Criteo 101
Investor Presentation
January 2021
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are available in our earnings release for the third quarter of 2020, which is available on our website at www.criteo.com.
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Stock Information & Key Financials
Ticker:CRTO
Stock Exchange: | NASDAQ Global Market |
CUSIP:226718104
Shares issued*: | 66.1M |
Share capital structure*:
Founders, NEOs, Management & Employees
6%
Treasury stock
9%
Free float
85%
FY 2019 Financials
Revenue: | $2,262M, +1%** |
Revenue ex-TAC: | $947M, +0.3%** |
Adjusted EBITDA: | $299M, -7%** |
Adjusted EBITDA margin: | 32% of Revenue ex-TAC |
Free Cash Flow: | $125M, 42% of adj. EBITDA |
Revenue ex-TAC by Solutions (Q3 2020)
New solutions
19%
Core solution
81%
3 * As of September 30, 2020
- At constant currency
To power the world's
MARKETERS
with trusted and
impactful advertising
Differentiated Assets Uniquely Position Us for Success
Shopper | Reach | Retail |
Data | Media |
Insights & | Global Presence |
Measurement | & Financial Profile |
Shopper Graph | Exclusive access to |
aggregates $2B daily | large retailers' |
online sales across 4B | on-site inventory and |
product SKUs | 1st-party data |
Unique opportunities for brands to advertise on retailers' on-site media
Profitable revenue
Ability to measure | 20,000+ clients |
against product sales at | across 100+ markets |
Product SKU level | worldwide |
Commerce Insights to | Solid |
ID Graph with matched | Preferred access to | generation for large |
non-cookie identifiers for | 5,000 premium | retailers |
over 2.5B users globally | publishers on Open | |
Internet | Industry first self-service | |
transparent Retail Media | ||
Platform |
bring together organic | margin and cash flow |
shopping data with | generation |
paid media metrics | with strong |
Balance Sheet |
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Criteo's Global Executive Leadership Team
Megan Clarken | Sarah Glickman | David Fox | Geoffroy Martin |
CEO | CFO | Chief Commercial Officer | EVP and GM, |
& Chief Development Officer | Growth | ||
Portfolio |
Diarmuid Gill | Ryan Damon | Denis Collin | Matthijs Van Geldere |
Chief Technology | General | EVP, People | Chief Transformation |
Officer | Counsel | Officer |
Todd Parsons
Chief Product
Officer
Brendan McCarthy
Chief Marketing
Officer
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Investment Thesis
Compelling | Large market | Competitive moats | Proven | Attractive | ||
Mission | $60B+ market | Shopper Data | track-record | financial profile | ||
Power the | opportunity | Reach | High | client | High profitability | |
world's | retention | Strong balance | ||||
Retail Media | ||||||
marketers with | ||||||
trusted and | Insights & Measurement | sheet, cash flow | ||||
and financial | ||||||
impactful | Global Presence | |||||
liquidity | ||||||
advertising | ||||||
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Vision & Strategy
Powerful Secular Trends Support Our Vision
1
ecommerce
is Booming
- Ecommerce expected to grow from 16% of global sales today to 23% in 2023
- Open Internet retailers represent ~40% of global ecommerce
- COVID has accelerated the use of the Open Internet for product search and shopping
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Trade Marketing
Shifts to Digital
- Digital Trade Marketing grew 82% CAGR between 2016-2019
- $23B global market in 2020
- Brands expected to accelerate shift with boom in ecommerce
- 92% of brands say their growth depends on retail media advertising*
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Adtech Remains Key
for Brands and Retailers
-
Media owners depend more on
Adtech to monetize audiences in an identity-restrictedworld - Retailers and brands rely on digital marketing to deliver audience reach, sales and loyalty
- Emergence of big retailers as the new media moguls online
Sources: 451 Research, Digital Commerce 360, eMarketer, Forbes, GeekWire, Internet Retailer, Marketplace Pulse, Retail Dive, TechCrunch, UBS, BMO Capital Markets, GroupM, IAB, Magna Global,
9 RBC Capital Markets, company filings and press releases, Criteo
- Forrester Consulting, "Consumer Product Brands: It's Time to Take Control of Your Retail Media Destiny", October 2020
Marketers Need Better Commerce Media
Marketers Needs | Market Dynamics |
Solving for…
- Understand the consumer path to purchase
- Target and Reach the right consumers at scale
- Marketers heavily rely on Walled Gardens for advertising
- Transparency not always up to Brands and Retailers standards
• Commerce outcomes |
• Activating the right data to … |
… connect the right |
consumer to the right product |
on the right media at the right |
step of the buyer journey |
• Drive Customer Lifetime Value | VS. |
Growing privacy issues around | |
targeting for advertising | |
• Measure impact and demand | |
accountability for every $ spent | White space exists for Commerce |
Media on Open Internet |
• Privacy-focused transparent |
single platform for digital |
marketing |
Connect commerce data and media to change how commerce is done.
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We Will Lead Commerce Media for Brands and Retailers
Marketers Needs
- Understand the consumer path to purchase
- Target and Reach the right consumers at scale
- Drive Customer Lifetime Value
- Measure impact and demand accountability for every $ spent
We Can…
- expand our business deeper into ecommerce
- focus even more on commerce-drivenads
- extend reach for brands on open Internet
- embrace identity
-
provide deep
Commerce Insights
Value Proposition
- Commerce insights on every consumer journey
- Targeting and Retargeting for Commerce - maximizing ROI
- Broad reach across Retail Media and Open Internet
- Full-funnelmeasurement
- Privacy-focused1P media network
Enable brands' and retailers'
business growth through Commerce Media.
