AcuityAds Receives Order Totaling CAD $630,000 for Digital Campaigns to Drive Retail Sales Growth

TORONTO and NEW YORK, July 12, 2016 /CNW/ - AcuityAds Holdings Inc. (TSXV:AT) ("AcuityAds" or "Company"), a technology leader that provides targeted digital media solutions enabling advertisers to connect intelligently with audiences across online display, video, social and mobile campaigns, today announced that the Company has received CAD $630,000 in orders to execute programmatic advertising campaigns for a leading international producer and marketer of beer, wine and spirits.  The campaigns will run over a two-month period and have been arranged through a leading advertising agency working with AcuityAds.  

"We are thrilled to see how our reputation as a leading programmatic marketing platform continues to materialize with leading brands across North America," said Tal Hayek, CEO of AcuityAds. "Receiving repeat orders of this size definitely validates the effectiveness of the Acuity platform in delivering tangible results for this clients digital advertising initiatives."

The retail industry represents one of six core vertical areas.  Combined with publisher direct relationships and third party data source integrations, AcuityAds is able to deliver the highest level of granularity in audience targeting to drive brand awareness.  AcuityAds' other core verticals include financial services, automotive, healthcare, politics and entertainment. 

About AcuityAds

AcuityAds is a technology company that enables marketers to connect intelligently with their most meaningful audiences through digital media.  At the core of its offerings is a self-serve programmatic marketing platform, powered by proprietary machine learning technology. AcuityAds empowers marketers by leveraging its industry leading advertising campaign solutions with real-time reporting and analytics, bringing accountability to programmatic advertising to deliver business results.

AcuityAds is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with sales offices in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal.  For more information, visit 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 Holdings Inc., 416-218-9888, [email protected]