' other core verticals are financial Services, automotive, healthcare, politics and entertainment. 

About AcuityAds:
AcuityAds has developed a programmatic marketing platform powered by proprietary machine learning technology that allows advertisers to target and connect intelligently with their audiences across online display, video, social and mobile campaigns. With operations in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, Chicago, and Boston.  AcuityAds's customers include both large Fortune 500 enterprises and small to mid-sized businesses. For more information, visit www.acuityads.com.

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SOURCE AcuityAds Inc.

Babak Pedram, Investor Relations, Virtus Advisory Group Inc., 416-644-5081, [email protected]; Tal Hayek, Chief Executive Officer, AcuityAds Inc., 416-218-9888, [email protected]