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Differentiated Assets Uniquely Position Us for Success
Shopper | Reach | Retail |
Data | Media |
Insights & | Global Presence |
Measurement | & Financial Profile |
Shopper Graph | Exclusive access to |
aggregates $2B daily | large retailers' |
online sales across 4B | on-site inventory and |
product SKUs | 1st-party data |
Unique opportunities for brands to advertise on retailers' on-site media
Profitable revenue
Ability to measure | 20,000+ clients |
against product sales at | across 100+ markets |
Product SKU level | worldwide |
Commerce Insights to | Solid |
ID Graph with matched | Preferred access to | generation for large |
non-cookie identifiers for | 5,000 premium | retailers |
over 2.5B users globally | publishers on Open | |
Internet | Industry first self-service | |
transparent Retail Media | ||
Platform |
bring together organic | margin and cash flow |
shopping data with | generation |
paid media metrics | with strong |
Balance Sheet |
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Our Transformation Is Already Generating Results
Criteo's assets enhancing partner solutions are growing 53% YTD and represent ~20% of the business
Criteo Commerce
Media Platform
Global Leader in Retargeting
Display
Retargeting
Media arbitrage business model
2005 - 2016
Leading Performance-Based
Advertising Platform
Display
Video/CTV/Native NEW
Retail Media +60% YTD
Retargeting | +50% YTD |
Audience Advertising
Omnichannel | +120% YTD |
Share of media spend
2017 - 2020
Analytics & Insights
Display
Video/CTV/Native
Social/Search
Retail Media
Retail Media Extension
Retargeting
Audience Advertising
Omnichannel, Contextual,
Interest audiences
Platform
2021 onwards
Privacy-focused 1P Media Network
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Why We Will Succeed
- Global reach with 20,000+ advertisers across 100+ countries
- Extensive Shopper data and 1st-partymedia network
- New growth engines already representing ~20% of our business today, growing at 50%+
- Solid product roadmap surrounding the identity challenge
- Massive ecommerce tailwinds, increasing TAM, superior commerce marketing assets
- Strong balance sheet and reinvestment strategy to further transform our business
Position Criteo for sustainable growth building on strengths in Commerce Media
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Commerce Media Platform
Criteo Commerce Media Platform
Advertisers
Web | App | Store |
Self-registration & Billing | Onboarding & Integration |
Lookalike Finder | Product |
Recommendations | |
Solutions
Marketing Goals
Awareness
Consideration
Conversion
Management Center
AI Engine
Retailers
Supply-side
Advertising Technology
Campaign Creation &
Management
Dynamic Creative
Optimization+
Brands
Buy-side
Advertising Technology
Insights & Analytics
Predictive Bidding
$900B+ | 2.5B |
eCommerce Sales | Users in ID Graph |
Shopper Graph
120+ | 10B+ |
Intent signals/shopper | Products & Services |
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Marketing Solutions
Full-funnel capability addresses the entire customer journey
Awareness | Consideration | Conversion | |
Marketing Goals | Generate interest in your | Get people to consider your | Encourage interested |
products or services | products or services | people to purchase | |
Brand Awareness | Traffic: Web, App | Conversion: Web, App | |
Ad Objectives | |||
Video Views | App Installs | Store Conversions | |
Reach | Visits | ||
Optimization | Purchase (Conversions) | ||
Views | Installs |
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Retail Media
Full-funnel capability addresses the entire customer journey
Supply
Supply-side Advertising Technology
Standard | Commerce Display | Sponsored Products |
Flexible range of targeting and creative options
Demand
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Criteo Shopper Graph
Criteo Shopper Graph: The World's Largest Set of Shopper Data
A Unique Understanding of the Customer Journey
Exclusive Shopping Intent Data
Identity Graph
Stitches together device IDs across
billions of user timelines
2.5B users in ID graph, matched cross-device and same device
Deterministic Foundation >60% match rate
Shopper
Graph
Intent Map
Finds patterns of behavior & listens
to signals of intent
13B+ advertiser & publisher events captured
120+ intent signals per shopper
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Criteo Identity Graph
Stitches together device identifiers across billions of user timelines
Criteo's Advantages
~70% of clients participate 2.5B users in ID Graph Global Coverage
Persistent
98% of Criteo IDs also contain long-term identifiers such as hashed emails or app identifiers besides cookies
Shopper
Graph
Open, transparent, secure, fair | Participation |
Encrypted and double-hashed | Opt-in by sending hashed |
personal identifiable information (PII) | identifiers via OneTag or App |
Access at no additional cost | Events SDK |
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Criteo Intent Map
Finds patterns of behavior and listens to signals of intent
Criteo's Advantages
Access to 10B+ products
Large consumer reach worldwide
Understand performance of product attributes
120+ shopping intent signals evaluated per shopper
21B product interactions per month
600TB daily shopper data
Open, transparent, secure, fair
Data isolated unless opt-in
All data anonymized
No free riders
Contribution capped at 15% of pool Access at no additional cost
Participation
Opt-in to share anonymized data Opt-out to use client data only
Shopper
Graph
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Shopper Graph Guiding Principles
Central to our approach of the open Internet, and different from what clients may experience with walled-gardens, the design and governance of the Shopper Graph is based on strict and differentiated guiding principles:
Openness | Fairness |
All clients contributing | The value gained by |
data can in return benefit | participating clients |
from the collective | largely exceeds their |
dataset, access Criteo IDs | individual contribution to |
and relevant KPIs of their | the graph |
campaigns |
Transparency
Clients' contribution and
sharing of data are based on a clear and permission-based usage by Criteo for the mutual benefits of all participants
Security
We apply the highest data security and user privacy standards to the Shopper Graph
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AI Engine
Proven Machine-Learning Technology
Shopper-level optimization to drive CTR, CR, Order Value, or Product Margin
AI Engine
Lookalike Finder | Product | Dynamic Creative | Predictive Bidding |
Recommendations | Optimization+ | ||
- 20,000 tests/year
run on new performance algorithms and variables
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Lookalike Finder Algorithms Create Relevant Audiences
Audience previously | |||
targeted or exposed to a | Consumers likely to be | Creation of a similar | Dedicated campaign |
specific category of | interested in and engage | audience | |
products or services |
93 | 95 | |||
90 | ||||
71 | 74 | 70 | 92 | 95 |
91 100 | 65 | |||
92 | 90 | 93 | ||
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Offering Shoppers The Best Product Discovery Experience
Leveraging the power of our shopper graph and world-class algorithms
John browses "Bomber | The Criteo Engine recommends | Products we show John |
Jacket" on Uniqlo's site | products based on: |
Campaign goal
Visitor's site navigation
Recency and frequency of activity
Product type, price, and category
Most viewed products on retailer's site
And much more...
Product recommendations
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We Have A Best-in-class Creative Studio
Enabling faster roll-out of Awareness and Consideration solutions
Creative Studio
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DCO+ Delivers Flexible Creative Formats In Real Time
Addressing full-funnel marketing goals
Awareness | Consideration | Conversion |
Brand Creative | Dynamic Brand Creative | Dynamic Creative |
Brand Focus | Brand & Product Focus | Product Focus |
Banner Formats
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Our Predictive Bidding Algorithms Are Industry-leading
User context | Product behavior | Publisher interaction |
Predictive Bidding
Standard bidder | First-price bidder optimization | Second-price bidder optimization |
The right bid for the right ad placement at the right time
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We Have Immense Computational Power For Real-time Processing
Amsterdam x2
Paris (x2)
Ashburn, VA
Dallas, TX
Tokyo (x2)
Hong Kong
9 data centers | 45,000 servers |
2 Hadoop clusters
~9,800 servers
750k terabytes storage capacity
2k terabytes of random-access memory
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Criteo AI Engine: Where Artificial Intelligence Meets Privacy
A privacy by design | CPM/CPC model: an | Trust requires | A European player with |
approach since day 1: | incentive to present | transparency and | clear track record in |
data minimization | relevant ads | control (Adchoice icon, | privacy. |
approach | cross device optout) | ||
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Client Management Center
We Provide Enhanced Self-service Capabilities
Integrated and modular customer platform providing control, visibility and detailed transparency on campaigns
Client sign-up & | Campaign | Analytics & |
onboarding | Management | Insights |
Autonomous, fast | More control for | More transparency |
onboarding | clients and agencies | and insights for clients |
Accelerated | Productivity & | Productivity & |
midmarket client | retention | retention |
additions |
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Criteo Management Center
Criteo Platform
User Interfaces | APIs |
Campaigns
Self-service tools
Objective
Lookalike Finder | Supply |
Billing
Audiences
Coupons
Event Collection
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Targeting The Right Users With New Audience Creation Options
Benefiting from Criteo's unique commerce audience data
Commerce Audiences | Similar Audiences | Custom Audiences | |
Audiences | Choose from 140+ product interest | Similar to your recent web and | Web visitors or app users |
Customer contact lists | |||
categories within our Shopper | app users using Lookalike Finder AI | ||
Offline buyers | |||
Graph commerce data set | technology | ||
Platform audiences | |||
Users | New customers | New customers | Visitors or Existing Customers |
Awareness | Awareness | ||
Marketing Goals | Consideration | ||
Consideration | Consideration | ||
Conversion | Conversion | ||
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A Full End-to-end Onboarding Flow For Midmarket
For self-service client activation
1 | 3 |
Self Registration
Contact form
Business details | 2 |
Payment & billing | Campaign Creation |
details | |
Accept T&C's | Choose the objective |
Identify target audience | |
Finalize campaign details | |
(Budget, Bid Strategy, | |
Creative tracking) |
Technical Onboarding | |
Onboarding tools for new clients | |
OneTag Integration (Troubleshooting | 4 |
& monitoring) | |
Product catalog (Monitoring, | |
Troubleshooting, Advanced settings) |
Creation Creation
Create new banners from scratch
Update existing creative
Track your creatives
Manage promotions with coupons
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Criteo Solutions
Criteo Marketing
Solutions
Criteo Aligns Advertisers' Marketing Objectives Across The Buying Journey
Awareness | Consideration | Conversion |
Make | Keep brand top-of-mind | Convert |
brand visible | during evaluation | engaged users |
- Display Reach | - Web Traffic | - Conversions |
- Video Views | - App Installs | - Revenue |
See customers | Remember customers | Want customers |
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CRITEO MARKETING SOLUTIONS
Criteo Dynamic Retargeting
Benefits Bring shoppers back to buy to drive more sales and increase profitability Gain access to the best inventory
Engage shoppers by delivering the right ad at the right price and device
with personalized product recommendations and 17 trillion ad
set variations
What it does
Revenue model
Connect across web, mobile, app, social, and video using 120 intent signals
Optimize with continuous machine-learning against business objectives
Increase mobile app engagement
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Similar Audiences
Lookalike AI to find new users that look like a retailer's best audiences
- Automatic analysis finds the best audiences currently browsing a retailer's site
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Predictive AI identifies new people across the
Web who look like a retailer's best audiences - Automated traffic to a retailer's site from new, high-value audiences
Features
Lookalike AI
Near real-time data refresh
Flexible Filters: Include or exclude
visitor types
Self-Serve UI
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Commerce Audiences
Build and target the ideal audience using Criteo's exclusive shopping intent data
- Choose from in-market segments of product categories, brand names & demographics
- Target users who have recently browsed, added to basket or purchased products across the Web
- Drive more traffic from new, high-interest visitors to a retailer's product category pages
Features
Granular list of product categories, price filters, brand names, gender & purchasing power
Estimation of potential reach
Data refresh twice every 24h
Self-Serve UI
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Contact List
Re-engage with lapsed users and get them interested in a retailer's brand again
Web & App Data
Target visitors from a retailer's web or app who haven't visited the brand over the last couple of months.
CRM & Offline Data
Upload CRM (emails or device IDs) or in-store data to drive
these users to a retailer's site and help increase traffic.
Third-Party Data
Target pre-defined customer segments from a retailer's Data Management Platform or Customer Data Platform for their traffic campaigns.
Industry- | Broadest |
Reach | |
leading | |
1000s | |
>60% | |
match rate | of premium & |
direct publishers | |
Features
2-step upload on Self-Serve UI
Instant match rates
API for audience creation & management
Real-time audience synchronization
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Criteo Retail Media
What is Retail Media?
Retail Media is the placement of brand advertisements within the ecommerce sites and mobile applications of retailers.
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How does it work? Criteo Sponsored Product
The shopper searches | Criteo's algorithm | The shopper clicks and |
or browses a product | determines best | is taken through to the |
category on a retailer's | SKU to serve in the | product detail page |
website | sponsored ad | for purchase |
Shopper Experience:
Customers interact with boosted products seamlessly as if they were on a usual shopping journey. The ads boost relevant products to shoppers (depending on the site placement) - which may otherwise be buried in the product matrix.
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How does it work? Criteo Commerce Display
The brand chooses | Criteo delivers the | The shopper |
an audience to | rich media ads on | directly engages |
target, based on a | the retailer's pages | with the ad: |
retailer's real-time | product view, add- | |
and historical data | to-cart, clicks |
Shopper Experience:
The customer sees products accompanied by a brand creative component; it expands their consideration set. They can easily add products to their cart or click trough the SKU.
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The New Criteo Retail Media Platform Provides One Unified Platform For The Open Retail Media Ecosystem
Retailers & Saleshouses | Brands & Agencies | |
Manage business rules governing | Create and manage campaigns | |
access to inventory and data | Third-Party Demand | via self-service User Interface (UI) |
Integrate with other buying | |
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Clients & Go-to-market
A Large Opportunity To Win New Clients
~80,000 addressable clientsworldwide
in Retail, Travel and Classifieds (excluding brands)
~20% | |
~50% | Midmarket |
penetration | |
Large Clients | |
penetration |
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Direct Relationships With Many Premium Commerce And Brand Clients
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A Tailored Go-to-market Approach To Best Serve Our Clients
Objectives | 1 |
• Adapt sales organization to a multi-solution offering | |
• Provide the right level of service to each client | |
2 | |
• Scale operations and enhance profitability | |
3 |
Client
tiering
Consultative sales | Telesales | Self-service platform | ||||
Large Clients | Upper Mid-Market | Lower Mid-Market | ||||
A | B | C | D | E | F | |
Monthly | $200K+ | $50K+ | $20K+ | $10K+ | $5K+ | <$5K |
ad spend |
Highly customized service | Efficient, high quality, scalable and automated service |
and proactive insights/proposals | to the highest number of clients |
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Publisher inventory
Extensive Supply Partnerships Ensure Broad Audience Access
4,700 Premium publishers | Long-tail & emerging formats | Long-tail & emerging formats |
Flexible buying technology: RTB/S2S, Criteo direct bidder, SDK, API
Any relevant creative formats/environment: IAB, Native, In-App,Video, Google AMP
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The Publisher Environment Is Constantly Evolving
Our sophisticated technology drives more value for publishers
Transition to Mobile | Social | Native | In-App |
Multiple Devices | Ad Blocking | Programmatic | Header Bidding |
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We Have Always Delivered User-friendly Ads
Our Position
- Promote acceptable ad programs
- Invest in native formats
- Support an open tracking standard
- Define standards for retargeting
Ad blocking offers an opportunity for players with:
- The right business model
- The right technology stack
- The right expertise in user privacy
- Premium demand
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Criteo Direct Bidder
Direct access to Criteo's unique demand
Criteo Direct Bidder (CDB) allows Criteo to bid on publisher | Launched in Q2 2017, already connected to | |
inventory directly through the ad server without the need to | ||
funnel demand through Supply Side Platforms (SSPs) or exchanges | ||
Direct integration with publishers gives Criteo a first-partyfootprint | ||
on these inventories | at the end of Q3 2020 | |
Benefits | All of the Criteo bid goes to the publisher; none is | |
for the | taken by the SSP for fees (typically 10%-20%) | |
User matching between the Publisher and Criteo is | ||
publisher | ||
much more timely and complete than matching | ||
reliant on a third party |
+20-40% spend with publishers on the same inventory that was previously accessed through RTB
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Product Strategy
Product Objective 1: Grow Strong Base of Data, AI & Supply Assets
DATA Scaled (1p) Commerce Data in Real Time
- $2B commerce transactions daily
- 4B SKUs, 3,500 product categories
- 75M daily buyer journeys
- 500M DAUs 50% identified by hashed email
- 100+/DAU daily ad opportunities
STRONGER HIGHER MEDIA
TECHNOLOGY Automated Incrementality
ROAS YIELD
- Maps complete buyer journey
- Personalizes cross publisher experiences
- Lookalikes extend reach while preserving performance
- Predictive bidding ups win-rate and lowers cost
GROWING DATA & SUPPLY ASSETS
REACH First-Party Ad Network
• | 20K client site integrations | • | 20+ Customer Data Platforms |
• | 5,000 direct publisher integrations | • | 5 identity partners extend 1p |
• | Exclusive access to 100+ top retailers • | 11B daily commerce events logged |
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Product Objective 2: Navigate our Customers to Post-Cookie Marketing
We have the right combination of assets and network effects to succeed
almost irrespective of where the industry is heading
1 | 2 | 3 |
Next Addressable | Next Audience | Next Contextual |
Advertising | Advertising | Advertising |
Expand Permission Data (1p Network) | Industry Group* leadership on | Machine-learning at the |
Improve Open Internet | optimized and measurable | intersection of contextual and |
advertising | commerce | |
interoperability (UID2.0) |
Privacy-by-design | Interest groups/cohorts | Content/Contextual |
signals validated by 1p | ||
user-level signals | validated by 1p truth set | |
truth set | ||
"Identity-light" commerce activations for superior customer acquisition and remarketing - today and tomorrow
- Evolved addressable buying journeys
- Optimization without persistent identity
- Audience-firstMeasurement Solutions
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Product Objective 3: Become the Network Operator of the Buyer Match
Criteo Commerce
Media Platform
Analytics & Insights
Display | focused-Privacy | NetworkMedia1P |
Video/CTV/Native | ||
Social/Search | ||
Retail Media | ||
Retail Media Extension | ||
Retargeting |
Audience Advertising
Omnichannel, Contextual,
Interest audiences
Marketing APIs to address every buyer journey
- Audience: Insights and Planning
- Ads: Bidding, Dynamic Creative, Optimization
- Measurement: Events and Incrementality
Supply/Formats to reach and engage each buyer
- Video and CTV outcomes
- Social outcomes
- Search outcomes
Retailer reach and monetization
- Audience extension
- Media + store experiences
- In-storemonetization
"Identity-light" audience targeting
- Privacy-by-designaddressability
- Interest group targeting
- Contextual for Commerce
First-Party Media Network
- 1p Audience Data: Onboarding,
Data Clean Room, CDP integrations
- 1p Commerce data: Catalog,
Transaction, Buyer behavior
- 1p Syndication: Deal ID, OSS ID,
Proprietary ID
Powered by:
Commerce Buyer Index
- Buyer Journey by product, transaction, content or media
- Identity truth set
Secured by:
Privacy Mesh
- Consumer/partner data rights management
- Across sources, destinations & marketing use cases
3-year vision: Move to Open Commerce Media Platform
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Deeper Dive Into Online Identification
The Adtech Industry Needs To Regain Trust By Providing A Better User Experience
Advertisers | Users | Publishers |
Advertisers must: | Users want: | Publishers need to: | ||
• Provide 1:1 personalization at scale | • | More control | • | Monetize their business |
• Adhere to privacy & cookie regulations | • | More choices | • | Provide unique content |
• Drive campaign efficiency | • | Transparency | ||
• Non-disruptive ads | ||||
• | Free content |
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Online Identity Enables A Seamless And Personalized User Experience
Product | Persistent | Saved payment |
recommendations | shopping basket | options |
Personalized offers | Relevant content | Saved passwords |
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Criteo Collaborates With The Industry Based On Four Key Principles
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
User Rights | Customer Driven | Openness | Flexible |
Regaining users' trust is essential to re-balancethe economic model of the open internet. Providing transparency around how data is used and allowing more control and choices makes it easier for users to understand the value they receive from the use of their data.
The industry must create a solution that is beneficial for all members of the advertising ecosystem. We will leverage the expertise of our advertiser customers and publisher partners by sharing information and asking for feedback on proposed solutions.
Criteo is committed to doing right by our advertiser customers and publisher partners by supporting honest and open collaboration with all industry players if they subject to our privacy standards.
As contributors to this ecosystem, we are not only comfortable proposing solutions but open to adapting our approach based on feedback we receive.
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Three Potential Scenarios For Audience Targeting In The Future
User level | Interest group level | Contextual targeting |
Continue to provide | Target groups of people | Display ads on a website |
one-to-one | with the same interests. | that are relevant to the |
personalization. | page's content. |
User control & transparency
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Half Of Our Business Does Not Rely On Third-party Cookies
Our goal is to become 100% independent
Third-party
cookie-
dependent
Chrome
~25%
Other third-
party cookie- dependent Web, Webview ~25%
2019
Revenue ex-TAC
Business
independent
from third-party
cookies
(App, Retail Media, Direct Publishers) ~50%
- Advertising in app uses app identifiers, not cookies
"App" includes "Web-to-App", which uses web
demand, i.e. shopping intent captured on
advertisers' websites (where we access first-
party cookies) to buy app inventory
- Retail Media only uses first-partycookies and contextual data
- Criteo Direct Bidder gives us direct access to supply, i.e. first-partyinventory
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Our Online Identification Strategy Has Four Complementary Layers
First-party | Consumer data | Product | Industry |
footprint | & ID Graph | portfolio | leadership |
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First-party Footprint
As a , we are integrated into all our advertisers' and direct publishers' websites We have a privileged position to embed ourselves into their workflow
This means that a large amount of our data is first party and provides us the means to create identification solutions for our clients, including for user-personalized advertising
We grow our first-party data footprint through
- More direct publisher integrations on both web and app
- Onboarding first-partyidentifiers (like hashed emails) from our advertisers and publishers
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Consumer Data & Identity Graph
Criteo Shopper Graph contains 2.5 billion users matched across multiple identifiers 98% of identities include non-cookieidentifiers
We enrich the Criteo Shopper Graph to ensure it becomes even less cookie-dependent over time, through
- Additional persistent identifiers
- New identification capabilities through trusted partnerships
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Product Portfolio
We have diversified our solutions over the past years
We operate using multiple cookie-lesssolutions to personalize ads in Criteo's App and Retail Media businesses
Our full-stackDemand Side Platform, or DSP, product strategy reduces our cookie exposure along two dimensions
- Going upper-funnel
- Broadening consumer reach across multiple non-cookie channels
Going "upper- funnel" means
less reliance on individual identifiers
• Grow audience-based targeting | ||
(e.g. with our Consideration solutions) | ||
• Expand contextual advertising capabilities | ||
Broadening consumer reach in apps, video and CTV means | • | Adapt measurement to non-cookie environments |
either non-cookie environments or reduced cookie exposure overall | ||
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Industry Leadership
Criteo is company in the world
Criteo subscribes to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) influence groups
- Privacy Community Group
- Improving Web Advertising Business Group
Our SPARROW proposal to Google's privacy sandbox through the W3C is an industry-first trial to improve Chrome's TURTLEDOV initiative
As per Google's Chrome team invite, we participate in the "Web Platform Incubator Community Group", which aims at making it as easy as
possible for developers to propose new platform features for the benefit of users and industry participants
With a focus on driving privacy, control and transparency, we continue to make sure digital advertising funds the open Internet, keeping services free to users and empowering them to choose their browsing experience
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Track-record of Execution & Financials
We Delivered Stronger Than Expected Q3
% YoY | ||
Revenue | $470 Million | -11%* |
Revenue ex-TAC | $186 Million | -16%* |
Adj. EBITDA | $49 Million | -27%* |
$37 Million | -26% | |
Non-GAAP EPS | $0.40 | |
Free Cash Flow | $38 Million | +98% |
Pre-COVID | vs. Midpoint |
% YoY | of Q3 Outlook |
+4%
-2%+8%
+55%
COVID | Privacy |
impact ** | Headwinds ** |
• $(33)M Q3 / 15 ppts | • $(10)M Q3 / 5 ppts |
• $(80)M 9M / 12 ppts | • $(21)M 9M / 3 ppts |
79 | * At constant currency | ** Impact on Revenue ex-TAC,Non-GAAP metric |
Solid Execution Along Our Four Strategic Pillars
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Strengthen | Expand | Explore Strategic | Drive Tech & | |||
the Core | Product Portfolio | Game Changers | Operational Excellence | |||
✓ | Introduce multi-year MSA | ✓ | New solutions +43% YoY, | ✓ | Launched CTV | ✓ Invest in Retail Media, DSP, |
contracts with large clients | +53% YTD to 19% of total | campaigns | Insights and Identity | |||
✓ | Large clients +10pp vs. Q2 | ✓ | Retail Media ~+60% YoY, | ✓ | Criteo/The Trade Desk | ✓ Ahead of cost control plan |
✓ 206 net new clients | +62% YTD | partnership on UDID2.0 | with $(92)M savings YTD* | |||
to 20,600 clients | ✓ | Retail Media: $200M gross | ||||
media spend activated | ||||||
✓ | 88% client retention | |||||
Retargeting -7% | ✓ Retail Media same-client | |||||
✓ | accelerate to +70% RexT | |||||
pre-COVID | ||||||
✓ | Omnichannel +120% YoY, | |||||
+121% YTD | ||||||
80 * Opex excluding bad debt
Delivering Strong Cost Performance While Investing in Growth
Non-GAAP Opex Decline
(YoY, $M / %)
Q3 20202020 YTD
$18M $3M
$(25)M
-18%
$(92)M | |
Bad debt | -21% |
- Actively manage open roles
- Optimize real-estate footprint
- Re-investin Product and Retail Media
$5M Hosting cost headwind in 2020 YTD
$6M Q3 bad debt provision, $23M YTD
Restructuring and Transformation-related expenses($M)
2019 YTD | 2020 YTD | |
(Gain) from forfeitures of share-based | (3) | - |
compensation awards | ||
D&A expenses | 1 | - |
Facilities and impairment-related costs | 2 | 9 |
Payroll-related costs | 3 | 5 |
Transformation-related consulting fees | - | 2 |
Total | $3M | $16M |
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Encouraging and Realistic Q4 outlook
"As of now, we continue to see a significant impact to our business related to the pandemic, continued economic uncertainty, customer demand and supply chain logistics of our clients"
Revenue ex-TAC $223-$230million or -15% YoY decline at midpoint
- Assumes less concentrated peak Holiday Season vs. prior years
- Assumes continued slow rebound in Travel and Classifieds
- Assumes $(17)M of Privacy headwinds impact
Adjusted EBITDA $81-$88million or 37% Adj. EBITDA margin at midpoint
- Est. $(6)M bad debt provision
Implied FY 2020 | Based on Q4 outlook midpoint |
~$800 million Rev ex-TAC, $232 million Adj. EBITDA, 29% margin |
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CFO Priorities to Foster Growth and Operational Excellence
Support Profitable Growth
- Ensure best resource and investment allocation
- Shift to high-growth markets
- Focus on multi-year commercial contracts
- Insulate core business against identity headwinds
- Remain disciplined on M&A
- Redeploy cash to highest value use while maintaining flexibility
Drive Operational Excellence
- Reduce fixed costs including data centers and office footprint
- Optimize support functions automation
- Improve contribution margins and cash conversion
- Maintain flat share count - Evaluate potential share buy backs
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We Maintain High Retention Across Our Large Client Base
Client | |
Retention | 90% 91% 90% 90% 89% 90% 90% 89% 88% 89% 90% 89% 89% 88% 90% 88% 78%* 88% |
Rate |
11.9
18.5 | 19.0 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.6 | |||||
18.1 | |||||||||||||||
17.3 | |||||||||||||||
16.4 | |||||||||||||||
15.4 | |||||||||||||||
14.5 | |||||||||||||||
12.9
Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020
Number of clients
(thousands)
84 1 The retention rate represents the percentage of live clients during the previous quarter that continued to be live clients during the current quarter. For all solutions combined.
- One-timedrop in retention related to partial shift of Retail Media business from a network model for brands to a retailer-focused platform
Key Figures
FY | 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | |
Revenue ex-TAC | $947 | Million | $186 | Million |
Adj. EBITDA | $299 Million | $49 Million |
Free Cash Flow | $125 Million | $38 Million |
Revenue ex-TAC from new solutions represented 19% of total Revenue ex-TAC in Q2, growing 43% yoy.
20,600 Clients with retention at close to 90% for all solutions combined
5,000 Direct publishers in web and
apps, deployed with Criteo Direct Bidder
2,600 Criteo employee
across 28 offices in 19 countries
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Regional Performance
FY 2019 Revenue ex-TAC Mix by Region | Q3 2020 Revenue ex-TAC Mix by Region |
2425% | Growth* by Region: | 22% | Growth* by Region: | ||
3735% | +0.2% Americas | 39% | -11% Americas | ||
+1% EMEA | -17% EMEA | ||||
3940% | -1% APAC | 39% | -24% APAC |
86 * At constant currency
Key Figures -
Revenue ex-TAC* ($M) | Adjusted EBITDA* ($M) | Free cash flow* ($M) | |
+0.3%** | 32% of Revenue ex-TAC | 42% of Adj. EBITDA | |
966 | 947 | ||
321299
135125
FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 |
* Revenue ex-TAC, Adjusted EBITDA, and Free Cash Flow are not measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We have provided a reconciliation of those measures to the most directly
87 comparable GAAP measures, which is available in the Appendix slides.
- At constant currency
Key Figures -
Revenue ex-TAC* ($M) | Adjusted EBITDA* ($M) | Free cash flow* ($M) |
-16%** | 27% of Revenue ex-TAC | 77% of Adj. EBITDA |
221
186
64
49
38
19
Q3 2019 | Q3 2020 | Q3 2019 | Q3 2020 | Q3 2019 | Q3 2020 |
* Revenue ex-TAC, Adjusted EBITDA, and Free Cash Flow are not measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We have provided a reconciliation of those measures to the most directly
88 comparable GAAP measures, which is available in the Appendix slides.
- At constant currency
Solid Financial Model: Nearly Doubled Adj. EBITDA Margin Since IPO
Revenue ex-TAC | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Other cost of revenue* | 7.9% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 6.4% | 6.9% | 6.7% | 7.7% |
Gross margin | 92.1% | 93.4% | 93.9% | 93.6% | 93.1% | 93.3% | 92.3% |
R&D* | 14.9% | 12.5% | 13.4% | 14.2% | 14.7% | 15.2% | 14.6% |
S&O* | 43.6% | 39.9% | 39.8% | 35.3% | 34.8% | 33.6% | 34.0% |
G&A* | 16.0% | 14.8% | 13.8% | 13.2% | 10.7% | 11.3% | 12.1% |
Adjusted EBITDA | 1717.5%.5% | 26.2% | 26.9% | 30.8% | 32.9% | 34.8% | 31.6% |
Revenue ex-TAC margin** | 40.3% | 40.8% | 40.4% | 40.6% | 41.0% | 42.0% | 42.0% |
* Cost of revenue and operating expenses are expressed on a Non-GAAP basis, which excludes the impact of equity awards compensation expense, pension service costs, depreciation and
89 amortization, acquisition-related costs, restructuring and deferred price consideration.
- As a % of revenue
Robust Operating Cash Flow Enables Smart Investment
PROFITS
SCALE | CASH |
SMART
INVESTING
DEVELOP | INVEST |
& GROW | |
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We Have a Strong Balance Sheet, Cash and Liquidity
Free cash flow | Cash | Balance sheet | |
YTD Free Cash Flow | Cash & cash | Total assets | |
($M) | equivalents ($M) * | ($M) | |
+18% YoY | ~34% | ||
of total assets | 1,790 | 1,843 | |
98 | 627 | ||
83 | 158 |
419 469
Q3 2019 YTD | Q3 2020 YTD | Dec 2019 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2019 | Sep 2020 |
$870M+
total financial liquidity
Cash as of Sep 30, 2020
€350M*
Committed financing
until March 2022
$44M
Share Repurchase
in 2020 ($18M Q1 /
$15M Q2 / $11M Q3)
$100M**
equity raise capacity
* In September 2020, includes $158M Revolving Credit Facility drawdown expected to be repaid in November 2020
91 ** Based on a $1.0bn market capitalization, pursuant to the 2020 AGM authorization to issue up to 6.6m shares
Robust Free Cash Flow And Strong Conversion Into Adj. EBITDA
FCF to Adjusted | ||||
EBITDA conversion | ||||
60,000 | 60% | |||
50,000 | 50% | |||
40,000 | 40% | |||
30,000 | 30% | |||
20,000 | 20% | |||
10,000 | 10% | |||
- | 0% | |||
Q1 2018 | Q2 2018 | Q3 2018 | Q4 2018 | Q1 2019 | Q2 2019 | Q3 2019 | Q4 2019 | Q1 2020 | Q2 2020 | Q3 2020 | ||||
FCF to | Free Cash Flow | Average | ||||||||||||
Adjusted | 67% | 33% | 30% | 38% | 63% | 36% | 30% | 38% | 76% | 38% | 77% | |||
EBITDA | ||||||||||||||
conversion |
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Flexible Capital Allocation Geared To Shareholder Returns
Organic Growth
Share repurchase program
2019 shareholder meeting provided us with more flexibility around share buybacks
Board authorized $30 million share buyback in April 2020
We commit to incur no future dilution from equity grant and vesting for at least a year
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Corporate Profile & Governance
A Balanced, Global And Expert Board Of Directors
Board structure as of August 27, 2020
incl. 6 independent per listing standards
3 committees:
- Audit
- Compensation
- Nominating & Corp. Guidance
4 U.S. citizens or residents
3 French citizens
, in line with Copé-Zimmermann law in France
Nathalie Balla
Independent
James Warner
Vice Chairman
Chair of Compensation Committee
Independent
Hubert de Pesquidoux
Chair of Audit Committee
Independent
Marie Lalleman
Independent
Rachel Picard
Chair of the board
Chair of Nominating and
Corp. Governance
Committee
Independent
Megan Clarken
CEO
Edmond Mesrobian
Independent
95 Flags indicate country of citizenship or residency
A Lean Legal Structure
Corporate Chart of Criteo Group
AmericasEMEA
Criteo S.A.
(France)
APAC
99.999%
Criteo do Brasil Desenvolviment o De Serviços De Internet LTDA.
(Brazil)
Criteo
Canada
Corp.
(Canada)
Criteo
Corp.*
(USA)
Gemini
HoldCo,
LLC (USA)
Criteo | |
0.001% | France S.A.S. |
(France) | |
89.56%
Criteo España | |
10.44% | S.L. (Spain) |
Madyourself
Technologie
s, Inc.
(USA)
Criteo | Criteo | |
Finance | Criteo S.R.L. | Europa MM, |
S.A.S. | (Italy) | S.L. |
(France) | (Spain) |
Criteo B.V. | Criteo GmbH | Criteo LTD |
(Netherlands) | (Germany) | (UK) |
40% | ||
Condigolabs | Criteo | Criteo MEA |
S.A.S. | Nordics AB | FZ-LLC |
(France) | (Sweden) | (UAE) |
Criteo | |
Reklamcilik | Criteo LLC |
Hzimetleri ve | |
(Russia) | |
Ticaret A.Ş. | |
(Turkey) |
66%
Criteo | Criteo | |
Criteo K.K. | Singapore | Australia |
(Japan) | PTE. LTD. | Pty Ltd |
(Singapore) | (Australia) | |
0.1% | ||
Criteo | Criteo India | |
Advertising | Criteo Korea | |
Private | ||
(Beijing) Co., | Ltd | |
Limited | ||
Ltd. | (Korea) | |
(India) | ||
(China) | ||
99.9% |
96 Unless otherwise indicated, all subsidiaries are 100% owned. * Has a 11% interest in Koddi, Inc. (USA)
SubsidiaryMadyourself
Public Issuer Status
SOX compliance
- An Emerging Growth Company at the time of the IPO
- Complying with Sections 302 and 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Large Accelerated Filer as of Jan. 1, 2015
- Complying with the full Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including Section 404(b)
S.E.C. reporting & Relationships
- A Foreign Private Issuer at the time of the IPO
- Reporting in Euros under IFRS
- Filing an Annual Report on Form 20-F and quarterly earnings releases on Form 6-K
- Now a U.S. domestic filer as of Jan. 1, 2016
- Reporting in USD under U.S. GAAP
- Filing an Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and a full U.S. Proxy Statement
- Only 3 comment letters received from the S.E.C. since going public - Last one in Sept 2018 regarding the impact of ITP on our business
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Investment Thesis
Compelling | Large market | Competitive moats | Proven | Attractive | ||
Mission | $60B+ market | Shopper Data | track-record | financial profile | ||
Power the | opportunity | Reach | High | client | High profitability | |
world's | retention | Strong balance | ||||
Retail Media | ||||||
marketers with | ||||||
trusted and | Insights & Measurement | sheet, cash flow | ||||
and financial | ||||||
impactful | Global Presence | |||||
liquidity | ||||||
advertising | ||||||
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Investor Relations Contacts
IR@criteo.com
Edouard Lassalle | Clemence Vermersch |
SVP, Market Relations & Capital Markets | Investor Relations Director |
+33 6 7593 8696 | +33 6 7599 6751 |
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